479841 Rigorous Non-Linear Optimization in Dow’s Hydrocarbons Business

Monday, March 27, 2017: 11:03 AM
Hemisfair Ballroom C1 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Edo Kingma, Hydrocarbons Technology Center, The Dow Chemical Company, Terneuzen, Netherlands

<>Rigorous non-linear optimization in Dow’s Hydrocarbons business

This paper presents an overview of Real Time Optimization in Dow Hydrocarbons as applied on the bigger part of Dow’s cracker fleet: the context of RTO, the implemented support model and performance metrics. Also the use of plant models and the modeling approach is outlined. The usage of rigorous non-linear models is justified with data from several models.


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