The Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation Plays a Key Role in Air Liquides Drive for Operational Excellence
Multivariable Model Predictive Control (MPC) has helped Air Liquide (AL) for more than twenty years control Air Separation Units (ASU’s). AL realized that their legacy MPC software was becoming increasingly costly to maintain and was not taking advantage of technological progress in the field. Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation (PACE) was selected to be AL’s new standard MPC platform. A multi-year campaign is underway to deploy PACE at AL’s operational facilities domestically and internationally.
Lifecycle data management to thrive in low oil price environments
This whitepaper looks at how data readiness is critical for maintaining competitiveness.
View whitepaperData readiness: The fundamental building block
The whitepaper outlines the key data considerations and decisions that you can make to help you sustain profitable operations.
View whitepaperFive key questions for Turnarounds during COVID-19
Many refineries and petrochemical plants worldwide are altering their turnaround schedules as a means of reducing COVID-19 impact. However, there is critical work that cannot be postponed without jeopardizing assets’ loss of “license to operate”. In this whitepaper we pose five key questions for Turnarounds during COVID 19.
View whitepaperAll in the Data
ENAP have utilized VM-PA software and improved its decision making in areas including refinery optimization and production planning. Read how the Chilean state-owned petroleum company engaged KBC to give them an unique, reliable, and auditable platform, with daily volume/mass balances for tanks/process unit balances. This has improved production, refining, loading, and reduced apparent or potentially real losses.
View whitepaperKey steps for delivering autonomous operations
Achieving autonomous operations is all about empowering the plant to run, learn, adapt and thrive in tomorrow’s environment. Dynamic real-time optimization gives a fast automated response based on the actual changes in raw material properties, product demand, and operating conditions.
View whitepaperWhy digitalization is only scratching the surface, and how deeper integration of engineering silos can increase production
This whitepaper was presented at GasTech 2019 by KBC CEO Andy Howell. Download it to find out how digitalization can make developing new gas processing and LNG capacity less risky, cheaper and faster to profitable operations.
View whitepaperDigital Twin: the key to effective decision-making
Decision cycles across the Energy and Chemical industries are becoming increasingly disrupted by the proliferation of data, new data sources, and compute speeds within an increasingly volatile business environment. The digital twin is the key to effective decision-making in this new world.
Industrial Energy Transition Manifesto
The manifesto provides deep insight into current realities, scenario predictions and how major players are adopting a range of substantially different strategies to adapt
View whitepaperHow Digitalization is turbo-charging KPI setting
Turning numbers on a glossy KPI dashboard into profit on your income statement. Digitalization can address many of the issues that have compromised KPI effectiveness in the past. We see a future where KPIs will be smart, backed up with changes in culture and organization to get the most out of the new information, and allowing digital technology to determine the optimum course of action.
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