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Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Automation Merger: From Crude Properties to Finished Products

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
"Control's Keith Larson was on hand for the Invensys SimSci-Esscor/IntelaTrac user group meeting October 15 in Houston and talked with Matthew Webster, CEO of Spiral Software, as well as Harpreet Gulati, director, simulation and optimization, Invensys Operations Management, on what Invensys' acquisition of Spiral means for the two companies' mutual clients in the petroleum refining industry. Watch the video" by clicking on the link below.  by cl
Automation Merger: From Crude Properties to Finished Products
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Posted in control, Harpreet Gulati, Invensys Operations Management, Keith Larson, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral Software | No comments

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Optimization at a refinery

Posted on 21:00 by Unknown
The declining global economy and increasing regional regulations are taking their toll on refineries. These two issues prove that there is no better time to improve performance and profitability. Invensys has developed products that find any chance of profitability anywhere in the refinery.


SimSci-Esscor’s ROMeo Online Performance Suite solution provides optimization features for the entire refinery. ROMeo Utilities Optimization optimizes the way plants supply energy from its utilities. It will significantly reduce energy cost, which is very often a refinery’s greatest expense. ROMeo Process Optimization allows for a change in operation based on current economic and process conditions. SimSci-Esscor’s ROMeo solutions are used by some of the world’s leading refineries including Exxon Mobil, Shell, and BASF. Invensys Yield Accounting Solution provides refineries with more accurate data and more reliable tracking. In doing this, it provides less room for error which also optimizes performance. Planning & Off-sites Integration with ROMeo is another Invensys optimization solution. Integrating ROMeo with planning LP technology and off-sites management applications allows for much less manual work.

Join the world’s leading refineries and start optimizing performance in your workplace by choosing Invensys optimization solutions.
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Refinery Wide Optimization: Breaking through Heavy Oil Barriers

Posted on 18:34 by Unknown
Refinery Wide Optimization: Breaking through Heavy Oil Barriers

The first webinar on Heavy oils is coming up in a few weeks (November 6th), check out the webinar schedule and register today!
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Posted in heavy oils, refinery wide optimization, Refining, RWO, SimSci-Esscor, thermal conductivity, viscosity | No comments

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Available webinar recordings: 10 Most Common Simulation Pitfalls

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
Did you miss the webinar?
Do you want to share that recording with a colleague who should have joined?

Well, the recordings are now available!
Webinar recordings for the series “10 Most Common Simulation Pitfalls” both parts 1 and 2 can be seen at:
  • Part 1: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/9072315977759428352
  • Part 2: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3169000664834760448
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Friday, 26 October 2012

Heading out on vacation...

Posted on 13:56 by Unknown
I am heading out on vacation in a few hours.....

I have scheduled a few posts for next week to keep the content fresh, but there will be a delay in my responses until I return to work on November 5th.

Have a great week everyone.
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Thursday, 25 October 2012

Spiral Users' Meeting 2012 - Grand Hyatt Berlin, Germany

Posted on 04:51 by Unknown

Spiral Users' Meeting 2012


Grand Hyatt Berlin, Germany
Wednesday 31st October to Friday 2nd November 2012

Will you be attending the Spiral's User's Meeting in Berlin? Spiral Software is the newest acquisition of Invensys Operations Management.


We are delighted to announce that the Spiral Users' Meeting 2012 will be taking place at the Grand Hyatt Berlin, between the 31st October and 2nd November.
Prior to the start of SUM 2012, there will be training courses on 29th and 30th October, for both beginners and advanced users, who may be interested in furthering their knowledge of the tools. As the training was sold out last year, we recommend you register early to avoid disappointment.
There will also be several interactive workshops on 30th October, demonstrating the entire Spiral toolset, including trader tools and our integrated supply chain management system, Spiral Suite.
The meeting itself will comprise of plenary sessions as well as individual tracks which reflect Spiral's offering to the industry across assay management, feedstock selection and supply chain management. Client presentations will showcase applications of Spiral tools and share best practice, while Spiral consultants will demonstrate recent developments and lay out our future roadmap.
SUM 2012 will be a great opportunity to network with Spiral's developers and consultants as well as users from all areas of the industry.
Highlights include:
  • Demonstrations of the exciting new developments in the planning and scheduling features of Spiral Suite
  • Demonstrations of the latest features in the assay tools
  • Hands-on workshops covering the entire Spiral toolset
  • Papers and break-out sessions sharing new toolset applications and industry best practices
  • Presentation of development roadmap.
In response to positive feedback from previous Spiral Users' Meetings, we will be extending the range of support and consultancy available during SUM 2012. This will provide more opportunities to meet Spiral staff one-on-one and discuss how our tools can best support your work processes.
We very much hope you can join us in Berlin, for what promises to be another fantastic event.
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Invensys Yield Accounting Solution from SimSci-Esscor

