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  • The Magnetrol family of radar solutions for level measurement

    Magnetrol® is recognized as the global leader in level and flow solutions, and in many process control industries, the name “Magnetrol” has become another word for radar solutions. That’s understandable, because we never stop thinking about ways to optimize reliability, improve safety and drive efficiency. It is a singular focus that has resulted in radar solutions that changed the industries we serve for the better. Magnetrol introduced the first loop-powered Guided Wave ...

  • The Neles™ NDX 2.0 delivers on sustainability

    Many have asked what’s so different about the new Neles NDX 2.0 valve controller. While there are several technical developments worth discussing, we’ll start by looking at the considerable increase in the potential to improve the sustainability of valve assemblies and the processes they are a part of. The new Neles NDX has a far greater versatility for different actuator types and sizes. The 2.0 is pretty much a universal, one for all solution that serves equally well ...

  • ThruPipe™ flaring piping systems

    ThruPipe™ Scan. What does it do? A ThruPipe™ scan of a pipe is a non invasive method to examine the contents of a pipe and identify any localised fouling and blockage in the line. The power of the ThruPipe™ technology is that the scanning is done online, so real time information is obtained about how the flow through the pipe is performing at that instant. The scan “sees through” the pipe wall so a determination of what is happening inside without the need to shut down ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ Distribution and Residence Time Studies

    What type of studies does Tracerco provide for reactors and what do they reveal? A Tracerco Diagnostics™ Distribution or Residence Time study provides crucial information to measure reactor performance. They provide valuable information about the residence time and distribution of solids, vapour or liquid at specific operational conditions. Results from the study can assist plant personnel to accurately diagnose integrity problems with internals and determine uniformity of distribution ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ FCCU Study

    See inside your Operations. The Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) is the economic heart of a modern refinery. Even small increases in its yield can bring about significant overall gains in productivity and revenue. Tracerco can provide you with valuable online insights into the catalysts and fluid behaviour inside your FCCU with our Tracerco Diagnostics™ FCCU Study. A Tracerco Diagnostics™ FCCU Study will provide you with the information you need to optimise or troubleshoot ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ FCCU study

    What information will a Tracerco Diagnostics™ FCCU study provide me? Tracerco has performed hundreds of FCCU studies worldwide, to help diagnose operating problems, and improve the performance of all major components of FCC units. These technologies are used to measure the velocity, distribution and residence time of the catalyst, or vapour phase, through any part of the system, as well as density profiles within vessels. This includes testing to determine the efficiency of ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ Flow Study

    What does a Tracerco flowrate study do? Tracerco Diagnostics™ Flow studies measure flowrates through flare lines or piping systems, monitor process changes over start-up/shutdown cycles, and determine leakages past relief or block valves. Our flow study technology offers a rapid, accurate, and cost-effective method of determining flows of gas, water, and organicbased materials. What type of tracer materials are used to perform thetesting? Tracerco’s team of experts will ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ for oil and gas processing

    Optimising your processes and maximising your profit. Tracerco offers world-leading diagnostic techniques that allow you to make the best decisions about your business. Using innovative technology, we’ll help you see inside the heart of your processes, and provide the insights you need to troubleshoot problems, reduce costs, and maximise your profits. With over 60 years’ experience, our services have saved companies like yours millions. Tracerco’s insights can help you ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ Invaluable insights for gas processing industries

    With over 60 years’ experience, Tracerco’s range of diagnostic solutions provides gas processing industries with the insights they need to make informed decisions about their operations. Process Diagnostics™ Tracerco’s ability to diagnose process problems allows you to optimise productivity and minimise costs. Our innovative technology helps you ‘see inside’ your processes without needing to shut down operations, and provides the insights you need to troubleshoot ...

  • Tracerco Diagnostics™ Separator study

    What does a Tracerco Diagnostics™ Separator study reveal? Tru-Scan™ and PhaseFinder™ studies of a separator will reveal the liquid level, the presence and height of any foam, the oil and water interface position and extent of emulsion band, as well as the presence and extent of sand deposits within the vessel. These technologies will also detect internal hardware issues, such as inlet device damage. The scans are carried out whilst the vessel is operating, so real-time information ...

