I've highlighted the topic of plant turnarounds (planned downtime for maintenance) a few times in the past. Back from the Emerson Exchange, here's my take on the Smart Turnaround workshop. For continuous processes that run for years, this turnaround provides...
James Beall
PAT Initiative Opens Up Performance Monitoring Opportunities
In an earlier post, I mentioned seeing a draft article by Emerson's Terry Blevins and James Beall on performance monitoring and the Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) initiative. The article, Monitoring and Control Tools for Implementing PAT, has now been published...
Performance Monitoring and the Process Analytical Technology Initiative
I caught a sneak preview of draft article that ModelingAndControl.com's Terry Blevins who collaborated with James Beall whom you may recall from earlier posts. The draft explores the initial steps Pharmaceutical and Biotech manufacturers should consider when preparing...
Distillation Column Energy Savings
I had the chance to catch up with James Beall while he was here in Austin for meetings. You may remember James from an earlier post of a refiner in dire need of process stabilization assistance. James will be presenting a paper at the rapidly approaching Emerson...
Stabilization Expertise Needed ASAP
I heard a story of a tremendous effort from our advanced applied technology experts to help a refiner stabilize his units after a restart. I went to the source, James Beall who is the team leader of our U.S. Control Performance team. It turns out that he is the one...
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