Monday, April 27, 2009: 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
Room 10 (Tampa Convention Center)
#37 - Process Control and Optimization (T7003)
This session offers an opportunity to hear about process control success stories; the preferred subject matter includes innovative solutions to process control issues along with the operation and/or reliability benefits of optimization programs. Topics of high interest by past attendees include advanced process control (APC) including real time optimization (RTO), process tuning tutorial, advances in wireless technology, and effective alarm management. If you have a process control application that would be interesting for others to learn about, please submit an abstract for approval.
Chair:James Harris
Cochairs:M. Nazmul Karim
Tim Olsen
2:00 PMDesign of Refinery Steam Network Process Control Philosophy by Using Dynamic Simulation
Haribabu Chittibabu, Dipanjan Bhattacharya, Ramachandra P. Tekumalla
2:30 PMOscillatory Control Loops: The Lost Economic Benefits. Can Anything Be Done?
Srinivas Karra, M.Nazmul Karim
3:00 PMEmergency Isolation Valve (EIV) Safeguarding Survey
Edward M. Marszal, Peter G. Herena
3:30 PMRealizing the Capital and Operational Benefits of a ICSS System
Chuck Miller
4:00 PMIs It Time for a New Approach to PID Tuners?
Mark Darby, Michael Harmse
4:30 PMThe Future of Wireless in Refining
Greg Martin
5:00 PMSmart Instruments Provide Advanced Diagnostics and Early Event Detection to Improve Reliability and Availability of Refineries and Petrochemical Units
Ravi Kant

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