Chemical Focus
Chemical companies rely increasingly on advanced computing and control systems to keep their plants at peak efficiency. Eugene McCarthy reports.
Chemieunternehmen verlassen sich zunehmend auf fortschrittliche Rechen- und Steuersysteme, um die maximale Effizienz ihrer Anlagen zu garantieren. Eugene McCarthy berichtet.
Les entreprises de l’industrie chimique s’appuient de plus en plus sur des systèmes de calcul et de contrôle pour maintenir un niveau d’efficacité optimal au sein de leurs usines, selon Eugene McCarthy.
Advanced computing and control systems transform chemical plants
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oneywell has introduced several new technologies that will transform control rooms, including an advanced dashboard to help chemical and
other process plants better manage control system cyber security. Other new control-room technologies
include the Experion Collaboration Station with expanded capability, Premium Platform for Experion Virtualisation Solutions, and the
newest version of Honeywell’s OneWireless network.
Reduced operator fatigue The company has also recently previewed a futuristic console for its Experion process knowledge system (PKS) Orion platform that reduces operator fatigue with an improved, ergonomic design that features a larger display and new alarm lighting. Honeywell expects to launch the Experion Orion console – which was designed based on input from operators – with the platform’s next release in 2014 to provide better mobility for operators while improving situational awareness. “In many ways, the control room of the
future won’t be limited to the control room at all, and that concept is perfectly illustrated through technologies like OneWireless, because it extends the control room to the field,” said Jason Urso, chief technology officer, Honeywell Process Solutions. “At the same time, because we expect increasing connectivity, we’ll see a greater need for cyber security management systems like the Cyber Security Dashboard, and collaboration solutions like Experion Collaboration Station. These solutions complement each other to improve overall plant safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.”
Common link The common link between all of these solutions is the ability to help make control room personnel more quickly aware of what’s happening in their facilities. For example, Experion Collaboration
Fig. 1. The most recent project at the Algyõ plant in Hungary was a performance audit of the model predictive control based on its current operation and plant operating objectives.
Station enables faster responses to both routine and emergency situations by displaying a common view of how distributed assets at multiple locations are functioning. This allows plants to rapidly establish communication among centralised operations, field operations and operational specialists in separate locations. This tool is especially well-suited for
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