Posted on 05:59 by Unknown
Check out this video for an overview of the Invensys Yield Accounting Solution

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Posted in ErrorSolver, Invensys Yield Accounting Solution, MESEnter, SimSci-Esscor, Yield Accounting | No comments

Monday, 22 October 2012

Reporting component rates in PRO/II

Posted on 22:30 by Unknown
Feature Highlight 34: Reporting component rates in PRO/II

1.       Run and converge the simulation






2.       Go to Tools > Spreadsheet > Component rates





3.       PRO/II will generate an excel spreadsheet with flowrates of all components in each stream














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Operator Training

Posted on 12:54 by Unknown
                Refineries are being forced to rely on inexperienced operators due to the aging workforce.  Undertrained employees reduce performance and profitability in a refinery and may also risk the safety of other employees.  The aging workforce is moving closer to the age of retirement, making it imperative to train younger, less experienced employees.  Invensys offers solutions that aid refineries in educating inexperienced operators, who will soon be relied upon to operate the refinery.
                Invensys offers a computer-based training method, Operator Training Simulators (OTS), to help give operators the skills they need to run a refinery.  Operators learn the ins and outs of a refinery in this virtual control room.  DYNSIM is a model that controls the plant response.  Trainees learn how to react appropriately when a similar situation occurs in the actual plant.  SimSci-Esscor’s immersive training system, EYESIM, is a technology breakthrough in training.  The EYESIM solution connects all refinery operators by a high-fidelity process simulation and virtual walkthrough plant environment.  The virtual plant feature will significantly improve maintenance activities by offering direct feedback once a trainee completes an action.  This will provide the knowledge necessary to act appropriately in any given situation.

There will be a free webinar on December 4th - register today.
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Sunday, 21 October 2012

Free webinar: Using New Modeling Technology to

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
Using New Modeling Technology to Help Solve Heavy Oil Processing Issues
Why attend:
  • Learn about recent developments for
  • dealing with heavy oils
  • Learn how to effectively model heavier
  • feedstocks to avoid common problems
  • Learn how other refineries are dealing
  • with heavier feedstocks
Ample time will be made available for Q&A so you can discuss your situation with a leading expert in heavy oils.
Who should attend:
Plant Managers, Process Engineers, Engineering Managers, Process Design Engineers

Most of today’s refineries were designed to process lighter crudes. Similarly, the conventional process simulation software they use to model the process was developed using methodologies geared toward lighter crudes. However, refiners are currently being asked to process increasingly heavy feedstocks. Heavier crudes present operational issues that reduce performance and profitability, increase safety risks, and require either the design of new equipment or major changes in operating conditions to process them in a safe, profitable manner.

Learn more about the excellent speakers and register here
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Friday, 19 October 2012

Please join us in Abu Dhabi in November for a user forum

Posted on 05:40 by Unknown

Please join us for two days of rich content and information plus networking with peers and Invensys experts in Abu Dhabi on November 13 and 14. The forum is an excellent opportunity to learn about the future of Operation and Business Management Solutions that you use and can use to enhance the bottom line of your company. It's a very exciting time, with new product
releases, new applications, and of course, brand new product offerings. Come find out what we have to offer now and in the near future. Find out more info here

Also - tell us you are coming in our LinkedIn Event
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Posted in Abu Dhabi, Middle East, Operations and Business Management Solutions, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware | No comments

PROCESS & AUTOMATION ENGINEERING FORUM in Milan

Posted on 05:38 by Unknown
PROCESS & AUTOMATION ENGINEERING FORUM
Milan Melia Hotel, 29th November 2012
Will you be attending? I will be there. I loved Milan on my first visit and am looking forward to my second trip in November.

