Designing a distillation column requires balancing thermodynamics, hydraulics, internals, energy use and cost—often with limited information early in a project. Decisions made at this stage play a critical role in shaping capital investment, efficiency and long-term operability.

Safety is a top priority for every process industry operator worldwide. Yet, many engineers still face challenges developing effective safety system designs. Working with multiple disconnected tools often makes it difficult to analyze all scenarios and address design risks, especially when manual data entry introduces errors.

Safety is a top priority for every process industry operator worldwide. Yet, many engineers still face challenges developing effective safety system designs. Working with multiple disconnected tools often makes it difficult to analyze all scenarios and address design risks, especially when manual data entry introduces errors.

Optimal design and operation of heat exchangers (HX) are critical for reducing energy usage, lowering emissions and ensuring proper plant performance.

Refinery production accounting has traditionally relied on complex spreadsheets and manual data handling—making accuracy, efficiency and collaboration difficult to achieve. Today, digital transformation solutions in production accounting are paving the way for smarter, faster and more reliable operations.

In complex, integrated and dynamic industrial systems, decisions made during design, operations & maintenance and supply chain planning can significantly impact business performance.

Ameren Corporation powers the lives of 2.5 million electric and 900,000 natural gas customers across a 64,000-square-mile service territory in Missouri and Illinois. This Saint Louis-based utility is dedicated to providing reliable and affordable energy, a mission it has successfully met for years.

Global hydrogen demand is forecast to increase dramatically to 2050. Dozens of nations around the world have established hydrogen roadmaps or policies that are fueling the adoption of hydrogen that will help adhere to net-zero policies. To adhere to these policies, a significant amount of capital investment will be needed to satisfy increasing hydrogen demand.

Shell recently completed a pilot evaluation of Aspen Unified Planning™ (AUP) and Aspen Unified Scheduling™ (AUS) at the Pernis and Moerdijk manufacturing complexes. The objective of the project was to simplify and streamline the deployment of newer software versions to enhance the efficiency and usability of its planning and scheduling tools.

Selecting the right control and optimization solution is essential for maximizing performance in industrial processes.