  • Tracerco Heat Exchanger Leak Test

    What does a Tracerco leak test do? Tracerco has a long history of performing online and offline heat exchanger leak testing using chemicals, radioisotopes and helium tracers. A Tracerco Diagnostics™ Leak study provides real-time data on the exchanger, and eliminates the need for the equipment to be offline or the unit to be shut down while searching for the leak. It also reduces maintenance costs, as it identifies the individual leaking exchanger in a ‘bank’ or group of ...

  • Tracerco PhaseFinder™

    What type of services does Tracerco provide for desalters and what does it reveal? A Tracerco PhaseFinder™ scan of a desalter measures interface levels through the vessel wall between liquid and solids, or between two different types of liquids. A PhaseFinder™ scan of desalter vessels will yield a lot of information about where the various layers of material are located, and the quality of interface between oil and water. A tracer study can be used to measure the oil and ...

  • Tracerco™ Insights Platform

    The TracercoTM Insights Platform provides fast, secure and convenient access to your process insights, allowing you to rapidly and confidently optimise your process and increase efficiencies. With its cloud-based reporting, you can track the status of scanning projects, explore interactive reports and access a library of your historic scan data from wherever you are in the world. Being able to visualise and understand changes, you can identify potential issues quickly, saving ...

  • Covering your streams with gas chromatography: Analytical technique and key applications

    Gas Chromatography is a critical part of any analytical lab in the refining process. It is such a standard that operators take for granted all the ways it is used. Join us as we will be touching on the importance of GC in the lab, what goes into selecting a unit, and three key applications seen in many labs: Refinery Gas Analysis, Group type Analysis with Reformulyzer pre-frac, and Simulated Distillation. In this webinar we will: - Give an overview of the importance of GC ...

  • Beyond processbook & PI vision: Exploring today’s industrial analytics tools

    In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, industrial organizations have more data at their fingertips than ever, offering the promise of higher production rates, more consistent quality, and reduced costs through data-driven strategies. Standing between many businesses and this promise of process optimization are questions surrounding the right tools to harness this data effectively – a choice complicated by the shifting status of longtime standard OSIsoft’s ProcessBook and PI Vision ...

  • New digital tools to improve operational profitability in refineries

    View this webinar to learn how you can leverage new digital tools as part of the Honeywell UOP upgraded PremierPLUS Performance Services offering to avoid unplanned downtime, optimize process performance, manage personnel changes, and reduce energy and emissions. The PremierPLUS Performance Services offering addresses these challenges and can improve operational profitability by an average of $1M to $5M per year. Attending this webinar will give you an overview of Honeywell ...

  • Fundamentals of Safe Liquid Grab Sampling

    Every day, grab (or spot) sampling systems allow oil, gas, and chemical companies around the world to simply and accurately determine the quality and composition of the fluids they process. In many cases, however, opportunities remain to improve the ease-of-use, safety, and maintenance requirements of these system by rethinking aspects of their design. In the case of panels that draw liquid samples into laboratory bottles, changes to valve assembly designs, specifically, can yield ...

  • Elemental Analysis for Refining and Petrochemicals

    Seamless Laboratory and Process Analysis for Total Sulfur and Nitrogen. As expected shifts to petrochemical and crude oil-to-chemicals (COTC) projects expand through 2050, the need for elemental analysis in refining and petrochemical continues to grow. Refiners must meet stringent requirements due to the increase of nitrogen and sulfur in the crude, requiring more focus on processing and control. Join us to learn about laboratory and process analysis for total sulfur and nitrogen. During ...

  • How grab sampling can help improve your plants safety

    While grab sampling can be a dangerous and hazardous process for both operators and their surrounding environment, too often safety takes a back seat to other day-to-day considerations. If this sounds familiar, tune into this sponsored webinar. It's your opportunity to focus on areas in your plant where safety is a concern and learn methods for ensuring sampling that is not only safe and effective, but also representative.   In this webinar, you'll examine hazards associated ...

  • CDU desalter processing with interface control

    In this webinar, you will find out how Tracerco’s advanced multi-phase nucleonic instrumentation can analyse desalter performance and improve crude blending capacity. Discover opportunities to: - Improve environmental impact, compliance and energy usage - Reduce unplanned trips and downtime - Optimise chemical dosing (demulsifiers/neutralisers) - Reduce overhead corrosion, as well as catalyst deactivation in FCC - Improve process control enabling data driven insights With ...

