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Event Highlights & Feature Sessions

  • Petrobras flows on: a ten year journey of plant improvement

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    by Walt Boyes Roberto Gorbarán, instrument and electrical supervisor for Petrobras’ Zarate polystyrene plant, is a serial presenter at Emerson Exchange. Over the past ten years, he has presented a number of papers on the improvements the Zarate plant has made to increase performance and availability. He, along with Fabian Robin, flow application consultant for Micro Motion and Rosemount Flow, presented a simple story…

  • Why are there missing measurements?

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    by Paul Studebaker Today’s refineries--and process plants in general--are missing the measurements they need to bring millions of dollars to the bottom line through improved reliability, higher energy efficiency, lower labor costs and risk management. “These missing measurements are not on the process flow or P&I diagrams,” said Gary Hawkins, senior refining consultant for Emerson Process Management and former 31-year…

  • Video on new mass flow and density meters

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    In less than two minutes you can learn how customer input contributed to two new Micro Motion products. That's all it takes to watch this video from the 2013 Emerson Exchange technology exhibit. Click the link below to see Emerson's Chris Conner highlight key aspects of the redesigned Elite Coriolis mass flowmeters and density/viscosity devices. Watch the video >

  • Paper mill meets regulatory requirements, saves $43,000 with wireless cameras

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    by Paul Studebaker Faced with a new regulatory requirement to monitor freight car loading and unloading of hazardous materials, a paper mill in South Carolina could assign a worker to watch the entire loading/unloading process, or monitor it remotely via video from the control room. The mill decided it wanted to add cameras. But a plan to add the cameras to an existing wired network cost too much. A wireless system was…

  • For best project results, select MAC before FEED

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    by Walt Boyes As part of a global agreement between BP and Emerson Process Management, the companies are working closely together--along with engineering firm KBR--to design, build and deploy offshore platforms in the Caspian Sea off Baku, Azerbaijan. “We call this presentation Part II, because we did Part I three years ago,” began Raoul Mercer, director project pursuit Europe for Emerson Process Management, referencing…

  • Peter Zornio on HCD

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    "We see Human-Centered Design ... as being the next frontier of differentiation for our products." In this one-minute video captured at the 2013 Emerson Exchange, Peter Zornio -- chief strategic officer for Emerson Process Management -- shares his views on the importance of Human Centered Design. Watch the video >

  • Guided wave radar aids efficient oil measurement

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    by Jim Montague When you take oil from the ground, it’s often important to know where the hydrocarbons end and water begins. For example, crude oil from the Eagle Ford Shale formation in south Texas is particularly light and sweet for North America. It's gathered in 25-30-ft. tanks that are subject to paraffin build-up, and emulsions of water and dirt come along for the ride. “Tank management means knowing how much oil…

  • Wireless gas inlet skid automation includes on-off valve control

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    “The beautiful thing about using the 4320 wireless position monitor is that it gives you the feedback you need, so you don’t have to run across the plant to make sure the valve closed.” That’s one just one of the benefits cited by Marlin Midstream I/E technician and maintenance supervisor Rodney Glawson in his presentation at the 2013 Emerson Global Users Exchange session. Together with Buddy Walker of Vinson Process…

  • 2014 Emerson Global Users Exchange, Europe, Middle East and Africa

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    The 2014 Emerson Global Users Exchange, Europe, Middle East and Africa, will be held April 1-3 at the International Congress Center in Stuttgart, Germany. Themed "Breakthrough to Excellence," the event will again be tailored to meet the needs of users from the three regions. Delegates will learn how their peers are competing in challenging economic times – from using technology to compensate for the shortage of people…

  • Suncor saves $1.125 million per year in lost production by enhancing coker drain valve reliability

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    Suncor, Canada’s largest integrated energy company, extracts and upgrades oil sands into high-quality, refinery-ready crude oil products and diesel fuel. Suncor was having reliability issues at their upgrading complex in Fort McMurray, in part because of issues with the drain valves in the cokers. The drain valves, located directly between the cokers, are in a high-vibration, extremely high temperature environment…

  • Steve Sonnenberg: Looking ahead

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    “ I’m optimistic about the rest of this year, and also very optimistic about an inflection point coming midway through next year.” That’s how Steve Sonnenberg, president of Emerson Process Management, described his outlook on the process industry in a video from the 2013 Emerson Global Users Exchange. After two years of rapid gains, recent business growth has been slower but still positive. The future looks even…

  • DeltaV SIS with Electronic Marshalling wins exida award

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    by the editors of CONTROL magazine "On behalf of exida, and the Safety Awards team, we are pleased to announce that your product, DeltaV SIS with Electronic Marshalling has been chosen as the 2013 exida Safety Awards winner in the Logic Solvers category." So began BIll Goble (right in picture), exida partner and principal, in presenting the award to Jim Nyquist, Emerson Process Management president of systems and solutions…

  • Start SIL calculations early for safety success

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    by Walt Boyes “There’s the good, there's the bad, and there's the ugly," began Dan Schwab, project manager for automation projects at BP Whiting, who together with Len Laskowski, principal technical consultant for Emerson Process Management, explained the importance of properly calculated safety integrity levels (SIL) in a presentation at this week's Emerson Global Users Exchange. "The good means you did your SIL…

