Over the years, enterprise sustainability has shifted from being merely a cost and compliance-based constraint, to becoming a necessity for future growth, given the depleting non-renewable input resources and the changing market sentiments. Extensive sustainability programs help companies optimize resource consumption. C-level executives across the industry are moving quickly to adopt these practices. Doing so … Sustainability in the Process Industry
Introduction — Challenges in equipment degradation The downstream oil and gas industry uses multiple equipment setups that show degradation over the course of operational runs. Key equipment that falls under this category include heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, reboilers, and evaporators. Such degrading equipment account for more than 50% of all equipment in a downstream oil … Soft Sensor Technology in Exchangers
Downstream oil and gas manufacturing plants use complex equipment that are set up to optimize KPIs like capacity utilization, yield optimization, energy optimization and quality management. Over the years, operations have stayed on target and realized goals through process control systems with Unit Optimization, advance planning, and scheduling. As the industry evolves, smart manufacturing technologies … Dynamic Benchmarking