The agenda is up on the event website.

Register today at the event website!
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Thursday, 18 October 2012

Winner of the XBOX from the Houston User Meeting...

Posted on 13:44 by Unknown
David Wedlake of Foster Wheeler won the XBOX raffle at the Houston User meeting. Thank you to all that entered the raffle.


Congratulations David - you will be receiving your XBOX shortly.
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How are you dealing with heavier feedstock?

Posted on 08:30 by Unknown
                Today’s refineries were originally designed for lighter crudes.  Since there is an ever-increasing demand for oil and the amount of heavy oils on Earth is greater than twice the supply of lighter crudes, refineries are being forced to utilize them.  Heavy oils have a very high viscosity compared to lighter crudes, which means that they have a greater resistance to motion.  Conventional refineries find great difficulty in processing these “molasses-like” substances.  Processing the crude incorrectly leads to operational errors, like equipment failure and process downtime, which can risk operator safety.  It is imperative that existing methods be altered so refiners can accurately process the crudes.
                Invensys Operations Management has developed its SimSci-Esscor product to more accurately model heavier oils so refiners can adapt their processes.  Refiners may then design new equipment or processes or adjust operating conditions based on the characterization of the feedstock.  SIM4ME Thermo makes the heavy oils technology easy to use in all Invensys products.  Invensys’ solutions for processing heavy feedstock are far more accurate and advanced than other products currently on the market.
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Invensys Strengthens Refinery-Wide Optimization Solutions

Posted on 12:46 by Unknown
News Release
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Posted in Off-sites, refinery wide optimization, RWO, Spiral, Yield Accounting | No comments

Feature Highlight 33: Utilizing PIPEPHASE through PRO/II

Posted on 05:12 by Unknown

Set up a PRO/II simulation model

Place a PIPEPHASE unit-op on the Flowsheet and connect it with inlet and outlet streams, as shown below. A PIPEPHASE unit-op can be found on the Misellaneous tab of PRO/II icon palette.

 
Double click on the PIPEPHASE unit-op and fill in the required data

  • PIPEPHASE version – this can be left as default or select a particular version
  • Initialize the unit-op with an existing PIPEPHASE simulation (it is required to have a preconfigured and converged PIPEPHASE model in place)
  • Map PRO/II components with that of PIPEPHASE model by select Name or Index from Component mapping menu (it should be ascertained that selected components in PRO/II and PIPEPHASE are identical)
  • Connect the appropriate PRO/II stream with a source and sink on PIPEPHASE from Stream 
  • Check Define data link specification and provide the data link specification which in this is case is Total liquid volume rate
  • Click OK and come out of PRO/II – PIPEPHASE data entry window

Make sure that PIPEPHASE is not running while setting up the PIPEPHASE unit-op in PRO/II or running the PRO/II model
 
 
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Monday, 15 October 2012

More on the Spiral Software acquisition

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
Yesterday I posted on the acquisition of Spiral Software discussing the acquisition and the main reason for the acquisition. Today I want to highlight some of their offerings including: Spiral Suite, CrudeSuite, CrudeSuite internet, Assay Libraries, and CrudeManager


Spiral Suite   

Spiral Suite is the only industry planning and scheduling solution designed from the ground up as an integrated solution. It fully supports all supply chain work processes across large and small enterprises, bringing together feedstock data management, planning, scheduling and envelope optimization activities in a single, fully-integrated toolset.
CrudeSuite

The CrudeSuite tools are designed for use in medium to large size companies, with users across many sites wanting to share and exchange information.

CrudeSuite internet

CrudeSuite internet (CSi)is a powerful, industry-leading decision support tool which utilizes sophisticated innovations in statistical modeling to enable companies to rapidly evaluate, manipulate and compare crude oil data, identifying the most profitable crudes.

