Base layer enhancement study for crude oil distillation process

Handan Çevik Şanli is a Process Control Superintendent responsible for implementation, maintenance and performance monitoring of APC projects for Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corp. Her responsibilities include base layer control enhancement; distributed control system (DCS) management and configuration for process control schemes; alarm management implementations for refineries; and identification of new advanced control and DCS level control strategies for increased operational benefits and optimization. Ms. Şanli earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Middle East Technical University, and an MS degree in engineering management from the Izmir Institute of Technology. She can be reached at handan.cevik@tupras.com.tr.

Berkay Er is a Process Control Engineer at the Tupras Izmir refinery, where he is responsible for implementation, maintenance and performance monitoring of APC projects. His responsibilities include base layer control enhancement, DCS management and alarm management implementations. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Ege Unıversity. He can be reached at berkay.er@tupras.com.tr.