  • Tucson Electric Company takes top honors for "Reliability Program of the Year"

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    Other Finalists Include REC Silicon, Suncor Energy and EDF Energy Each year, Emerson Process Management seeks to recognize companies that best demonstrate effective use of reliability-based technologies, effective work processes, return on investment, integrated maintenance best practices, and leadership in implementing a “best in class” reliability program. This year, Tucson Electric Company takes Emerson’s top honors…

  • Potash Corp champions succeed through specialization

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    by Jim Montague Specialization yields happier and more productive technicians It can be easy to get overwhelmed and frustrated when faced with a flood of new, quickly changing and expanding technologies. But one way to stay above water and capitalize on the benefits of new solutions is to divide and conquer on understanding, implementing and maintaining them. This is exactly what the instrumentation team at Potash…

  • Comprehensive training prepares Kuwaitis to take over refinery

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    by Paul Studebaker Project Demonstrates Power of Emerson’s ‘Workforce Effectiveness’ Program Kuwaitis have traditionally subcontracted much of their maintenance and operations--the skills they need to keep the plants running--to expatriates. Now Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) wants to bring that expertise home, and has worked with Emerson Process Management to develop and execute a comprehensive training program that helps…

  • For Lukoil, onshore simulator boosts offshore preparedness

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    by Walt Boyes OTS Helps Operators Deal with the Unexpected Even in the best of conditions, an offshore oil platform can be a hazardous place to work. As such, they're hardly an ideal venue for on-the-job training. Better to train operators safely back on terra firma, and with a simulated process, where operator missteps are of no real consequence. Such was the motivation for oil producer Lukoil when it built an upgraded…

  • Taking a sneak peek at new Regulator Technologies facility

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    On Wednesday, a group of Emerson Exchange attendees took a short bus ride to nearby McKinney, Texas. There they got a preview of the new world headquarters for Emerson’s Regulator Technologies brands – which include Fisher, Francel, Tescom, Tartarini, and Jeon. Only a few weeks from its official grand opening, the three-story, 128,000-square-foot building features a world-class research facility and flow lab that…

  • Usability testing at Exchange shapes product development

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    This week a number of Emerson Exchange attendees had the opportunity to play a direct role in guiding development of Emerson technology and services. Recruited through the Emerson Exchange 365 community, these volunteers took part in more than 100 usability testing sessions during the September 30-October 4 event. Their feedback and insights gained from the tests – part of Emerson’s Human Centered Design approach to…

  • Maintaining wastewater plant operation during a flood or high flow event

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    Temporary submergence or flood events are major concerns for wastewater treatment plants. Whether due to coastal flooding from storm surge or combined sewer overflow during unusually heavy rain events, these low lying facilities are often flooded and can not cycle important valves required to avoid the discharge of raw sewage. On Wednesday morning at the 2013 Emerson Global Users Exchange, Steve Poling, Northwest regional…

  • Santos integrates intelligent field with transformative operations center

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    by Jim Montague Remote Operations Center Is Changing How Gas Fields Are Operated Control rooms are adding a few new tasks to their job descriptions. While they’ll always be responsible for process control and process safety, they’re now evolving into integrated operations centers, which are also responsible for making the right business decisions, too. However, to run efficient and profitable applications, these centers…

  • Value Engineering finds millions of dollars for DCS projects

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    by Paul Studebaker Do it by putting all the stakeholders together in a room for one day It’s a common problem: you’ve done a great design but your control system modernization program turns out to be too expensive. Your vendor says your existing system is obsolete and they’re dropping support, operations says the system is failing and they need new functionality, but “playing the obsolescence card doesn’t work with…

  • Micro Motion flowmeters set new bar in mass flow, density measurement

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    by Walt Boyes Emerson unveils new mass flow line-up Emerson bid farewell to the iconic triangle of its Micro Motion Elite Coriolis mass flowmeters at a Tuesday press conference this week at the Emerson Global Users Exchange. In its stead, explained Andy Dudiak, Micro Motion vice president and general manager, is the next generation Elite CMFS (for Coriolis Mass Flow Sensor): a fully drainable mass meter that sets…

  • PEMEX makes heat exchangers tell how they’re feeling

    Emerson Exchange News
    by Paul Studebaker Wireless monitoring notifies operators when it’s time to plan a cleaning Pressure, temperature and flow measurements around a heat exchanger can tell you exactly how well it’s working, how fast it’s fouling and when it needs to be cleaned--if you have the time and resources to pay attention. But as Emerson Exchange attendees observed in a session on Tuesday morning in Grapevine, Texas, many engineers…

  • Incus hears tiny gas leaks in big areas

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    by Jim Montague Intrinsically Safe Device Listens for the Ultrasonic Hiss of Escaping Gas Sometimes sound is better than sight—just ask any bug-hunting bat, submarine sonar operator or air-traffic controller. They all know that seeing requires a narrowly focused visual field, while hearing can take in audio data from a wide radius all around. One example of this capability on display at this week's Emerson Global Users…

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