Assay Libraries

Spiral markets a range of assay libraries for use in conjunction with its modeling and decision support tools. Industry-leading assay libraries from Chevron and Shell containing several hundred crudes are available in a variety of packages including regional and basket format. The Spiral HPI assay library is shipped as standard with all products.
CrudeManager

The CrudeManager tools are designed for use in small to medium size companies. They offer a wide range of functionality for crude assay management and manipulating crude oil information and are available with a variety of industry-standard crude oil assay libraries.

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Posted in Acquisition, Assay Libraries, Crudemanager, CrudeSuite, CrudeSuite internet, Invensys Operations Management, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral Software, Spiral Suite | No comments

Exciting day in Houston for SimSci-Esscor

Posted on 15:36 by Unknown
  • We have 60 SimSci-Esscor customers in attendance, some all the way from Japan and Korea

  • We learned about the acquisition of Spiral Software

  • Peter Reynolds of the ARC presented "Trends, Directions and Drivers for Tomorrow’s Process Plant"

  • Nate Shea-han of Microsoft presented "Virtualization as a Stepping Stone  to the Cloud"

  • After that, a day of presentations from Invensys and customers followed
If you didn't attend, you are missing out. I am about to head up to the customer appreciation event!

 
 

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Invensys Operations Management Acquires Spiral Software

Posted on 06:30 by Unknown
Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, today announced that it has acquired Spiral Software, a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom to extend their refinery-wide optimization offerings with new planning, scheduling and crude management software.

Founded in 1998, Spiral Software’s solutions help hydrocarbon processing clients make better business decisions when trading and refining crude oils. Its crude assay management software enables clients to make the best choices when sourcing and refining feedstocks, and it’s planning and scheduling softwarehelps optimize production plans based on real-time crude demand and market pricing, as well as the refinery’s own capacity and supply chain constraints.

So you may be asking, why did Invensys Operations Management acquire Spiral? Simply put, Spiral technology will enable Invensys Operations Management to deliver new refinery-wide optimization solutions that enable clients to make better business decisions when trading and refining crude oils. Their offerings will enable us to fully support the entire planning to operations value chain, helping our customers make better business decisions in real time, based on demand, market pricing and their own economic, capacity and supply chain constraints.

Spiral Software solutions extend SimSci-Esscor’s refinery optimization offerings, enabling us to cover the entire planning to refining value chain, something no other provider can do. As an integrated offering with our market-leading refinery optimization products, it fills a gap in our portfolio offerings and strengthens our competitive position. Spiral Software’s crude assay management tools allow traders to rank various crude oils and assess a feasible purchase price as an input to the monthly plan, as well as determine what other crude products the refinery can make, allowing the traders to make additional product commitments or understand their product trading flexibility. Spiral Software’s planning and scheduling solution then integrates the buying plans with the production schedule so purchasing decisions are made continuously rather than monthly. Additionally, the software’s risk-analysis feature is able to model several different planning and scheduling scenarios, helping refiners understand their exposure to changes in feedstock costs, product demand and refinery operations.
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Posted in assay management software, crude pricing, Invensys Operations Management, optimization, planning and scheduling, production, real-time, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci-Esscor, Spiral Software | No comments

Looking forward to the keynotes today

Posted on 05:30 by Unknown
Peter Reynolds of the ARC will be presenting on - Trends, Directions and Drivers for Tomorrow’s Process Plants

Nate Shea-han of Microsoft will be presenting on - Virtualization as a Stepping Stone  to the Cloud

Should make for interesting topics.

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Saturday, 13 October 2012

See you in Houston

Posted on 06:44 by Unknown
I arrive in Houston tomorrow for the SimSci-Esscor user meeting. I hope to see you all there.

Safe travels.
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Friday, 12 October 2012

2012 North America SimSci-Esscor User Group & Tech Support Symposium

Posted on 07:55 by Unknown
2012 North America SimSci-Esscor User Group & Tech Support Symposium

The conference starts Monday! I hope to see you there.
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

View the webinar recording: Training Refinery Operators of the Future

Posted on 19:28 by Unknown
View the webinar recording from last week "Training Refinery Operators of the Future"
- it was very informative: SimSci-Esscor Operator Training Simulations
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Refinery Wide Optimization Videos

Posted on 08:19 by Unknown
Refinery Wide Optimization Videos

What do you think of these two videos? I think they are creative yet informative- but I welcome your feedback.

