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

Information Systems

Improving refinery reliability, performance and utilization

Motiva Norco Refinery: Funkhouser, J.
Emerson Process Management: Manley, F.

A new digital control system incorporating fieldbus provided substantial benefits

Gage multivariable predictive control motility to guide support

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

Manipulated variable analysis is much simpler than controlled variable analysis for determining controller health

Probabilistic alarm management

University of La Laguna: Larraz, R.

A procedure using Markov chains provides insights based on HAZOP report information

Optimizing wireless systems in hydrocarbon processing plants

Apprion: McPherson, I.

Here's how to manage the many disparate technologies

Intrinsically safe fieldbus for hydrocarbon processing plants

MooreHawke Fieldbus: O'Neill, M.

The key issue is delivering enough power to a large number of field devices

Effective pH control through intelligent automation

Mettler-Toledo Ingold: Queeney, K.  |  van der Wal, S.

This technology can improve reliability while reducing operating costs

Zero-lag exponential moving average for real-time control and noisy data processing

Lamar University: Chen, D. H.
Chevron Phillips Chemical: Lo, P.
Sasol: Swan, W. P.

The filtering technology has no time delay

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