An operations reference model for common refinery operations

Dennis Brandl is president of BR&L Consulting and has been involved in automation system design and implementation in a wide range of control systems over the past 35 years. His experience includes control system design for Shell Oil refineries, chemical plants, pharmaceutical facilities, steel mills, mining and next-generation control system design with ExxonMobil. Mr. Brandl was a founder of the ISA’s ISA 95 Enterprise/Control System Integration committee and is the chairman of the IEC/ISO Joint Working Group on Enterprise/Control Integration, IEC 62264. He earned a BS degree in physics and an MS degree in measurement and control from Carnegie-Mellon University, and an MS degree in computer science from California State University.

Martin A. Turk has been involved in engineering, consulting, sales and marketing activities related to process automation for most of his 43-plus years of industry experience. These activities include process simulation, advanced control and information/automation system strategic planning. He serves as director, O&G Downstream Global Solutions Architect for Schneider Electric. In this role, Dr. Turk is primarily responsible for providing industry support to strategic accounts and major project pursuits in the hydrocarbon processing industry, and for identifying and specifying industry solutions that meet unfulfilled needs of the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. Prior to joining Schneider Electric in 2006, he worked for operating companies and other suppliers of process automation technology, including Amoco Oil, Occidental Chemical, Honeywell and Aspen Technology. Dr. Turk received a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton, and a doctorate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.