We will have a few more in the coming weeks!
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Posted in heavy oils, refinery wide optimization, RWO, SimSci-Esscor, viscosity | No comments

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Please join us in Abu Dhabi in November for a user forum

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown

Please join us for two days of rich content and information plus networking with peers and Invensys experts in Abu Dhabi on November 13 and 14. The forum is an excellent opportunity to learn about the future of Operation and Business Management Solutions that you use and can use to enhance the bottom line of your company. It's a very exciting time, with new product
releases, new applications, and of course, brand new product offerings. Come find out what we have to offer now and in the near future. Find out more info here

Also - tell us you are coming in our LinkedIn Event
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Posted in Abu Dhabi, forum, Middle East, process engineering software, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

PROCESS & AUTOMATION ENGINEERING FORUM

Posted on 08:21 by Unknown
 
PROCESS & AUTOMATION ENGINEERING FORUM
Milan Melia Hotel, 29th November 2012
 
Will you be attending? I will be there. Register today at the event website!



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What is standing in the way at your refinery?

Posted on 08:00 by Unknown
Need to breakthrough to better refinery performance - we can help!
What do you need help with - let me know!
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Posted in heavy oils, operator training, optimization, OTS, process simulation software, refinery wider optimization, RWO, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

2012 North America SimSci-Esscor User Group & Tech Support Symposium

Posted on 06:05 by Unknown
2012 North America SimSci-Esscor User Group & Tech Support Symposium

Will you be attending? We are looking forward to a great event in Houston next week.

Keynotes from ARC and Microsoft!

Customer presentations from ExxonMobil, Shell, TOYO, Chart Indstries, and many others!

Check the website for the full agenda!

Join your peers at the NA SimSci-Esscor User Group Meeting --- register today!
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Monday, 8 October 2012

Invensys Yield Accounting Solution

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
Operating companies require reconciled material balance information to make operating decisions and to measure performance and profitability. This is problematic because a material balance on a refinery requires numerous measurements along with the reconciliation of those plant measurements since small inaccuracies propagated throughout a data reporting system can lead to large year-end reportable monetary losses for the company. The Invensys integrated and bundled yield accounting solution is unique in the market and results in:
  • Increased accuracy and reliability of plant data corrects inaccuracies and reduces or eliminates losses
  • Consistent, reliable data for performance measures (KPIs)
  • Improved instrument maintenance efficiency
  • Better feedstock data for process yield simulators and tracking

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Guest Blogger wanted -

Posted on 17:19 by Unknown
Do you want to share your knowledge of simulation software?

Do you have an idea of how to apply simulation software?

Do you simply know some tips and tricks for our software?

If you are interested in writing for this blog, please reach out to me at joseph.mcmullen@invensys.com - I am always looking for content.
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SimSci-Esscor LinkedIn Groups - Join the conversations!

Posted on 13:45 by Unknown
SimSci-Esscor LinkedIn Groups

Join the discussions in these LinkedIn Groups!


PRO/II


DYNSIM


PIPEPHASE


SimSci-Esscor 
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Sub-optimal Operating Conditions

Posted on 06:39 by Unknown
The global economy and regional regulations are placing greater economic pressures on refiners in the form of increased pricing pressure that affect profitability and require enhanced performance to allow the plant to remain profitable. Additionally, regulatory compliance and adherence to increasing stringent safety standards can adversely affect a refinery’s bottom line. Decreased margin from increased competition is forcing refiners to evaluate means to run more profitably. Refineries have been implementing profit generating activities for years, but the key is implementation and sustainability of a full-scale optimization program.


THE INVENSYS SOLUTION:
Invensys provides several optimization solutions. Invensys has extended its best-in-class solutions under SimSci-Esscor for refinery optimization through integration of various individual products and applications designed to capture all areas of profit opportunity by providing the best optimization and regulatory compliance solutions for a refinery. These new solutions take SimSci-Esscor’s leadership in refining optimization to a higher level. The various solutions allow the refinery to choose the level of optimization that is appropriate for their current situation.

