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HP Control: Where has engineering judgment gone?

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2006
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

One of my clients has a dozen or so distillation multi-variable predictive control (MVPC) applications, implemented by one of the major advanced process control (APC) vendors. These applications have ..

Hydrogen desulfurization extends fuel cell life

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2006
University of Duisburg-Essen: Benz, W.
Thermo Electron Corp.: Van Der Saar, I. K.  |  Van Doeselaar, I. M.
Process Control / Refining

Using this analytical technique can improve overall performance

Applying instrumented overpressure protection systems

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2006
Fluor Corp.: Sutikno, T.
Environment & Safety / Process Control

Transient analysis is required to verify their effectiveness

Consider the generalized IMC-PID method for PID controller tuning of time-delay processes

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2006
Yeungnam University: Lee, M.
GS-Caltex Corp.: Lee, Y.
KAIST: Park, S.
Process Control

This simple analytical method provides PID parameters to give a desired closed-loop response while available for any class of time-delay processes

HP Control: Choosing inferential modeling tools

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2006
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

Goel and Shah of Reliance Industries in India published a recent article, claiming that spreadsheet regression is the preferred choice for inferential modeling based on price considerations.1 Since co..

HP Control: Dr. Pierre Latour's views on APC

Hydrocarbon Processing / November 2005
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

Pierre Latour has been a pillar in our advanced process control (APC) industry for as long as anyone can remember. His long and turbulent career started upon graduating from Purdue University with a P..

Increase MTBE plant productivity

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2005
Axens: Bader, J.-M.  |  Guesneux, S.
Process Control

Applying advanced process control solutions enabled raising unit output without a major retrofit of existing equipment

Multiunit refinery optimization

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2005
Advanced Industrial Modeling Inc.: Korchinski, W.
Sinopec Shangahai Gaoqiao: Cai, J. H.  |  Li, Z. G.  |  Shen, Y. M.  |  Tao, X. H.
Honeywell Co. Ltd.: Tao, X. W.  |  Zhang, Z. Q.  |  Zhou, H. J.
Process Control

By taking an unconventional approach, the problem was substantially simplified

Simple techniques for generating process control inferentials

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2005
Aker Solutions US, INC.: Shah, K.
Reliance Industries Ltd.: Goel, S.
Process Control

Property estimation can be done with easy statistical tools and spreadsheet software

Online monitoring of multivariable control utilization and benefits

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2005
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control

The key performance indicators presented could be built into software products or user implemented