Hydrocarbon Processing - October 2022 - 10C

Innovations
Actionable insights
to eliminate data gaps
and achieve optimum
plant performance
GE Digital has released a software solution
combining Performance Intelligence™
with APM Reliability™ designed to form a
performance advisory solution combining
real-time thermal performance data and
analysis software with the power of analytics
for strategic and data-driven decisionmaking.
Integrating the two provides a
highly flexible, easy to use problem-solving
solution to maintain a thermal power generation
plant or fleet at optimal efficiency.
In response to factors including ways
to lower emissions, fluctuating fuel prices,
stagnant power prices and escalating operating
costs, plant operations teams are
being charged to act with greater speed
and efficiency to maintain their assets'
economic expectation. Performance Intelligence
integrates with APM Reliability
to help plant personnel gain visibility to
equipment health, assess and identify degradation
and reliability issues, understand
the impact to plant capability and financial
performance, and empower teams to
act with greater speed and efficiency.
The solution incorporates the power
of 340+ GE and non-GE Digital Twin
Blueprints from SmartSignal™ predictive
analytics software, the analytics engine
behind GE Digital's Predictive Maintenance
solutions. Combined with Performance
Intelligence with Reliability, the
solution is designed to enable fuel savings,
productivity and risk reduction.
Performance Intelligence with APM
Reliability is designed to help deliver a holistic
problem-solving solution to maintain
the plant at optimal efficiency with:
* Advanced thermal modeling
across the entire load range with
actionable recommendations
* Analytics covering the entire
operating range of assets with
actionable recommendations
* Fully integrated data streams into
the work management process
* New analytics for economic
predictions and " what-if "
simulations.
Fire and gas system
Process and safety engineers who require
a full-featured fire and gas system
with built-in cloud-ready capabilities
will find the advanced, next-gen HazardWatch
FX-12 fire and gas system from
MSA Safety delivers peace-of-mind and
security when it comes to reliable plant
safety monitoring.
Developed with MSA's detection and
systems integration expertise, as well as
the process control/automation proficiency
of Rockwell Automation, the HazardWatch
FX-12 system is a powerful and
flexible total safety solution designed to
protect people, equipment, facilities and
nearby communities. Designed for use in
hazardous industries, the system is ideal
for oil/gas production and tanker loading/unloading,
petrochemical refining
and storage, pipelines and gas compressor
stations, LNG facilities, CNG and
hydrogen (H2
) production and vehicle
terminals, electric power generation, aircraft
maintenance facilities, aerospace
launch sites, automotive and pharmaceutical
manufacturing.
The HazardWatch FX-12 system
(FIG. 4) is designed with Rockwell Automation's
industry proven Allen-Bradley
ControlLogix™ programmable logic
controller (PLC) technology and MSA's
advanced gas and flame detection field
devices. Allen-Bradley DLR-enabled
communication protocols allow secure
integration with other Rockwell products.
Offering intelligence, flexibility and
reliability, the system's controller hardware
configuration and software have
been tested by Factory Mutual to verify
NFPA 72 (2013) compliance.
The system includes: a stand-alone
local fire and gas alarm panel with touch
screen operator interface; a redundant
power supply to support the fire and gas
system per NFPA 72; easy integration
with third-party auxiliary devices such
as horns, beacons and fire suppression
systems; and FM-approved Ethernet/IP
system communications to DCS or ESD
Systems, with optional Modbus. The
HazardWatch FX-12 can accommodate
up to 12 field devices per alarm panel,
with the capability to network up to 12
panels. The panel is wall mounted in a
NEMA 12 rated enclosure. User connections
are made at a rail mounted " swing
link " with terminal blocks organized by
input/output type. The PLC processor
and the touchscreen are fitted with nonvolatile
memory.
Highly versatile to support the full
range of fire, flame and gas detection
FIG. 4. MSA Safety's next-gen HazardWatch
FX-12 fire and gas system.
needs, the HazardWatch FX-12 is compatible
with the industry's leading flame
and gas sensing technologies from MSA.
The flame detector models available
include the General Monitors MultiSpectral
Infrared (MSIR) FL4000H, the
UV/IR Optical FL500 and others.
For combustible or toxic gas and
oxygen deficiency (O2
) monitoring,
the HazardWatch FX-12 supports the
Ultima® X5000 and General Monitors
S5000 gas detectors. In addition,
for tank or pipe leak monitoring, the
Observer®i ultrasonic gas leak (UGLD)
detector is available, and for plant or
area perimeter monitoring the IR5500
or Senscient ELDS open path gas detectors
are supported.
For safety monitoring onsite or in the
cloud, the HazardWatch FX-12's optional
FieldServer Gateway supports sharing
critical operational data 24/7 via BACnet,
Ethernet/IP, Modbus, SNMP, and
a host of other protocols. MSA's remote
monitoring and notification solutions
help support fire alarm panels and the
HazardWatch FX-12 fire and gas system
by notifying the SCADA system of
events in the field.
Software optimizes
refining and
petrochemical operations
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has released
a new version of its award-winning
Petro-SIM® process simulation software.
Version 7.3 now has a more reliable and
robust reactor for modeling bio-oils and
an emissions calculation model for gas
turbines and burners. As operators tranHydrocarbon
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