Off-sites:  Tank farms make up a large portion of a refining complex. Increased automation and operational performance reduces the cost of terminal operations, while at the same time improving safety compliance and business performance. Invensys Off-sites solutions have been in use in terminal and refinery sites globally for over 25 years, serving all of the major oil companies.

Process Optimization:  ROMeo is the standard for process optimization in refining and can be used for either performance monitoring or process optimization.  During performance monitoring, ROMeo trends the performance of equipment to identify problems and pinpoint equipment operational issues. An example would be the performance monitoring of a crude pre-heat train to monitor exchanger fouling and running case-studies to view which heat exchanger would impact profitability the most when cleaned.   During process optimization, ROMeo automatically imports process data, reconciles that data, and optimizes the process within a set of operational bounds. One example would be to minimize the usage of hydrogen when upgrading heavier crude oil. In this example, ROMeo would be used to monitor hydrogen usage and minimize its consumption by altering the flow and conditions (temperature and pressure) of the various feedstocks.

Integrating ROMeo with Planning, Scheduling and Off-sites:  Refiners can now leverage blend operations and optimization practices to improve efficiency and profitability across the entire refinery. Crude blend data available from off-sites blending operations can be used as input to process optimization software. Product properties that are calculated by process optimization software can then be used in off-sites product blending operations.

Visualization:  Wonderware Intelligence provides the visualization technology that allows operators key performance indicator (KPI) visibility and monitoring through interactive dashboards in near real-time.  This provides key information in desired context across Invensys and non-Invensys sources of operations data to achieve on the spot operational decision-making.
Automation:  ArchestrA Workflow is powerful business process management software, a) helping enforce consistent policy and procedural execution from plant automation to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), b) enabling a reduction in process and response latency c) and providing the open framework to support the necessary governance, including notifications, escalations and approvals of all stakeholders in the collaboration environment.  Mobile Solutions, from Wonderware IntelaTrac, enable workflow, data collection and general task management for plant operations, maintenance management, production tracking and compliance applications. Mobile Solutions result in improved operational discipline and reliability, increased workforce productivity, and enhanced safety and compliance.   Condition Manager, from Avantis, is tied to asset health, reliability and/or availability.  Predicting asset failures before they occur on critical refinery equipment can result in significant costs savings. Condition Manager collects data from any plant floor system which is OPC-compliant, analyzes that data, then acts upon it – letting operators know of any problematic conditions early enough to take corrective action before they escalate into serious upsets or, worse yet, unplanned shutdowns.
Advanced Process Control: While ROMeo is able to optimize operations once they have achieved steady-state, Connoisseur, the APC solution from SimSci-Esscor, offers optimization within a smaller time-frame. APC can help control a process to desired set-points to minimize fluctuation in the controllers and optimize output.

ACA.HF: The ACA.HF is the new standard in safety, simplicity, reliability, and accuracy for analysis of HF alkylation process performance. ACA.HF is a way to safely and simply obtain online measurement of %HF, %Water and %ASO in HF alkylation. This solution is an affordable alternative to FTNIR with highly reliable and repeatable accuracy. In fact, ACA.HF exceeds the precision of HF analysis with FTNIR. ACA.HF is a multivariable analyzer based on the application of proven Foxboro measurement technologies that are long-established in online analysis of process streams. The fact that measurements can be made in real-time with no safety risk allows refineries to enjoy the results without the risk of an accident or plant downtime.

Are you running at peak performance? What do you need help with? Let us know.
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Posted in ACA.HF, advanced process control, APC, ArchestrA Workflow, Connoisseur, optimization, process simulation, refinery, ROMeo, RWO, SimSci-Esscor | No comments

Friday, 5 October 2012

How are you dealing with inexperienced operators?

Posted on 04:05 by Unknown
Refineries run the risk of not operating plants safely and profitably due to the aging workforce and young, inexperienced operators. As refineries increasingly rely on inexperienced operators, their safety risk increases.  Therefore, it is imperative that refineries take an active role in enabling operators to improve their skills, capabilities and performance through training and a variety of other tools that will help mold their behavior to quickly and correctly respond to plant disturbances and thereby ensure that every situation is adequately dealt with.

