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Abnormal situation prevention through smart field devices

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2006
Emerson Process Management: Eryurek, E.  |  Sharpe, P.  |  White, D.
Process Control

High-speed data capture and analysis can detect many process anomalies

Predicting cavitation damage in control valves

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2006
Samson AG: Kiesbauer, J.  |  Vnucec, D.
Darmstadt University of Technology: Roth, M.  |  Stoffel, B.
Process Control

New method evaluates noise in the ultrasonic range

Demise and keys to the rise of process control

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2006
Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.
Process Control

Modeling the penalty for violating constraints as well as modeling the credit for approaching them, and shared-risk shared-reward business practices are the solutions

Integrated planning solution bolsters supply chain management

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2006
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Basu, U. K.
Honeywell Automation India Ltd.: Dubey, S.  |  Gaikwad, A.
Process Control / Information Systems

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

HP Control: Where has engineering judgment gone?

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2006
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

One of my clients has a dozen or so distillation multi-variable predictive control (MVPC) applications, implemented by one of the major advanced process control (APC) vendors. These applications have ..

Hydrogen desulfurization extends fuel cell life

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2006
University of Duisburg-Essen: Benz, W.
Thermo Electron Corp.: Van Der Saar, I. K.  |  Van Doeselaar, I. M.
Process Control / Refining

Using this analytical technique can improve overall performance

Applying instrumented overpressure protection systems

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2006
Fluor Corp.: Sutikno, T.
Environment & Safety / Process Control

Transient analysis is required to verify their effectiveness

Consider the generalized IMC-PID method for PID controller tuning of time-delay processes

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2006
Yeungnam University: Lee, M.
GS-Caltex Corp.: Lee, Y.
KAIST: Park, S.
Process Control

This simple analytical method provides PID parameters to give a desired closed-loop response while available for any class of time-delay processes

HP Control: Choosing inferential modeling tools

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2006
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

Goel and Shah of Reliance Industries in India published a recent article, claiming that spreadsheet regression is the preferred choice for inferential modeling based on price considerations.1 Since co..

HP Control: Dr. Pierre Latour's views on APC

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2005
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

Pierre Latour has been a pillar in our advanced process control (APC) industry for as long as anyone can remember. His long and turbulent career started upon graduating from Purdue University with a P..