Intelligent Throughput Optimization

THE INHERENT INEFFICIENCIES IN FIXED CONDITION SYSTEM DESIGNS

Almost all gas processing technologies depend on understanding the phase envelope of the process fluid – with system and process designs implemented to deal with the worst anticipated outcomes.

Running systems based on fixed, conservative, set points means that these processes often operate at less-than-optimal throughput – using more energy and generating more emissions because the process fluid rarely has the worst anticipated phase envelope.
 

OPERATE AT OPTIMAL LEVELS THROUGH INTELLIGENT ACTION

Leveraging world-class technology from parent companies Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger – Intelligent Throughput Optimization from Sensia directly increases the profitability of your new and existing midstream infrastructure. Enabling operators and control systems to “see inside” the process, in real time, to understand where a facility is operating with respect to critical physical constants. The result is more stable operation, reduced energy expenditure, lower emissions, and greater facility throughput.

Intelligently understand and adapt to changing conditions in real-time

Intelligent Throughput Optimization provides a real-time understanding of your processes’ phase envelope. This means your facility can operate at optimal conditions, instead of fixed worst-case design conditions. Making the process more efficient, increasing reliability and yield, and reducing energy use and emissions.

Midstream operators tend to inject more methanol or provide more heat than is needed to avoid the damage caused by hydrate formation. Whereas, Intelligent Throughput Optimization provides a real-time indication of the hydrate temperature, based on current composition.

This allows heaters to be adjusted to minimal levels and chemical injections to be reduced, either through operator understanding of the current hydrate temperature, Intelligent Throughput Optimization recommended chemical injection setpoints or autonomous adjustment through closed loop control.

Automation achieves optimal performance

Current midstream oil & gas industry conditions are putting pressure on operators to maintain profitability while reducing capital and operational expense. Intelligent Throughput Optimization solutions from Sensia can help you achieve that.

Our real-time automated tuning solutions prevent hydrate and liquid formation. This means you can optimize energy consumption, reduce operational costs, and increase the throughput and reliability of your facilities.

Intelligent Action delivers maximum throughput and process reliability

Our Intelligent Throughput Optimization solution integrates process engineering software with real-time control. This means the system can operate at optimal set points for current conditions, rather than at a conservative position because the actual process state is unknown, which usually limits the throughput or increases operational costs. In addition, because the solution monitors the process conditions in real time, it can adapt the control strategies to always operate at maximum throughput while minimizing risks.

HARNESS THE POWER OF INTELLIGENT EDGE CONTROLLERS

To provide the quick response time and reliability needed, our Intelligent Throughput Optimization solution runs alongside the equipment on an intelligent edge controller. The edge controller has the computing capability needed to run process simulation software and the control capabilities to execute the control strategy with knowledgeable, physics-based real-time advice from Intelligent Throughput Optimization.

This integrated solution at the edge provides process modeling to achieve consistent thermodynamics and fluid characterization. While control actions maintain the process operating conditions at optimal levels by acting as an adaptive control solution.