Editor Bob Gill reports from AspenTech’s OPTIMIZE 2013 Global Conference that a slew of new products and initiatives, along with a solid financial position, mean that optimism is in the air. In his interview with Sameehah Shuib from Petronas, Gill reports that the Melaka Refinery has saved about $8.5M/year with Aspen Petroleum Scheduler (APS) and $144,000/year with Aspen Refinery Multi-Blend Optimizer (MBO).

As predictive and prescriptive analytics become better understood across industries, companies are putting new focus on maintenance maturity and the use of digital technologies. They’re realizing that having a robust maintenance program means leveraging APM technology—and their data—to the fullest advantage.

Empowerment through IT enabled solutions

CDU(Crude Distillation Units)는 정유사에서 수익성을 추구하는 가장 중요한 공정입니다. 현재의 VUCA, 즉 변동성이 크고(Volatile), 불확실하며(Uncertain), 복잡하고(Complex), 모호한(Ambiguous) 비즈니스 환경에서 정유사들이 디지털 트윈 기술을 활용하여 현재의 불확실성을 보다 효과적으로 타개하여 민첩하고 신속하게 대응할 수 있도록 돕는 두 가지 기술 영역에 대하여 알아보겠습니다.

Leaders speak - 30 years of process optimization

Cuando se está en la fase de desarrollo del proceso el comprender las consecuencias económicas de las decisiones generalmente requiere que un ingeniero de proceso y un estimador pasen las hojas de datos y las condiciones de proceso de un lado a otro. Con Activated Economics puede obtener las aproximaciones económicas inmediatamente mientras construye la configuración de su proceso sin necesidad de cambiar entre distintos programas de software.

Scheduling optimisation - how software solutions achieve success for specialty chemicals manufacturers

Ensuring process safety is important across the entirety of your plant or refinery. Within the process safety workflow, the rating, designing and debottlenecking of flare networks are essential to pressure relief analysis (PRA) projects. The Aspen HYSYS® software suite, including Aspen Flare System Analyzer, Aspen HYSYS Dynamics, and the PSV-sizing tool, provides a kit of process safety tools that enable you to produce the optimal flare system design — with greater ease and efficiency —across the complete plant or refinery.

Optimization of Ethylene Oxide Absorber using Aspen Plus

In this webinar, we will show you how to improve productivity by deploying simulation models inside your organization using Aspen Simulation Workbook (ASW). We will demonstrate building a model in Excel with a C-2 splitter so you can see how you can use it in your organization.