Process Control
HP Engineering Case Histories: Case 83: What are useful questions to ask before starting a vibration analysis?
Periodically, this author receives questions from readers throughout the world addressing what performance issues could be wrong with a centrifugal compressor that is vibrating. Note: It is impossible..
ExxonMobil picks Wood Group to automate new Texas ethane cracker
Wood Group is providing process control systems, detailed engineering, procurement and fabrication services for the multi-billion dollar expansion project by ExxonMobil Chemical at the Baytown and Mont Belvieu plants near Houston.
IMI Critical Engineering opens new Houston plant
IMI is a leading manufacturer of high-quality, very large diameter severe service valves that are primarily used in the steel, glass, refining, chemical and petrochemical industries.
Sasol picks Honeywell to maintain control systems for Africa coal-to-liquids
Honeywell will support Sasol's synthetic fuels and chemicals complex in Secunda, South Africa, providing diagnostic system monitoring, automated incident management, technical assistance, parts management, site-based support and ongoing system upgrades for the facility.
Honeywell unveils operator training software
Honeywell’s latest suite of simulation software offers an integrated, robust training experience to help industrial plants address a growing shortage of trained HPI operators.
Consider new online analyzers to optimize FCC operations
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and near infrared (NIR) process analyzers are highly effective in quantifying physical properties in hydrocarbons, especially where the feedstock, intermediate and final product streams are all interlinked.
HP Viewpoint: The data revolution
The world’s population is expected to exceed 9 B people by 2040, and the corresponding energy demand for many of these newly affluent consumers will rise similarly. For the industrial sector, mor..
Hyperion, RSI launch new company for operator training simulations
HyperionRSI Simulation, a company jointly owned by Hyperion Systems Engineering and RSI, will offer simulation solutions based on the IndissPlus simulation technology.
ABB wins TÜV certification in Canada for safety system engineering
The company’s Calgary and Burlington offices are the first to implement TÜV certified functional safety management system for design, engineering and delivery of safety instrumented systems.
DCS migration: Lessons learned
In 2005, TOTAL’s Port Arthur refinery (PAR), like many present-day refining and petrochemical facilities, found itself with an obsolete, at-capacity distributed control system (DCS). As shown in ..
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