A blend of art and science with a history worth recounting
Automating the detection process and controlling applications in real time dramatically boosts performance
Using dual-composition conserved energy efficiency, reduced reprocessing and allowed higher throughput
Implementing low-cost best practices can provide peace of mind
Process control can improve quality and operating efficiency
New view strips away the myths over automation technology
This five-step approach is low-cost and offers safer learning experiences
New tools improve prediction of unit feed qualities and yields
Optimization programs deliver benefits to existing and new plants
Linear programming plays a vital role for ethylene producer
This petrochemical producer found improved output and became more energy efficient through new software
Visual engineering program solves designer and engineer issues across the industry
Guidelines explore protecting critical systems from disaster
Here are some key topics calling for a conceptual change from the traditional DCS
Application was used in a commercial ethylene glycol plant
Benefits exceeding the guarantee were realized through APC by simultaneously stabilizing and optimizing the plant in the presence of significant feed density variations that impact the entire plant operation
A searchable database of project activity in the global hydrocarbon processing industry
Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with “drag and drop” capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
D. GIBSON, AVEVA
Should the US government impose limits on LNG exports in order to maintain low domestic gas prices?
Yes, energy security comes first 38%
Somewhat, but not too restrictive 5%
No, let global market decide 57%