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Practical process control system metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control / Information Systems

Here are several useful examples

Agile supply chain planning

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
M3 Technology: Acuff, C.  |  Jasper, D.
Chevron Corp.: Thomas, C.  |  Tong, D.
Process Control / Information Systems

Providing a common workspace improves data integration

Service-oriented architecture simplifies data source integration

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Infosys Consulting: Samdani, K.
Process Control / Information Systems

Here's how the approach helps refinery scheduling and also contributes to business-wide SOA adoption

Predicting octane numbers for gasoline blends using artificial neural networks

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Iran University of Science and Technology: Pranghooshi, E.  |  Sadeghi, M. T.
Sahand Univerity of Technology: Shafiei, S.
Process Control / Information Systems

The ANN models were more accurate than regression models

Implementing and maintaining advanced process control on continuous catalytic reforming

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (KNPC): Al-Majed, A.  |  Kaushal, S.
Aspen Tech Middle East (ATME): Banerjee, P.
Process Control / Information Systems

The primary benefit was an increase in reformate octane barrel yield from operating the plant at its economic constraints

Fine tune accuracy in analytic measurement-Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Swagelok Company: Nordstrom, D.  |  Waters, T.
Process Control

Understanding the root causes of time delay

HP Control: APC for min maintenance or max profit? - Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.
Process Control

First, thanks to Dr. Y. Zak Friedman1 for referencing my July 1997 HP editorial.2 I commend him for using HP publications from more than a decade ago in his editorial. While I appreciate Dr. Friedman'..

HP Control: Temperature points on main fractionators

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2009
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

Main fractionators are distillation columns that handle wide boiling curve feeds, cutting it into several products. Almost every major refinery unit has such a column, all with similar design features..

HP Control: APC designs for minimum maintenance—Part 3

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2009
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

This is the third in a series of three editorials about designing advanced process control (APC) applications for an environment of little to no maintenance. Having lamented for years about APC applic..

HP Control: APC designs for minimum maintenance—Part 2

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2009
Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.
Process Control

My last month's editorial proposed that since our advanced process control (APC) applications are by and large under-maintained, these applications should be designed in the simplest possible way. The..