(Petro-)Chemicals

Most (petro)chemical processes are very energy intensive. In a very competitive market it is important to continuously operate at the most optimal working point. This point is defined by the most cost effective operation given (changing) quality constraints raw material variability, ever stricter environmental constraints, etc. This puts a high load on the operators.

IPCOS’ control based optimization solutions help our customers to meet the above requirements at a minimum cost and therefore with a high ROI. Optimizing the base layer PID controllers, and (if beneficial) adding an APC layer will keep plants at their most optimal operating point. IPCOS’ after-care programs guarantee that the benefits from our solutions are sustained for many years.

A summary of some benefits for common plants:

• Ethylene/Propylene & EO/PO
  • Throughput increase.
  • Energy efficiency.
• VCM
  • Increased selectivity.
  • Less energy consumption.
  • More yield.
• Styrene
  • Optimization of the Styrene/EB distillation section (energy and quality).
• Polymers (PE, PP, PVC, PS, …)
  • Quality control.
  • Grade change control and optimization.
• Phenol
  • Purification (Steam savings and quality control, hands off operations).
  • Reaction (less give away, hands off operations).
• (cyclo)hexane & Caprolactam
  • Energy efficiency of the distillation section.
  • Quality control.
  • Throughput increase.
• Specialty chemicals
• …