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HP Control: Automation: moving from a commodity

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2000
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.
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Peter Martin, VP of Corporate Marketing at the Foxboro Company, gave an interesting presentation entitled, "Bottom Line Automation," at the Invensys 2000 Conference, in Las Vegas (I cou..

HPInternet: The FCC Network

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2000
Competitive Analysis Technologies: Crowley, B.
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The venerable fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), maker of high-value products and consumer of expensive catalysts, has its own spot on the Internet (http://www.thefccnetwork.com/). The FCC ..

Improve high-pressure polyethylene reactor control

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2000
Borealis A/S: Moen, O.
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A multivariable, nonlinear approach provided significant benefits

HP Control: The changing publishing biz

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2000
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.
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Most of you rely on technical trade magazines to keep up to date with technical developments and articles for improving plant operations. The buyout trend that has had a significant imp..

HPInternet: Statistical review of world energy

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2000
Competitive Analysis Technologies: Crowley, B.
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This may well be one of the most valuable sites on the Internet for the oil and gas industry (http://www.bp.com/worldenergy/). Today, it is still called the BP Amoco Statistical Review of ..

Control level under fouling conditions

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2000
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Technique can be applied where level can be inferred by discrete measurements

Applied artificial intelligence for delayed coking

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2000
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Implement this real-time technology to improve process control results

HP Control: Why visit MyPlant.com?

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2000
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.
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MyPlant.com held a seminar for editors on September 21 - 23 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The purpose was to show the "press" what is available on the site today and discuss future plans in i..

Hydrocracker advanced control improves profitability Fig 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2000
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Fig. 1. The hydrocracker consists of three main units: first- and second-stage reactors, and a fractionator. ..

Hydrocracker advanced control improves profitability

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2000
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This refinery maximized jet fuel yield, while minimizing hydrogen consumption