  • Best Practice: Screening and QC testing of petroleum products and fuels

    Screening and quality control of petroleum products and fuels can be a tedious and expensive process when performed utilizing traditional methods. Near-Infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as described in ASTM Guidelines E1655, D8340, and D6122 is a much faster method providing results in just 30 seconds without any solvents and reagents needed. In fact, NIRS has  become the preferred method of numerous producers to quickly quantify key parameters in petrofuels and petrochemicals ...

  • Understanding alarm management standards

    Alarms are an essential layer of protection, enabling industrial facilities to avoid abnormal situations that may put people, the environment, and profits at risk. As such, numerous standards and guidelines exist that can assist organizations in designing, implementing and maintaining alarm systems that comply with regulations. ISA 18.2, EEMUA 191, IEC 62682, API 1167 — how should organizations select these standards and guidelines? How can they be put into practice? Join ...

  • The case for plant modernization and upgrades

    With a system that's outdated or showing signs of it, you are well aware of the risks of running your plant processes with aging hardware and software. Waiting to modernize will impact your cost of ownership due to shortages of critical parts and support, will increase risk of an unplanned production shutdown, and likely will have no incremental benefits. A well-designed modernization approach allows the opportunity to reduce system footprint and costs. Whether by eliminating ...

  • How to achieve operational excellence with safe and profitable operating windows

    Plant of the Future’ is making headway towards operational excellence using technologies that enable safe and efficient operations to improve your bottom line and reduce OPEX expenses. Operations Management provides the foundation needed to enable operations excellence. In this presentation, we’ll show you the tools we’ve designed to manage and control critical limits, shift handovers, and process deviations. You are going to learn: - How Honeywell Forge Operations ...

  • Learn how to build refinery models quickly and easily to support your LP model

    In this webinar we will present refinery modelling workflows, features and functionalities, which showcase Honeywell Forge Process Simulation’ refinery-wide flow sheeting capabilities. These capabilities span the beginning-to-end design, use, and exporting results of a refinery model.   First, attendees will see how easy is to create a model from scratch utilizing our Process Simulation 'drag & drop' refining reactor templates. Finally, we will showcase the product ...

  • Ensuring business continuity in industrial operations

    Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and safety of your refining operations. We will explore cases from asset performance management and process optimization to remote worker performance and competency solutions.   The new normal is here to stay. Uncertainty is the new name of the game; however, resilience should also be a key player. How are you ensuring the reliability, ...

  • A layered approach to achieving plant-wide optimization goals

    Join this webinar to discover the multiple areas in your organization where Honeywell Forge can help ensure the reliability, efficiency, and safety of your refining operations. We will explore cases from asset performance management and process optimization to remote worker performance and competency solutions.   The new normal is here to stay. Uncertainty is the new name of the game; however, resilience should also be a key player. How are you ensuring the reliability, ...

  • Driving machine learning through fundamental machinery diagnostics

    Join Honeywell’s APM specialist, Ben Berwick, as he discusses how Honeywell leverages Asset Performance Management technology to recognize the earliest onset of rotating machinery issues. The rapid pace of predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and digital twins for industrial assets is proving revolutionary in how asset intensive organizations benefit from the actionable information provided by asset performance management (APM) software.  A key element in deriving ...

  • Simplify crude assay importing in UniSim design by utilizing H/CAMS

    Haverly H/CAMS is the industry leading assay crude management software with over 2000 assays. Honeywell's UniSim Design software links to Haverly H/CAMS via a COM interface and allows you to import proprietary assays with just a few clicks. This functionality increases engineering effectiveness, eliminates the need for manual data entry, and makes it easier to model crude storage facilities and refining processes. Presenters: Jagdish Rachh - Honeywell David Alexander - Haverly Moderator: Ken ...

  • Intelligently predict and prevent corrosion across your operations

    Learn how the fight against corrosion never stops - it is a fact of life every day across Oil & Gas, Refining and Pipeline operations, what-if you could have insight into real-time corrosion rates in your process? Honeywell Predict® Corrosion Suite provides the next generation of corrosion management solutions, intelligent software providing real time corrosion quantification. Unlike conventional corrosion management methods, unique prediction models are employed that ...