The ability for APC software to reduce process variability, product give away and optimize against process constraints is well understood. Often this optimization has also been accomplished in silos from other production stakeholders. Today and especially in the volatile energy future, in the downstream refining and chemicals industry, the benefits of steady operation will be managed in real-time against the gap existing between “plan versus actual”, While production optimization is not new, the ability to dynamically coordinate multiple process units in closed loop and automatically adjusting APCs is a market driver. Production optimization software is easily deployed and maintained by APC engineers and is often a logical extension of an engineer’s workload.
In this Episode ARC Analyst Peter Reynolds speaks with Jaideep Bhattacharya & Christophe Romatier of Honeywell to discuss Process Optimization For a Volatile Energy Market.