Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Irving Oil's On Process Migration from TPN Bridge/US/GUS to Experion ESI/Ts and ESTs In the late 1990s, Irving Oil embarked on a $1.5 billion upgrade project that would see its existing 64-node TDC3000 system stretched beyond capacity, requiring an expansion to 96 nodes and the installation of the TPN Bridges.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Migrating Uniformance from R210 to R300 at ExxonMobil This presentation covers the ExxonMobil Uniformance R300 migration experience thus far during the global rollout with emphasis on project execution and lessons learned.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Oil Sands Mega Project Challenges Mega Projects are projects exceeding US $1 billin and five years and attracting public and political attention. The oil sands facility has 17,000 I/O controlled by a Honeywell Experion system and a Safety Manager.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Keys to a Successful Blending Modernization Project at ConocoPhillips Los Angeles The ConocoPhillips Los Angeles Refinery selected Honeywell when it was in need of replacing its advanced gasoline blending system.
Request a Copy Metals, Mining & Minerals Delivering Applications Quickly and Reliably with the Help of Honeywell DOC4000 at Alcoa To successfully manage the changes amongst the seven globally dispersed sites, Alcoa utilizes Honeywell's DOC4000 solution as the "cornerstone" of its PCS documentation strategy. In this session, learn how Alcoa uses DOC4000 to deliver apps and maintenance support quickly and reliably.
Request a Copy Metals, Mining & Minerals Peabody Energy's Collaboration Center for Centralized Monitoring Peabody recently embarked on a corporate wide collaboration center initiative and this presentation focuses on a repeatable metholodology for centralized monitoring.
Request a Copy Metals, Mining & Minerals Alcoa's Advanced Process Control Perfromance Monitoring Configuration This session discussed an APC performance-monitoring tool as part of the QUASAR APC asset management framework developed for Alcoa alumina refineries.
Request a Copy Metals, Mining & Minerals P&H Mining's OEM Centralized Monitoring Solution for Mining Equipment In this presentation, P&H discusses the overall mining environment, what most clients are trying to achieve with equipment and operations monitoring/performance management, and how P&H's ofering, PreVail, fits well with these efforts.
Request a Copy Pulp, Paper & Continuous Web Solutions Lessons Learned MXOpen to Experion Conversion at a Paper Mill A 100 percent recycle mill in North Texas recently converted from its 1995-vintage Measurex MXOpen DCS to the Experion C300 DCS.
Request a Copy Pulp, Paper & Continuous Web Solutions Justification of a DCS Migration Through Advanced Process Control at Finch Paper Using Advanced Process Control to Optimize and Help Justify a DCS Migration Project
Request a Copy Pulp, Paper & Continuous Web Solutions Hardware Migration Improves Imformation Management Capabilities at UPM Pulp Mill UPM decided upon a hardware migration that included the purchase of new servers with solid-state disks for the mill’s business network and Uniformance PHD applications.
Request a Copy Pulp, Paper & Continuous Web Solutions Consistency: The Forgotten Measurement This presentation will provide reasons for measuring pulp consistency and describe how consistency measurement works. Additionally, it will outline the rules for good consistency control.
Request a Copy Power Generation/Industrial Energy Overview of Great River Energy's Coal Creek Station's DryFining System and Experion PKS System An overview of the DryFining system and Coal Creek Station's Experion DCS system, and description of how the two systems were integrated to result in a more efficient and environmentally-friendly thermal power plant.
Request a Copy Power Generation/Industrial Energy Start Up shut Down (SUSDA) Tool at PPL Generation - Operational Insight Product The capabilities of the SUSDA application and its usage at PPL in both transient and steady state equipment reviews. Examples of equipment issues detected using this tool will also be reviewed.
Request a Copy Power Generation/Industrial Energy Rotating Machinery Control in Experion Advantages of each configuration (third party, C200 and C300) wil be discussed as well as recent applications to perform rotating machinery control (main turbine, boiler feed pump turbine, plant air compressors, etc.)
Request a Copy Power Generation/Industrial Energy Burner Management and Safety Systems with Update on a NFPA 85 An update on NFPA 85 and discussion on burner management and safety systems
Request a Copy Chemicals LyondellBassell's Implementation of Furnace Safety Instrumented System Using Fail Safe Controllers Project and ongoing learnings shared on a successful furnace safety instrumented system implementation
Request a Copy Chemicals Centralized Control Room Project at Borregard The process of moving from a decentralized, multiple operations organization into one common, centralized operation running the entire plant from one CCR and experience and results shared after 6 months operation.
Request a Copy Chemicals DuPont's Interfacing of Honeywell Safety Manager SIS with ControlLogix BPCS using Modbus TCP $300,000 savings in project costs through proper design and testing.
Request a Copy Chemicals Successful Collaboration Enables Deployment of New MES Solution at Honeywell Specialty Materials Use of an inventory and prodeuction reporting at Specialty Material's chemical and high-performance materials production sites.
Request a Copy Oil & Gas Advanced Control: Mid Stream Success at Enterprise Products Implementation and improvement of Profit Suite Advanced Process Controls in natural gas processing and fractionation facilities.