THE INVENSYS SOLUTION:
Invensys provides a comprehensive set of solutions to enable operators to run the plant safely and profitably.
Under SimSci-Esscor, Operator Training Simulators (OTS) allow operators to train on a computer in an identical environment to the control room. The DYNSIM model that controls the plant response behaves in the same manner as the actual plant, which provides trainees with an accurate means to train and develop experience so that when they do work with the real plant they can react appropriately.  A complimentary training solution, EYESIM, takes an OTS to the next level, by providing a virtual environment based on the actual plant that allows the field operators and maintenance personnel to train in a virtual reality environment to further gain valuable experience in a lifelike environment.

Did you get a chance to check out the free webinar this past Tuesday?
fI not, there will be another one in December - It was really interesting.

What are you doing to make sure your operators are trained appropriately? Please let me know.
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Thursday, 4 October 2012

Heavy Feedstock

Posted on 12:58 by Unknown
Existing refineries were designed to use lighter crudes.  Increasingly heavy feedstock forces refiners to deal with operational issues that reduce performance and profitability, increase safety risks, and require new equipment to be designed or a change in operating conditions to effectively process these heavy crudes in a safe and profitable manner.  In order to process heavy crudes effectively, refiners need to know exactly how to characterize the crude, which is where SimSci-Esscor’s propriety technology for heavy oils becomes important.
THE INVENSYS SOLUTION:
SimSci-Esscor provides innovative and technologically superior Heavy Oils modeling methods that more accurately model heavier feedstock so that refiners can adapt their processes accordingly – whether by designing new equipment or processes, or altering current operating conditions.  Ranging from liquid viscosity prediction and liquid thermal conductivity to contaminant solubility prediction, these proprietary methods exceed the accuracy of any other methods currently on the market. This proprietary heavy oils technology is built into SIM4ME Thermo which allows the heavy oils methods to be used in all of our products – making it easy to use the technology in various parts of the plant lifecycle.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Automation Simulation Software: Sweeter Simulation

Posted on 08:42 by Unknown
Automation Simulation Software: Sweeter Simulation
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012

DOE AVESTAR Center Deploys 3-D Virtual Training System

Posted on 19:36 by Unknown

Successful Site Acceptance Testing Allows NETL to Improve Coal-Fired Power Plants


Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s AVESTAR™ Center has taken a major step forward with the successful deployment and site acceptance testing of a new 3-D virtual immersive training system for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants with carbon capture. The training center, launched in 2011, continues to build its portfolio of dynamic simulators, virtual plant technologies, and advanced research capabilities to satisfy industry’s growing need for training and experience in the operation and control of high-efficiency, near-zero-emissions energy plants.

Read more here
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Posted in DOE, EYESIM, IGCC, NETL, SimSci-Esscor, UVW, virtual reality | No comments

Monday, 1 October 2012

SimSci-Esscor Overview

Posted on 21:30 by Unknown
Refineries are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in today’s global economy, whether it is due to increasingly heavy feedstock, inexperienced operators, or sub-optimal operating conditions. SimSci-Esscor understands these difficulties, and offers solutions to address each problem. Customers may then determine which offered solutions best fit their situation.
Invensys Operations Management provides a unique and innovative set of software, services and solutions aimed at addressing emerging industry needs and operational issues, and are designed to drive optimal performance within a refinery.  The solutions for refinery-wide modeling are comprehensive and complete, backed by an expert global delivery services organization
If you are one of the few refining companies not using SimSci-Esscor products, now is the time to optimize your company’s refinery performance.
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Free webcast tomorrow: Register now for Training Refinery Operators of the Future

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Refinery Wide Optimization Webinar Series

Spend an hour with us to learn more about our specific solutions. We also record the webinar so that you can watch it later if the times don’t work for you to listen live.

Sign-up and learn how SimSci-Esscor is Training Refinery Operators of the Future.

For North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East there is one on October 2nd.
For Asia there is one on Wednesday morning, October 3rd.

Register today!
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Don't gorget to register for our free webinar tomorrow: Training Refinery Operators of the Future

SimSci-Esscor Operator Training Simulations
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