Areas of practice
Advanced Process Control (APC) services
Advanced Process Control or APC technology is used to automate process operations, a sort of “auto-pilot” for processes. In-depth process knowledge of Refinery, Petrochemical and Chemical processes enables us understand your requirements clearly and design, develop and implement an APC solution that fits your specific requirements.
Real-Time optimisation
Developments in real-time optimisation technology have allowed simpler, cost-effective implementations of real-time optimisation on refineries, ethylene plants and gas processing facilities. Chempute has the experience to implement such solutions using Aspentech’s GDOT technology.
Business case for APC
We will collect process data from your operating plant and conduct a thorough study to understand how and where process improvements could be made with APC technology, resulting in improved profitability. This benefit study and estimated cost of APC implementation can be used directly by management to justify a project.
operator and engineer training in apc
Delivering technology without appropriate training can result in lost opportunities to maximise benefits from the technology. We provide custom training in APC to process operators and engineers so they can fully understand the implementations and utilise it to its maximum potential.
base layer (pid) optimisation
Base layer control structures such as PID (Proportional, Integral, Derivative) controllers form the low level of automation on a typical continuous process such as a Refinery. It is essential that these PID control structures are well designed and tuned so the process can operate smoothly. We can audit, tune and re-structure these PID controllers so they perform optimally.
Inferential calculations
Product qualities on Refineries and Chemical plants may not be measured despite these qualities being a key operating target. Mathematical predictions of these qualities or “inferential calculations” can be developed so they may be kept within acceptable ranges. We can develop and deploy such predictions.