SureService™ - Control Performance Improvement
Are control problems, particularly those that are related to excessive process variability, causing less than optimum productivity and profitability in your plant? Emerson’s Control Performance Improvement services are specifically designed to solve those control problems, typically resulting in improved product quality, increased plant availability, and reduced consumption of energy and raw materials.
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Our Control Performance Improvement consultants can quickly determine the root cause of and solution for loop performance problems such as cycling and slow response. They can tune all loops in a unit for a coordinated response to load disturbances and set point changes. The resulting reduction in process variability will help to minimize consumption of raw materials and energy while yielding product quality improvements. Additionally, our Control Performance Improvement consultants can help you determine the causes of and solutions for process upsets, trips, and operator intervention on key control loops, reducing unplanned events and lowering maintenance costs for your process equipment.
Emerson’s Control Performance Improvement consultants have wide experience in the process industries including Refining, Chemical, Power, Pipelines, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Mining & Metals, Pulp & Paper and others. They can perform on-site troubleshooting, startup assistance, controller tuning, process simulation, implementation of advanced control solutions, and training of plant staff. They are experts with applying a number of state-of-the-art control loop performance troubleshooting and tuning tools such as EnTech™ Toolkit, DeltaV™ Predict, and DeltaV™ Inspect, as well as Entech™ Variability Index to pinpoint and correct control problems. There are various levels of Control Performance Improvement that are designed to provide the right solution for your plant, from identification of needs to a complete on-site analysis and correction of control issues: Consult for a Day, Control Performance Study, Control Performance Project, Control Performance Program, and EnTech Variability Index (specifically for pulp and paper mills). For more information, please see the Control Performance Improvement Service Data Sheet, or contact your local Emerson Process Management representative. Service Levels:
- Consult For A Day brings a consultant to inspect your process, gather data manually, and identify critical opportunities for improvement. This service is typically provided at a fixed price.
- Control Performance Study involves a consultant working with your plant to test the process online, identify process dynamics and nonlinearities, optimize controller tuning, and recommend improvements to control strategy and process design. It typically covers one week or less and is provided on a per diem basis.
- Control Performance Project involves multiple weeks of work, all the tasks of the Study in greater detail, calculation of your return on investment, and onsite measurements or computer simulation. This service typically is provided on a per diem basis.
- Control Performance Program is a sustained effort for ongoing variability reduction. Periodic visits by the consultant allow the plant time to address deficiencies in hardware and control strategy before final tuning. This program often involves training of plant personnel so that they can sustain the increased profitability.
- EnTech Variability Index (EVI) helps pulp and paper mills benchmark their machine performance. The EVI covers frequency bands that point to upstream areas for diagnosis and improvement. The EVI typically involves one to two days onsite and is provided at a fixed price.
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