Real-time condition-based monitoring of assets is an attractive solution for mining companies to minimize their unscheduled downtime and improve reliability of critical equipment. The success of an asset monitoring program depends on how well this data is analyzed, filtered and categorized to enable accurate predictions of impending failures. Focusing on the behavior of an asset only tells a small portion of the story. To fully predict failures, the trends of the entire process must be considered as a whole.

Sulsim™ Sulfur Recovery in Aspen HYSYS® V9 Sulsim technology, the leading sulfur recovery process simulator developed by Sulphur Experts, has been fully integrated in V9 of Aspen HYSYS, allowing users to optimize the entire gas plant in one simulator. This jump start guide will elaborate on the benefits of using Sulsim Sulfur Recovery in Aspen HYSYS to optimize your Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) design and operational performance. 

Digital technologies offer significant opportunity for improved quality and cost savings across the chemicals industry by enabling more efficient design, operation, and maintenance of assets throughout their lifecycle. However, many chemical companies are still in the early stages of understanding how such opportunities can be applied effectively to their business. This article highlights how top companies are using data to drive business and operational decisions, and are progressing with their own transformation to the next level of performance and operational excellence.

In this article, Transform and Grow – Manufacturing Excellence in Specialty Chemicals, Aspen experts discuss what is required to drive transformation in specialty chemicals through technology-enabled best practices.

Regardless of what our plans were in January 2020, nothing is the same in 2021 or the future. A digital strategy is no longer limited to a subset of impacted functions, but touches everyone’s goals organization-wide in some way, shape or form.

This article describes how engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms are now forging ahead as the industry recovers from years of cutting costs to scale resources back up as the volume and size of projects increase.

Energy is often the largest operating expense after raw materials for refining and petrochemicals companies, frequently starting out at over 50 percent of operating costs prior to energy reduction programs. Managing and optimizing these energy costs are critical capabilities for a refinery to meet profitability and sustainability targets. This white paper details the journey Bharat Petroleum Mumbai Refinery (BPCL-MR) in Mahul, India underwent to improve operations while optimizing energy costs.

LOTTE Advanced Materials was looking for a tool that would convert data into value to drive operational excellence. In this ARC Advisory Group article, read how LOTTE chose AspenTech’s aspenONE Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) software to transform digitally, and build a robust data analytics platform. Now, LOTTE is able to lock in a visionary software implementation roadmap to optimize business processes and operations.

With new insight into the hydraulic performance of trays and packing you can make better decisions for more efficient column design, operation support and troubleshooting. This white paper compares the results of the new functionality to KG-TOWER and Sulcol software, as well as experimental data. 

This article appeared in the 2018 American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Conference Daily (Oct 2018) that highlighted the Operational Planning, Control and Automation Technologies session during which Chevron talked about the closed-loop, real-time coordination of a refinery middle distillate system, the benefits and key takeaways.