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Process Control

Honeywell installs new control system for Russia’s largest refining complex

The advanced DCS will simplify operations and improve the process efficiency of the refinery’s delayed coking unit, which extracts valuable fuels from heavy oil residues of the refining processes.

Honeywell to supply technology, automation for Iraq’s new Karbala refinery

The grassroots refinery will use leading refining processes from UOP and automation controls from Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to allow the Karbala refinery to maximize production.

Honeywell to modernize operations at Refining NZ

Building on a relationship of over 25 years, New Zealand's Refining NZ selected Honeywell to provide full lifecycle maintenance for the refinery’s control systems, as well as to migrate the refinery to the most recent process control technology, Honeywell’s Experion PKS.

Use a commercial process historian for full-featured machinery condition monitoring

Compressor Control Corp., SETPOINT Vibration Div.: Sabin, S.

Can a commercial process historian be used to replace standalone condition monitoring software, including acquisition and display of high-speed vibration and surge waveform data?

ICL Brasil selects new Honeywell process controls for chemical plant upgrade

ICL Brasil will use the Experion Orion Console as well as Honeywell’s Universal I/O technology to modernize its production facility in Cajati, near Sao Paulo. The upgrades are meant to increase production, improve efficiency and improve the effectiveness of the plant operators.

Sasol picks Emerson to automate new Louisiana petrochemicals project

The automation project is one of the largest in history awarded to Emerson. The complex includes an ethane cracker that will produce 1.5 million tpy of ethylene, as well as six chemical manufacturing plants designed to convert the ethylene into a diverse range of chemicals.

Improve refinery margins with new crude selection concept

Statoil Refining Denmark: Knudsen, P. U.
Frontline Systems, Inc.: Maleki, S.

A refinery with an active crude selection strategy encompassing dedicated staff, preapproval of all new crudes and an updated crude acceptance window can gain $0.5/bbl–$1/bbl vs. a more passive strategy.

Maintaining gas system accuracy and reliability through calibration

AURA Gas Controls: Dickerson, D.

In the process industries, laser-based analytical techniques have emerged as a popular method of examining process line samples because of their high level of durability, fast response time and minimal maintenance requirements.

HP Automation Strategies: APC technology adapts quickly to economic changes

AspenTech: Singh, T.

With significant fluctuations in feedstock and energy prices, making economic changes quickly is vital to capitalize on the most profitable assets.

HP Automation Safety: Ensure the safety and security of industrial control systems

ARC Advisory Group: Cosman, E. C.

Process safety and cyber security are distinctly different disciplines, but there is now a growing realization within the downstream automation sector that they are related.