Process Control
HPInternet: Bunkerworld.com
At the bottom of the barrel – after all the jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and petrochemical and lube oil feedstocks have been removed at the refinery – there are still the bottoms, residual fu..
HPInternet: 1st Chemical Market
There are many chemical trading sites on the Internet, and 1st Chemical Market is one of my favorites. You must register to use this site, but you can get a 30-day free trial to see if you like it, so..
Online flash point calculation improves crude unit control
An inferential control method has been developed at the AB Nynäs Petroleum refinery in Nynäshamn (Sweden). The purpose of the method is to estimate the flash points for distillates from the ..
HP Control: Essential process control
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) held their 40th Annual Computer Conference, November 15–18 in San Antonio, Texas. Although several good papers were presented on past and ..
HPInternet: Wall Street Research Network
This month I will step into a slightly different mode of Web site, the company analysis site. Wall Street Research Network (http://www.wsrn.com/) is one of my favorite sites on the Internet and one I ..
Expert systems aid plant operations managers
Actual plant examples show how this technology can solve problems and improve operations
Neural networks help optimize solvent extraction
Benefits from this application were worth about $7 million per year
HP Control: ISA Expo '98: Fieldbus finally arrives
The ISA Expo '98 conference and exhibit was held Oct. 19–23 in Houston. Each year, some technology seems to dominate the event. In '97 the buzz words were "asset management." Although many new as..
HPInternet: Chemical prices on the Internet
I am often asked about finding current chemical prices on the Internet. I often respond that what is there isn't current. Like buying a car, the advertised price is rarely what you actually pay. There..
HP Control: Control from the machinery perspective
We have reported several times on the trend toward integrating process and machinery controls to improve asset management from the process control system perspective. Real-time machinery data can be u..
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