Caltex Australia Selects Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions to Replace Gasoline Blend Optimization Software.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1998--Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions, the leading provider of Business Optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. solutions for the process industries, today announced that Caltex Caltex is a petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation, used in more than 60 countries in the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East, and southern Africa. Brief History Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. Ltd. has selected Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions to install blend optimization software Free and Open Source software
Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions will supply its Blend Property Control (BPC BPC British Potato Council BPC Brewton-Parker College (Mt Vernon, GA) BPC Bible Presbyterian Church BPC Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (Chittagong, Bangladesh) BPC British Pharmaceutical Codex ) software to replace Lytton's existing gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by blend optimization system which has had a troublesome history since it was installed in 1994. "The problem with our current blend optimization system is that our requirements are not met in the product we bought, and we are faced with the support of custom software which is still not working successfully." explained Mike Shellshear, Senior Control Applications Engineer at Lytton. BPC is part of Hi-Spec Solutions' Oil Movements and Storage (OM&S) integrated suite of product blending and management software. There are over 30 installations of BPC world-wide. BPC selects available blend components in real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. to produce the most cost effective blend of gasoline possible. It uses non-linear optimization technology to determine the optimum blend recipe at any time. In cooperation with other OM&S modules, the optimum recipe is then produced automatically. Corrections and adjustments are continuously made as new component quality and availability information is exchanged with BPC. "We will start this project with a site survey to ensure all Lytton's requirements are met using the BPC package.", commented Mike. "Through the site survey, we will ensure an appropriate balance between our needs and standard product offerings. Gasoline blending represents a good economic opportunity for us to improve quality control. We already have other working OM&S modules from Honeywell and anticipate a successful implementation of their BPC package". Lytton refinery is a 100,000 barrel per day complex, running sweet imported and local crudes, producing a full range of high quality fuel products. The refinery includes a Continuous Reformer, Catalytic Cracker catalytic cracker n. An oil refinery unit in which the cracking of petroleum takes place in the presence of a catalyst. catalytic cracker Noun , HF Alklation, Polymerisation, and Isomerisation units for the production of a range of gasoline components, used to produce both leaded and unleaded gasoline to a variety of specifications for both the local and export markets. Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions is the leading supplier of Business Optimization applications software and services to the process industries. Hi-Spec Solutions is the Advanced Applications Business Unit of Honeywell Industrial Control, the leading worldwide supplier of industrial automation solutions. Honeywell is a global controls company focused on creating value through technology that enhances comfort, improves productivity, saves energy, protects the environment and increases safety. The company serves customers worldwide in the homes and buildings, industrial, and aviation and space markets. Honeywell employs 57,500 people in 95 countries and had 1997 sales of $8 billion. For additional product/company information, please contact Ms. Adrienne Low at Honeywell Asia Pacific, telephone number (852) 2829 8227. Or, Honeywell Hi-Spec Solution's Worldwide Web site at http://www.hi-spec.solutions.iac.honeywell.com, or from Industrial Automation and Control's site, http://www.iac.honeywell.com. CONTACT: Honeywell Asia Pacific Ms. Adrienne Low, (852) 2829 8227 |
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