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Request a Copy Oil & Gas Alarm Discussions at BP US Pipelines & Logistics Justification, process and current state of various alarm related topics.
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Request a Copy Life Sciences Migrating an MES System from POMS MES to POMSnet Project highlights, from concept to rollout of a recent POMS migration project at Forest Research Institute facility in New York.
Request a Copy Life Sciences Continuous Manufacturing Process - Automation Perspective at Merck Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) forms (Tablets and Capsules) are some of the most popular and convenient methods of drug delivery. They can be produced in a non-sterile environment and the process, equipment and technology is well defined and known, after more than 100 years of development. With the high volume of products produced in this dosage form, the pharmaceutical market is looking for a lights-out operation with a highly automated process to increase efficiency and reduce cost. However, a fully automated OSD manufacturing process production facility does not yet exist. "Where Technology Shapes Solution" is part of the future pharmaceutical industry and our approach to the global market in which automation plays a crucial role.
Request a Copy Life Sciences POMSnet Upgrade to R330 at Genentech Genentech deployed POMSnet 2.0 in May 2007. The original footprint expanded from pre-weigh to sub assemblies and intermediates, however, manufacturing at SSF has started to transform from commercial to clinical. In addition, the customization in 2.0 prevented core service upgrades and did not include the functionality needed to expand into Genentech's mainline process. This presentation will provide an overview of the upgrade process taken by Genentech.
Request a Copy Life Sciences Abott's Successful Integration of POMSnet, Experion and OSI/PI to Create a Paperless Electronic Batch Record and Monitoring System Abbott Laboratories has realized the need for a paperless electronic batch record and monitoring system for many years. With OSI/PI as the standard data historian and POMS as the standard MES provider, the issue became how to integrate the OSI/PI data with the POMSnet system to provide real-time alarming of out-of-specification conditions and an interface with the control systems to ensure a correct order of operations. These goals were accomplished with the use of Honeywell Experion as a means to pass data and messages between the OSI/PI system and the POMSnet system.
Request a Copy Life Sciences POMSnet at Abbott: Successes and Challenges Ahead Manufacturing execution systems are a critical component for Abbott's day-to-day shop floor activities. Many of the Global Pharmaceutical Operations successes have been due to MES and continue to be the main focus for addressing more challenges ahead. Virtualization of MES is one success that has provided benefits to include high availability, cost reduction and better redundancy/disaster recovery capabilities.
Request a Copy Oil & Gas Innovation in Action at Freeport LNG Freeport LNG is a new LNG regasification facility, which has been in operation since 2008. In that short time, Freeport LNG has had to adapt to changing business conditions and has built a solution to address the overall planning, scheduling, execution and reporting needs of this business in partnership with Honeywell.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Suncor Utilizes Profit Expert Solution to Monitor Advanced Control KPIs, Stabilize Unit Operations and Justify New Technology Investments How the Commerce City refinery is using Profit Expert to assess the key performance indicators of its RMPCT controllers.
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Request a Copy Oil & Gas CNRL's Asset Management Upgrade The process of upgrading an existing asset management solution, highlighting key user requirements, gap analysis with another solution, the business case and subsequent implementation.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing An SOA Spiced MES at Saudio Aramco Introduces the concept of an SOA-based MES and explains the integration approach used to design the system.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing ASM Compliant HMI Graphics Design for Honeywell Experion at Sasol Synfuels Describes the design and implementation of an ASM-compliant HMI graphics, highlighting the challenges encountered and successes achieved at Sasol Synfuels.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Structured Approach to Shift Handover Improves Situation Awareness at Engen Oil Discusses the benefits derived by taking a more structured approach to document field operations daily activities in shift logs and how sharing the data has been rolled out at Engen refinery.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Alarm Management: Wasn't That Problem Already Solved Years Ago? Review of important recommendations described in ASM guidelines to help plants to achieve a more holistic alarm management approach and reduce risks.
Request a Copy Oil & Gas Industrial Wireless applications Introduction to leading wireless applications that can reduce capital costs 40-60% over hardwired alternatives, while perpetually lowering operating costs.
Request a Copy ISA100 Wireless Standards Update An overview of wireless standards activities and the applications they support. With emphasis on how ISA is working with end users and vendors toward a single, converged standard through the ISA100.12 working group.
Request a Copy Life Sciences OneWireless Quick-Start Implementation Reduces Costs and Improves Reliability Shire saved money and was able to optimize plant productivity and reliability while getting the manufacturing operation up and running quickly by employing Honeywell OneWireless
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Expanding and Migrating to Experion with the Flexibility of a LifeCycle Management Contract How Recope's needs for automation improvements and support were achieved through a five-year, LifeCycle Management contract.
Request a Copy Chemicals Complex Batch DCS Project at INVISTA: Migration of Fischer-Porter DCI-4000 and TPS to Experion Review of the polymer plant DCS migration project at INVISTA.
Request a Copy Oil & Gas White Paper: Lessons Learned and Success in Simulation at Suncor Energy Use of Simulation to save time and money during start-up and to ensure that systems will function effectively when abnormal situations arise.
