To realize the maximum potential for optimization, process plant design must simultaneously address multiple factors. The most successful organizations bring together people from across the business to optimize design and operations. Cross-disciplinary teamwork that takes a big-picture, integrated approach to optimization delivers superior business results, including reduced CAPEX and OPEX, faster time to market, greater energy efficiency and higher profit margins.

In Aspen HYSYS V10, experience added amine solvents, expanded glycol dehydration options, and new unit operations in the SRU. Empower decision making with the improved accuracy.

Hydrocarbon Processing editor-in-chief and associate publisher, Lee Nichols, spoke with Paul Donnelly, Industry Marketing Director, Aspentech, on the importance of FEED and critical steps and technologies that can help optimize capital projects.

Six tips are offered that speak to the strengths of ACCE: Eliminated manual tasks, automates repeated tasks, handles change management, leverages historical content and starts the estimating process leveraging conceptual engineering.

Refineries and olefin plants are constantly challenged by the gap between their plan and actual plant performance, leaving millions of dollars per year in lost margins on the table. ARC’s Contributing Analyst Peter Reynolds discusses this challenge and why it presents a big opportunity for refineries and chemical companies. In addition, AspenTech’s Henrik Terndrup, Sr. Director of Product Management, will explain how dynamic optimization technology - Aspen GDOT – is helping more than 15 companies meet or even exceed planned targets. View this on-demand webinar to discover how your refinery or olefins facility can improve margins by vertically integrating planning, scheduling and advanced process control in a closed loop.

Cut CAPEX and prevent issues by selecting optimal trays and packings with interactive plots built using correlations and process simulation data.

Shorten cycle time and focus attention on high-value problem areas by correlating performance, downtime and quality to products and equipment.

Increase efficiency and utilization to improve overall equipment effectiveness focus resources on opportunities for performance improvements with OEE.

This vertically integrated solution "unifies" planners, schedulers, operators and even plant engineers to create a fully aligned schedule to increase throughput and drive unprecedented levels of profitability.

Peter Thuering shares his insight into how specialty chemicals companies are utilizing performance management systems to increase productivity and efficiency, including some of his recent experiences with customers in the industry.