Your takeaways
Inprocess staff participate in congresses, meetings and events where we explain our successes and work in general in the form of presentations and reports.
In this section you can find a variety of informative articles which are free to download.
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Webinar: Steam Network Operation Assurance
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EnglishSummary
Apply dynamic simulation to mitigate the impact of spurious upsets, which could affect the operability of your steam and electrical network.Date
03/02/2021Presenter(s)
Miquel Àngel Alós, Sergio Linuesa -
Webinar: Real-Time Optimization opportunities in NGL recovery plants
Language
EnglishSummary
APC has been applied broadly in NGL recovery plants, but there are still some millions left on the table that can be captured by RTO applications, since optima do not sit on corners.Date
20/01/2021Presenter(s)
José María Ferrer -
Ensuring a successful FPSO start-up by phased lifecycle approach of process Digital Twins
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JoseMaria Ferrer & José María NouguésCongress
FPSO Brasil Congress LIVE 2020Abstract / Summary
Confirming FPSO process design/sizing, Control Narrative and ESD design is adequate and safe for all loads, transients and trips. Providing early Operator Training and refining your Operating Procedures before the ICSS is implemented. Detecting Bad Actors and process anomalies with online process Digital Twins -
Beyond Guesswork
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Miguel-Ángel Navarro and Miquel-Àngel Alós (Inprocess)Magazine
2020. Hydrocarbon Engineering. October, Pages: 81 – 84Abstract / Summary
During a flare release, the temperature of the flare network has a strong dependence on the relief source and on ambient conditions. During a relief of hot gases, contraction of the gases could occur due to the cool-down to ambient conditions. The rate of contraction velocity is accelerated if cooling leads to condensation of the contained gas components. The risk associated with this contraction is the depression of the header below atmospheric pressure, allowing outside air to enter into the flare system. Infiltration of air can lead to flame burn back, which in turn could initiate a destruction detonation in the system. The most common method for the prevention of air infiltration through the stack exit is to introduce purge gas. The amount of purge gas required depends on the released gas and on the gas purge composition, as well as the size and design of the flare. -
Sustaining Operational Excellence
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Martin Skarle (Preem), Manel Serra, Jesús Gil Vilda, and Josep-Anton Feliu (Inprocess)Magazine
2020. Hydrocarbon Engineering, January, Pages: 45-49Abstract / Summary
For more than a decade, refinery panel operators at Preemraff have been coached on safety and operation excellence through hands-on training with an operator training simulator (OTS). The fluidised catalytic cracker (FCC) at the Lysekil Refinery was the first refinery unit for which an OTS was built. In 2016, it was decided to extend the use of this training tool to two other existing units: the hydrogen production unit (HPU) and the Isocracker unit (ICR). In addition, the existing FCC OTS also had to be updated with recent plant changes. The authors also examine modern training methods for operators and look at how these have been successfully rolled out.
