Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Information Systems

Model-free adaptive control technology enables ethylene quench water pH control

CyboSoft: Cheng, G.
PetroChina: Gao, F.  |  Wang, L.-Z.

PetroChina has improved ethylene production efficiency and plant safety

Controlling hydrocracker reactor temperature

Invensys: Shepard, B.

Avoid safety incidents and runaway reactions

Faster plant testing and modeling

Matrikon: Brown, M.
Tesoro: Kautzman, G. A.
Advanced Industrial Modeling Inc.: Korchinski, W.

Automated technology performs both open-loop and closed-loop testing simultaneously

Set vapor velocity setpoints profitably

Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.

Use Clifftent principles to account for operating limit tradeoffs and risk to substantially improve financial performance

Dynamic real-time optimization increases ethylene plant profits

Neste Jacobs Oy: Aaljoki, K.  |  Bergman, S.  |  Ojala, M.  |  Sourander, M.  |  Vanhamake, V.  |  Yli-Opas, K.
Borealis Polumers Oy: Smeds, S.  |  Vettenranta, J.

This project resulted in a $12.5 million/yr profit increase and one-month payback

Fieldbus enables single-loop integrity with control-in-the-field

SINOPEC Engineering Inc.: Bu Yu, H.
Emerson Process Management: Peluso, M.

Benefits include device and process health monitoring that enable establishing asset management and predictive maintenance practices

Determining plant equipment performance during transient conditions

ABB: Kneile, R.

Steady-state performance algorithms can be modified to improve accuracy

Integrated planning solution bolsters supply chain management

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Basu, U. K.
Honeywell Automation India Ltd.: Dubey, S.  |  Gaikwad, A.

The approach uses synergies that exist between various refinery functions to maximize corporate profit

Easy way to transform nomographs and charts into a computer program

National Technical University of Athens: Barampouti, E. M.  |  Mahnken, G.  |  Mai, S.  |  Vlyssides, A.

These steps can make the resources more useful

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