Technical paper
Using Process Simulators Will Make Your Plant More Productive And Efficient
W.G. "Trey" Brown Bryan Research and Engineering, LLC Bryan, Texas, U.S.A. Leonard Ochs Williams Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. J.W. Varner Quicksilver Resources, Inc. Ft. Worth, Texas, U.S.A. The use of process simulators to model plant operations can provide a plant hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in increased production and lower energy costs. This paper looks at several example plants where process simulators were utilized to optimize their operation and measurable results were obtained. Each of these plants were able to improve their bottom line profit because a process simulator was available and plant personnel were dedicated to using it to improve plant performance and efficiency. In today's economic roller coaster, where product margins can be positive one day and negative the next, a plant must be designed and operated with the utmost operating flexibility, while maintaining high energy efficiency. The process simulator allows both the designer and the operator to maximize this flexibility and determine the best way to operate the plant at both ends of the operating spectrum. Today, a plant that does not use a simulator to monitor its operation is simply throwing money away.
W.G. “Trey” Brown Bryan Research and Engineering, LLC Bryan, Texas, U.S.A. Leonard Ochs Williams Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. J.W. Varner Quicksilver Resources, Inc. Ft. Worth, Texas, U.S.A. The use of process simulators to model plant operations can provide a plant hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in increased production and lower energy costs. This paper looks at several example plants where process simulators were utilized to optimize their operation and measurable results were obtained. Each of these plants were able to improve their bottom line profit because a process simulator was available and plant personnel were dedicated to using it to improve plant performance and efficiency. In today’s economic roller coaster, where product margins can be positive one day and negative the next, a plant must be designed and operated with the utmost operating flexibility, while maintaining high energy efficiency. The process simulator allows both the designer and the operator to maximize this flexibility and determine the best way to operate the plant at both ends of the operating spectrum. Today, a plant that does not use a simulator to monitor its operation is simply throwing money away.