As one of Europe’s most complex refineries, Heide Refinery looked to optimize its entire middle distillate system to maximize product quality and reduce giveaway. Given recent market volatility, Heide planned to further improve its operational agility to respond faster to changing conditions.

Advanced process control (APC) applications require accurate inputs for stream qualities, including product compositions and distillation curve points. While online analyzers are effective in supporting model predictive controllers, they are expensive and often unavailable for important process streams. There is a more cost-effective approach for building virtual analyzers or inferentials to accurately estimate stream qualities and it starts with digital twins.

Leading chemical companies across the globe face more competitive pressures with volatile market conditions and a rapidly changing workforce pushing the demand for increased sustainability and profitability. Digital twins offer new levels of operational excellence through enterprise-wide insights that drive improved business operations.

Consiga la visión para su refinería a través de la adopción de soluciones digitales y de la IA industrial. En este seminario de rápido desarrollo, conozca las últimas actualizaciones de AspenTech en su estrategia de autooptimización de plantas, que ayudarán a la refinería de hoy y de mañana a ser más ágil, más sostenible y más rentable. Además, conozca las medidas concretas de digitalización adoptadas por las principales empresas energéticas y petroquímicas para dar los primeros pasos en el camino hacia este futuro activo de alto rendimiento.

Aspen Watch Performance Monitor provides real-time monitoring and diagnostic information to help engineers and operators focus on the problems that erode margins. During this on-demand webinar, Joep Bazelmans of SABIC-Europe will share his methods and suggestions for implementing custom KPIs, helping you keep an eye on performance.

Con la introducción del monitoreo centralizado del desempeño en la versión 11 de aspenONE APC, las organizaciones pueden mejorar los márgenes operativos en toda la empresa al proporcionar una mayor visibilidad de los beneficios y el rendimiento de APC. Las nuevas capacidades no lineales en Aspen DMC3™ le permiten extender las características y la funcionalidad del controlador a procesos no lineales.

LNG facilities are typically constrained by refrigeration capacity which is affected by many factors, predominantly ambient conditions. Due to the highly interactive nature of the liquefaction process and small feasible operating envelope, consistently maximizing production poses a challenge for LNG operators. Join Andrew Taylor, Principal Advanced Process Control (APC) Consultant at Greenfern Dynamics, for this on-demand webinar to learn about typical benefit areas and mechanisms associated with APC.

Leading companies rely on a powerful integrated platform to manage the entire lifecycle of their Advanced Process Control (APC) applications. Download this on-demand webinar and learn how ExxonMobil used key Aspen DMC3 Builder capabilities to improve APC performance, increase production and reduce energy consumption.

ExxonMobil has used Aspen DMC3 Calibrate on a wide variety of both refining and chemical units. In this presentation, ExxonMobil’s APC experts David Hokanson and Roger Hall reviewed successes and benefits of utilizing this innovative technology on a variety of processes, and its use for both new and revamp projects. They also included an overview of the number and breadth of the applications that have been completed to date.

Aspen DMC3 Builder is a powerful, integrated platform that is used to manage the entire lifecycle of advanced process control (APC) applications. ExxonMobil has found through recent implementations that this tool provides an extremely positive experience for both new and experienced APC engineers and has plans to migrate all controllers across the enterprise. Join ExxonMobil’s APC experts, Dave Hokanson and Philippe D'Hooghe, to learn about the powerful new features within Aspen DMC3 Builder that are the keys to success on those applications.