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Process Control

Solve online analyzer time delays by improving sampling system design

SCG Chemicals: Suriye, K.  |  Tanthapanichakoon, W.

Process design engineers may occasionally become involved in the design of online analyzers and their associated sampling systems.

Honeywell upgrades plant controls system for top ammonia group in Russia

The controls and safety project was a part of a framework agreement that will see Honeywell automate all production facilities for TogliattiAzot, the world’s largest ammonia producer.

Improve acetylene hydrogenation selectivity using dynamic deactivation estimation

East China University of Science and Technology: Wang, Z.  |  Du, W.  |  Qian, F.
SSPC: Tian, L.
ECUST: Jiang, D.

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSPC) has been closely working with the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) on technical research to improve operational efficiency, reduce energy consumption and increase ethylene production.

Optimize alkylation unit operation by using response surface methods

Valero Energy Corp.: Bird, J.  |  Seillier, D.  |  Teders, M.  |  Jacobson, G.

A new methodology can be used to optimize the operations of an alkylation unit based on response surface methods.

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

The FM-approved FireChek thermal shutoff valve with resettable memory shape alloy can now be used to automatically shut down a pneumatic control system when a nearby fire occurs, or when the ambient temperature reaches 135°F, 150°F or 165°F.

Honeywell licenses methanol-to-olefins technology to Chinese coal project

LUXI will use UOP's advanced methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process to convert methanol derived from gasified coal into 293,000 tpy of ethylene and propylene at its facility in Liaocheng, Shandong Province.

Natgasoline picks Yokogawa control systems for big Texas methanol project

Currently under construction in Beaumont, Texas, this facility will have a capacity of 1.75 MMtpy when it starts production in 2017, making it one of the world’s largest methanol plants.

Honeywell installs new control system for Russia’s largest refining complex

The advanced DCS will simplify operations and improve the process efficiency of the refinery’s delayed coking unit, which extracts valuable fuels from heavy oil residues of the refining processes.

Honeywell to supply technology, automation for Iraq’s new Karbala refinery

The grassroots refinery will use leading refining processes from UOP and automation controls from Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to allow the Karbala refinery to maximize production.

Honeywell to modernize operations at Refining NZ

Building on a relationship of over 25 years, New Zealand's Refining NZ selected Honeywell to provide full lifecycle maintenance for the refinery’s control systems, as well as to migrate the refinery to the most recent process control technology, Honeywell’s Experion PKS.