Invensys
and Scientific Design provide advanced process control for ethylene
oxide and ethylene glycol plants
Posted: 26 February 2004
Solution will result in significant cost savings to end
users through the combination of optimal process design and advanced
process control
Invensys, a world leader in industrial process control, and Scientific
Design, one of the leading process technology and catalyst development
companies, announced a unique marketing agreement.
Under this agreement, the two companies will jointly implement
Advanced Process Control (APC) in ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene
glycol (EG) facilities using Invensys’ Connoisseur suite of
software and services in conjunction with Scientific Design’s
advanced licensed process technology and services. Connoisseur MPC
(Multivariable Predictive Control) software, a product of Invensys’
SimSci-Esscor Invensys unit, is widely used throughout the hydrocarbons
processing and other industries to help improve economic performance.
Historically, APC suppliers were limited in the benefits they could
deliver to end users since the advanced control was not leveraged
against the optimal process mechanical design. This joint marketing
arrangement is designed to provide a controller that incorporates
Scientific Design’s best practices in the operation and design
of the EO reactor and down stream equipment, making this the most
complete offering on the market today for EO/EG facilities.
This unique offering will allow end users in EO and EG facilities
to increase production, improve selectivity, adjust heavy glycol
production, prolong catalysts life, optimize inhibitor levels, and
optimize energy usage. The combined Scientific Design/Invensys control
solution is expected to deliver typical economic benefits of at
least $700,000 per year to end-users, based on 300,000 tons per
year production.
About Scientific Design
Since it’s founding in 1946, Scientific Design Company, Inc.
has been one of the world’s leading process technology and
catalyst development companies. SD has developed some of the petrochemical
industry’s most significant process technologies, which are
used today to produce millions of tons of petrochemical intermediates
in numerous licensed process plants worldwide. SD is headquartered
in Little Ferry, New Jersey, approximately fourteen miles west of
New York City.
About Invensys
Invensys is a global leader in production technology. The group
helps customers improve productivity, performance and profitability
using innovative services and technologies and a deep understanding
of their industries and applications.
Invensys works closely with customers to increase performance of
production assets, maximize return on investment in production and
data management technologies and remove cost and cash from the supply
chain. The company includes APV, Avantis, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ,
SimSci-Esscor, Triconex and Wonderware. These businesses address
process and batch industries - including oil and gas, petroleum
refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, power and utilities, food and
beverage, pharmaceutical and personal health care, and mineral processing
- plus the discrete and hybrid manufacturing sectors.
Invensys operates in more than 60 countries, with its headquarters
in London.
For more information see www.invensys.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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