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Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing UOP's Transition to UniSim The migration plan, challenges, implementation strategy and successes achieved by transition to UniSim from an in-house simulation program and Aspen Plus.
Request a Copy Chemicals Maximizing the Value of Virtual Plant Technologies at DuPont DuPont's use of a dynamic simulation "virtual plant" technology from early stages of process/process control design and development, all the way to DCS interfacing, process startup and beyond.
Request a Copy Chemicals BP Chemical's Strategies for a Successful OTS-based Training Program Resources it takes to update and sustain a viable OTS-based system and training program.
Request a Copy Life Sciences Shire's Rapid Deployment of Single Use Biotech Facility Shire HGT, a leading specialty biopharmaceutical company, needed to get its new facility in Lexington, Massachusetts, completed fast, since people with enzyme deficiency disorders need their medication. So, they assembled an integrated, flexible, and empowered automation team and delivered the world's largest, and most technologically advanced, biotech facility using single-use technology in record time.
Request a Copy Chemicals Eastman Chemical's Experiences and Learnings Using Experion Batch Manager Compare and contrast of two batch automation projects utilizing Experion Batch Manager (EBM). The first implementation placed EBM R310 on a small, simple process producing only one product. The second implementation places EBM R400 on a large, complex process with multiple trains running multiple product types. The presentation will focus on the challenges and lessons learned from the first implementation that led to decisions and configuration differences on the second.
Request a Copy Chemicals Experiencing Experion Batch Manager at INVISTA A Fischer-Porter DCS-4000 and a TPS control platform were successfully upgraded to the Experion R311.3 control platform at the INVISTA nylon manufacturing plant in Camden, South Carolina. Batch processes were automated using the controller-resident Experion Batch Manager application. This presentation discusses our experiences with this successful EBM implementation -- what worked well, what could have been done better, and recommendations for improvement.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Pralca Migration of Third-party ESD to Honeywell Safety Manager Using LifeCycle Management Pracla chose Honeywell to migrate its ESD system consisting of two Triplex PLCs, which were getting difficult to maintain. After assessing several automation vendors and approaches, they worked with Honeywell to migrate to Safety Manager and use a LifeCycle Management contract to manage costs and support.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Successful Implementation of a Plant-Wide OneWireless Network at Frontier This presentation will provide insight on the process of designing, installing, commissioning, and documenting an effective OneWireless infrastructure, with emphasis on lessons learned.
Request a Copy Chemicals Structured Approach to a Large Sequence Control Program Using Honeywell SCM at Motiva Because sequence control programming can be very complex, Honeywell decided to identify a structured approach to large sequence control programs using the proprietary Honeywell Sequential Control Module (SCM). This work was applied during the execution of Motiva PS4 project applications.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Lessons Learned in Conditional and Mode-based Alarm Management Lessons learned in design and implementation will be shared. The discussion will also cover the use of Alarm Configuration Manager, as well as experiences from multiple platforms.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing Comissioning at a Large, Integrated Control System A timeline of various testing and validation activities, from FAT to startup, their approximate durations, their staffing requirements, and how they correlate to construction, are presented for discussion. Also featured is a consistent set of terminology that conforms to general consensus among automation professionals.
Request a Copy Life Sciences Methods for a Successful MES Implementation Methods used to alleviate some of these potential issues, leading to more successful implementation and use of the MES. Review of scoping, requirements and validation guidelines, team structure, and tools for data and change control will offer solutions to manage these issues.
Request a Copy All Industries Control System Security in a Post-Stuxnet World A look at what the Stuxnet worm can tell us about the overall connectivity, reliability and safety of process control and SCADA systems. Discussion on possible defenses against future attacks and exploration of what safeguards are realistic within the constraints of keeping critical industrial processes both safe and productive.
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Request a Copy Metals, Mining & Minerals Peabody Energy's Collaboration Center for Centralized Monitoring Peabody recently embarked on a corporate wide collaboration center initiative and this presentation focuses on a repeatable methodology for centralized monitoring.
Request a Copy Oil & Gas White Paper: Structured Approach to Shift Handover Improves Situation Awareness The following white paper describes a recent experiment conducted at an Engen Petroleum, Ltd. refinery in South Africa, which demonstrated how a structured approach to shift handover improves situation awareness among operations personnel at process plants.
Request a Copy Life Sciences Successful Collaboration Enables Deployment of New MES Solution Honeywell Process Solutions has productized MES-F and will undertake a variety of MES collaboration environment projects with other customers. These efforts will include a collaboration environment and portal with common services such as calculation engine, visualization, workflow, tasks and project-built applications, along with SOA-based planning and scheduling applications.
Request a Copy Chemicals White Paper: Successful Collaboration Enables Deployment of New MES Solution at Honeywell Specialty Materials Use of an inventory and production reporting at Specialty Material's chemical and high-performance materials production sites.
Request a Copy HydroCarbon Processing White Paper: Suncor Utilizes Profit Expert Solution to Monitor Advanced Control KPIs, Stabilize Unit Operations and Justify New Technology Investments How the Commerce City refinery is using Profit Expert to assess the key performance indicators of its RMPCT controllers.