Process Control
HP Control: Choosing inferential modeling tools
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
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
Applying advanced process control solutions enabled raising unit output without a major retrofit of existing equipment
Multiunit refinery optimization
By taking an unconventional approach, the problem was substantially simplified
Simple techniques for generating process control inferentials
Property estimation can be done with easy statistical tools and spreadsheet software
Online monitoring of multivariable control utilization and benefits
The key performance indicators presented could be built into software products or user implemented
Rule-driven optimization boosts plant performance
The technology provides the flexibility needed to deal with discontinuous operating situations
Use techno-economic benchmark to review supply-chain models
Value profile of crude and high vacuum unit fractions is the key for crude selection and, thus, refinery profitability
Easy way to transform nomographs and charts into a computer program
These steps can make the resources more useful
HP Control: Recent trends in control
As you know, Zak Friedman has taken over writing this column. Zak had a column prepared for this issue, but the company he interviewed declined permission to publish it (Zak wouldn't let them make it ..
- Ketjen introduces new breakthrough catalyst that mitigates the effects of iron poisoning in FCCUs 8/20
- Sumitomo Chemical achieves scale-up of its process for producing propylene directly from ethanol 8/20
- EcoCortec, Jakob Schober GmbH awarded sustainability award for closed-loop circular films solution 8/20
- Addverb reinvents its factory automation development with Siemens Xcelerator 8/20
- Sanctions-hit Indian refiner Nayara turns to ‘dark fleet’ 8/20
- EIA: Crude and gasoline inventories fall, distillates rise 8/20
