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HP Control: Audit your APC applications

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

I was one of the first control industry whistleblowers, pointing out that half of the advanced process control (APC) applications implemented over the years do not work. We APC engineers have the resp..

HP Control: Jim Ford's views on advanced process control

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

C. F. Picou Associates, Inc. (CFPA), an affiliate of Maverick Technologies, was founded in 1974 by Dr. Courtney Picou. Originally aiming to provide process engineering consulting to the refining indus..

Controlling hydrocracker reactor temperature

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2006
Invensys: Shepard, B.
Process Control / Information Systems

Avoid safety incidents and runaway reactions

Faster plant testing and modeling

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2006
Matrikon: Brown, M.
Tesoro: Kautzman, G. A.
Advanced Industrial Modeling Inc.: Korchinski, W.
Process Control / Information Systems

Automated technology performs both open-loop and closed-loop testing simultaneously

Set vapor velocity setpoints profitably

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2006
Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.
Process Control / Information Systems

Use Clifftent principles to account for operating limit tradeoffs and risk to substantially improve financial performance

Dynamic real-time optimization increases ethylene plant profits

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2006
Neste Jacobs Oy: Aaljoki, K.  |  Bergman, S.  |  Ojala, M.  |  Sourander, M.  |  Vanhamake, V.  |  Yli-Opas, K.
Borealis Polumers Oy: Smeds, S.  |  Vettenranta, J.
Process Control / Information Systems

This project resulted in a $12.5 million/yr profit increase and one-month payback

Fieldbus enables single-loop integrity with control-in-the-field

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2006
SINOPEC Engineering Inc.: Bu Yu, H.
Emerson Process Management: Peluso, M.
Process Control / Information Systems

Benefits include device and process health monitoring that enable establishing asset management and predictive maintenance practices

Determining plant equipment performance during transient conditions

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2006
ABB: Kneile, R.
Process Control / Information Systems

Steady-state performance algorithms can be modified to improve accuracy

HP Control: What constitutes a real-time application?

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

I recently heard computer programs, mainly of the simulation variety, described as working in real time in service of the unit operators, inferring product properties and other unmeasured constraints ..

HP Control: Are there any good APC training programs out there?

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

I have written several articles and editorials warning about the failure rate of advanced process control (APC) applications. See for example my January 2006 editorial,1 which also references related ..