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Monitoring hydrogen plant performance—Part 2

Johnson Matthey: Ramakumar, K. R.

Process monitoring is an indispensable practice to keep track of KPIs of an H<sub>2</sub> plant.

Hydrocarbon Processing 2021 Awards WINNERS

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for nearly 100 yr, has announced the winners for its fifth annual <i>HP</i> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

The path forward for process automation: Multivariable control as core competency

APC Performance LLC: Kern, A.

In process automation, multivariable control has always been considered an area of specialization and a luxury for those companies with sufficient scale and resources to justify its high costs of ownership.

Hydrocarbon Processing 2021 Awards FINALISTS

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</I>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for nearly 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its fifth annual <i>HP</i> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

Digital: Hybrid modeling: Unlocking the value of data for oil industry assets

Kongsberg Digital: Eide, E.

We live in a world increasingly driven by data scenarios for advanced analytics, predictive modeling and machine learning (ML), but how reliable is this for large oil and gas assets where safety and reliability are of paramount importance?

Business Trends: How to achieve industrial autonomy in the refining and petrochemical industries

Honeywell Process Solutions: Millette, P.

The process industries are moving from automated to autonomous operations.

Redundant control pilot valve system adds reliability in downstream operation

Emerson: Boltniew, G.

In downstream processing facilities, such as refineries and chemical plants, downtime is a significant source of lost revenue.

Air-to-air pneumatic booster fail-safe system for valves

Cowan Dynamics: Aguirre, M.

In pneumatic valve automation systems, it is common to hear the following terms for valve positions: “fail open (FO),” “fail close (FC)” and “fail last (FL)”.

Materials management: Data-centric execution to enhance organizational productivity—Part 1

Bechtel Corp.: Wyss, S.

As a veteran of many capital projects once observed, “All projects execute materials management—those that do so without a plan and the appropriate resources just do it very poorly.”

Monitoring hydrogen plant performance—Part 1

Johnson Matthey Process Technologies: Ramakumar, K. R.

Process monitoring is an indispensable practice to keep track of key performance indicators (KPIs) of the hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) plant.