Process Control
HP Control: Insights from the ERTC Computer Conference
The ERTC's annual Computer Conference was held June 23-25 in Milan, Italy. Several papers were presented on advanced control, supply chain management, production planning, training simu..
Crude oil blend scheduling optimization: an application with multimillion dollar benefits – Part 2
The ability to schedule the crude oil blendshop more effectively provides substantial downstream benefits
HP Control: Include control loops in asset management
The industry's renewed focus on frontline measurements for improving asset management (AM) and extending condition-based monitoring (CBM) to more process equipment is certainly good new..
Consider portable data transfer over satellite
Recent advances make this a viable technology for access to and from remote locations
PROFIBUS International – a strong community - Table 1
Table 1. Regional PROFIBUS user organizations Australia Mr. Michael Gough Phone: ++61 3 9761 5599..
HP Control: APC, modeling and optimization insights
I have participated in the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) computer conference without fail for over a decade, and have seen it go through the ebb and flow of oil..
Business-to-manufacturing integration using XML
This method has the potential to become the de-facto standard for efficient information exchange throughout the supply chain
First-principles inference model improves deisobutanizer column control
When the input data are clean, model fidelity is better than that of onstream analyzers
Ion chromatography analysis
Improve facility operations with this valuable technique
Determine low-level sulfur in hydrocarbon gases
Consider a dual-channel gas chromatographic system as an analytical option
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