The engine is everything.
Aspen PIMS-AO's proprietary optimization engine avoids the pitfalls of suboptimal solutions and increases confidence in your planning decisions. The global optimization feature checks your final answer to make sure it is the global optimum. In the case study below, read how the operator of one of the largest refineries in the world eliminated all local optima from their model.
Convert your Aspen PIMS™ model to Aspen PIMS-AO.
Get your upgraded models running quicker with our proven step-by-step Jump Start guide! You can easily convert your existing Aspen PIMS™ model to Aspen PIMS-Advanced Optimization today. Contact AspenTech customer support to get started!
Increase model accuracy with nonlinear modeling.
Customer models that include reactors, especially pyrolysis furnaces in olefins production, have shown increased profitability and accuracy from the non-linear equations in PIMS-AO. The case study below shows how these nonlinear models helped a global petrochemical company.
Visualize your results with a breeze.
Aspen PIMS with aspenONE PIMS Platinum allows planners to easily view their model in an automatically generated flowsheet, and see results with customizable graphic dashboards. On demand access with any web enabled device allows quick decision-making anywhere for planners, traders, and managers.
Reduce run times from hours to minutes.
Leverage Aspen PIMS-AO’s parallel processing to evaluate multiple scenarios simultaneously – for enhanced scenario analysis -- in a fraction of the time used by traditional methods. Shorter run times lead result in better decision-making.
Understand business risk with better solution insight.
Advanced solution tools, such as ranging analysis and parametric analysis, allow creating hundreds of cases rapidly to better understand the solution space to see how multiple variables affect the profitability of your plans. Combined with the parallel processing feature, this allows for exponentially more powerful plans!
Easily determine Global Optimum.
Avoid local optima—an inherent challenge in planning models—by utilizing Aspen PIMS-AO’s powerful multi-start capabilities and solution analysis tools. Have more confidence than ever that you have determined the absolute best solution for your refinery.
Improve reliability – streamline your feed slate
Achieve optimal refinery planning and quickly determine how many crudes can be eliminated while maintaining the site profitability. By reducing the number of crudes processed, the planner can simplify operations to reduce inventories and switch costs to propose a more profitable crude slate.
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