Articles

Title/Author	Date
Properly Tackle Fluid Flow Problems This requires far more than modeling software. Author: Dirk Willard, Contributing Editor	02/22/2012
Modeling Speeds Capacity Expansion Simulation allows evaluation of more options more quickly. Author: Prashant B. Kokitkar, Eli Lilly and Company, and Jonathan Kadane, Aspen Technology, Inc.	02/02/2012
Don't Devalue Isometrics They sometimes can tell you a lot more than P&IDs Author: Dirk Willard, Contributing Editor	10/19/2011
Debottlenecking Takes A Broader View Modeling is gaining a greater role in improving throughput and energy efficiency. Author: Seán Ottewell, Editor at Large	04/18/2011
Discrete Event Simulation Offers Real Value Pharmaceutical plants gain design, troubleshooting and other insights from models. Author: Bernard McGarvey, Richard Dargatz and David Dzirbik, Eli Lilly and Company	01/03/2011
Don't Model in a Vacuum Check simulator results against calculations using actual data. Author: Andrew Sloley and Scott Henson	08/16/2010
BASF Voices Confidence Despite "Dark Clouds" Chairman Jurgen Hambrecht expects BASF's sales to grow again in 2010 and that the company will outpace global chemical production.	03/05/2010
How Does Your Control System Measure Up? A scoring system can identify improvement opportunities. Author: George Buckbee, ExperTune, Inc.	07/30/2009
Genie in a Bottle: Distilling Greg Shinskey into Software ProcessApex effectively adds context to the flood of DCS data, so users can focus on one or two critical issues.	07/27/2009
Model Promises Insights on Natural Catalysts Researchers at the University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill., generated mock-ups of catalytic site.	07/21/2009
Atmospheric Simulations Modeling Improves But can the cooling effects of human-generated aerosols be curbed? Author: Seán Ottewell, Editor at Large	03/17/2009
Achieve Model Operations Plants can solve a range of problems by leveraging design models Author: Rob Hockley and Ron Beck	06/04/2008
Air Separation Unit Gets Fast Fix New method adds speedy commissioning to benefits of model predictive control. Author: Zul Bandali, Matrikon, Inc.	01/14/2008
How hydraulic modeling can improve the efficiency of your pump systems In spite of their large operating cost, most pump systems are inefficient by design. Among the common design problems are non-optimal pipe sizing, control valve utilization and, perhaps most common, incorrectly sized pumps. How a pump operates depends on the system, so improvements must focus on the system as a whole. Author: Tom Glassen	02/20/2007
Keep measurements on the level This article looks at six technologies mechanical floats and displacers, differential pressure, capacitance, ultrasonic, radar, and guided wave radar that are used most often for automated control, and provides practical guidance for choosing among them. Author: Jerry Boisvert, Siemens Energy & Automation	11/01/2006