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Process Control

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

Monitor sulfur levels in your olefin feedstocks

Air Liquide: Benesch, R.  |  Biela, B.  |  Haouchine, M.  |  Jacksier, T.  |  Moore, R.  |  Talbert, B.

Analyzing this element is essential for polyolefin producers to improve catalyst performance

HP Control: Controlling the mundane naphtha stabilizer, Part 2

Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

Part 1 of this editorial (September issue) discussed a debutanizer control strategy (Fig. 1). Given that feed composition varies with ambient conditions, one could argue that unless you have advanced ..

HP Control: Controlling the mundane naphtha stabilizer, Part 1

Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

Consider the distillation column in Fig. 1. It is called a "stabilizer" and removes LPG from naphtha. Every refinery has at least three of them, and often five or more, one each in every crude unit, r..

Summiting with multivariable predictive control

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

In a revised paradigm, focus shifts to facilitating the appropriate involvement of all operations stakeholders

Cutting-edge methods convert waste into salable products

COPESUL: Jorge, L. M.
Shaw stone & Webster: Kurukchi, S.
Aracruz Celulose S.A.: Sidoruk, D.

Innovative pretreatment process removes hazardous contaminants from ethylene production-generated spent caustic

Model predictive control for liquefied natural gas processing plants

Consultant: Mokhatab, S.  |  Poe, W. A.

Applying this technology will increase your bottom line and improve operations