Preliminary Program subject to change
TA003 Control and Optimization Tutorial and Advances
OverviewThis session will review Control and Optimization in Refining in detail. This session also offers an opportunity to hear about process control success stories within the refining and petrochemical industry. The preferred subject matter includes innovative solutions to process control issues along with the benefits of optimization programs. If you have a process control application that would be interesting for others to learn about, please submit an abstract for approval.
Primary SponsorTopical A: 10th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing (TA)
Co-Sponsor(s)Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16)

Chair

Tim Olsen
Process Consultant
Process Systems & Solutions
Emerson Process Management
5329 Coachman Road
Bettendorf, IA 52722
Phone Number: (641) 754-3459
Fax Number: (641) 754-3721
Email: Tim.Olsen@EmersonProcess.com

CoChair

James Harris
Instrument Coordinator
Aromatics Design Technical Center
UOP LLC
25 E. Algonquin
Des Plaines, IL 60017-5017
Phone Number: 847 391 1366
Email: James.Harris@uop.com

CoChair

Ahmed S. Khogeer
Petrolume refiing researcher
Research & Development Center
Saudi Aramco
PO Box 5836
Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, 31311
Saudi Arabia
Phone Number: +966505669510
Email: ahmed.khogeer@aramcoservices.com

CoChair

M. Nazmul Karim
Professor, Graduate Advisor and Chair
Chemical Engineering Department
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-3121
Phone Number: 806-742-3553
Fax Number: 806-742-3552
Email: naz.karim@coe.ttu.edu
MPC Fundamentals
Jim Riggs, Texas Tech University, Dept of Chemcial Engineering, Lubbock, TX 79410
Admc: beyond Classical MPC
Scott Boyden, Cutler Technologies Inc., 70 NE Loop 410, Suite 315, San Antonio, TX 78216
The Fundamentals of Oil Fractionator Controls – Advanced or Otherwise
Pete Sharpe, Emerson Process Management, 413 Stuart Circle, #4B, Richmond, VA 23220
Operator Training System for Hydrocracking Unit: Real World Questions and Answers
Aleksandr Muravyev and Martin Berutti, MYNAH Technologies, 504 Trade Center Blvd, Chesterfield, MO 63005
Integration of Complex Sequences Using Delta V
Dean Taggart1, John Kingston2 and Stephen Krause1, (1)Emerson Process Management, 7175 12 St SE, Calgary, AB T2H 2S6, Canada, (2)Spartan Controls Ltd, 305 27 St SE, Calgary, AB T2A 7V2, Canada
Building a Grassroot Refinery in the 21st Century: Which Way to Go?
Ahmed Khogeer, New Business Development- New Yanbu Export Refinery Project, Saudi Aramco, Houston, TX 77002 and Thomas Phillips, New Yanbu Export Refinery Project, Saudi Aramco, 500 Jefferson Street, Room 1783A, Houston, TX 77002

Topical A: 10th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing