Process Optimization
Consider dividing wall distillation to separate solvents
Using an established technology as part of a revamp installation provided new products at lower capital and operating costs than conventional methods
Fine-tune operations through computational fluid dynamics
Advanced modeling methods assist engineers to troubleshoot existing processing equipment
Pattern recognition displays capture advanced process control benefits
Operational score graphs provide a real-time indication of a controller's performance
Consider dynamic simulation for successful training
To streamline startup and subsequent operations of a new 1-butene unit, a dynamic simulator provided engineers and operators with experience prior to commissioning
Are you getting the full benefits from your advanced process control systems?
Myths about automation programs prevent companies from unleashing their full profit potential
Cut your energy bills
A European olefins plant used tailor-made, integrated solutions that reduced energy costs with minimal capital expenditure
Multivariable control and real-time optimization – an industrial practical view
Here's what can be achieved with each technology and how they are integrated at this plant
Universal key performance indicators for process plants
Raise the performance levels of the process control system and the plant
Explicit friction factor correlation for pipe flow analysis
Use this representation of the universal law of friction to obtain accurate estimates
New Developments: Industry developments
Strong growth continues due to an increased need to produce low cost products
- Southern Energy Renewables and Axens Sign MoU to advance SAF projects in Louisiana and beyond 4/8
- One of the largest heat pumps in the world has reached BASF's Ludwigshafen site 4/8
- LANXESS introduces surcharge for Lewatit ion exchange resins 4/8
- HyOrc secures industrial site and accelerated permitting path for Portugal green methanol project 4/8
- India raises HPCL Rajasthan Refinery project cost to $8.6 B 4/8
- Iranian Oil Refining Co. confirms attack on Lavan refinery 4/8

