There are many examples in plants where operators need to follow a particular procedure to safely transition the plant to a new condition. In an ethylene plant, furnace startup, decoke and shutdown operations are classic examples where following strict operating...
state-based control
State-based Control Case Study at AFPM Summit
At the 2019 AFPM Operations & Technology Summit, Emerson's Dustin Beebe teamed with a professional with a global chemical producer. Their presentation was case study was on applying state-based control on one of their production processes. Procedural automation...
Successfully Implementing State-Based Procedure Automation
Continuous processes still must go through startups, planned and unplanned shutdowns, upset recovery and other events. These operations have traditionally been performed manually. At the October 14-16, 2019 AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit in San...
Operating Discipline and Dynamic Alarm Management
Defining operational states and codifying these into control strategies has many advantages in improving safety and overall operational performance. In an AIChE Spring Meeting presentation, A New Look at Industrial Incidents—Driving Operating Discipline in the Control...
State-Based Alarm Management
The ISA106 committee on Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations is chartered with: …developing standards, recommended practices, and technical reports on the design and implementation of procedures for automating continuous process operations. The...
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