While the downturn in the oil and gas industry has been tough on everyone involved, recent trends indicate that the cycle is turning into a positive direction. In the meantime, the drive for profitability at a low price-point remains a priority, leading energy companies to examine operating costs and process inefficiencies in every industry segment. For midstream enterprises, getting smarter in production and movement processes and the need for more reliable, safer and higher capacity transportation systems for both gas and liquid energy products is greater than ever before. In this Trend Report , we point to opportunities for coping with increasing traffic and achieving greater efficiencies in existing as well as future energy projects. We offer technology guidance as well as examples of how Emerson, Daniel, Roxar, and Rosemount solutions can help your company overcome these well-known industry challenges, including: Increase output Increasing fiscal measurement accuracy Protecting assets –Reducing cost of ownership Improving pipeline leak detection and Loss And Unaccounted For (LAUF) Managing regulatory compliance Maximizing capacity, throughput and revenue Detection of performance degradation and foresight of compromised operations Midstream enterprises that successfully improve custody data, preserve asset integrity, streamline compliance and minimize losses in transfer will realize the profitability and improved safety they seek. Download the Trend Report for further insight on how to address each challenge and learn how Emerson can position your organization to respond to fluctuations in the market now and for years to come. For more information on Emerson's flow solutions for midstream oil and gas, visit our website .
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Blog Post: Trend Report: Positioning for the Future of Midstream Oil & Gas
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Forum Post: CERA Week 2017 - Industry videos
Last week, Emerson attended CERAWeek, and IHS markit event. (So called the Davos of Energy.) Many of the sessions were taped, and they are available at CERAWeek Live. http://live.ceraweek.com/ click into Video Gallery. You can find David Farr on a plenary about what ever happened to Globalization, and also, in the changing workforce on the agora studio. Many of our customers are in the videos. Take a look, they are worth watching. Marcelo Carugo
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Forum Post: CERAWeek 2017 - Videos
Last week, Emerson attended CERAWeek, and IHS markit event. (So called the Davos of Energy.) Many of the sessions were taped, and they are available at CERAWeek Live. http://live.ceraweek.com/ click into Video Gallery. You can find David Farr on a plenary about what ever happened to Globalization, and also, in the changing workforce on the agora studio. Many of our customers are in the videos. Take a look, they are worth watching. Marcelo Carugo
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Forum Post: RE: First Out Alarm Suppression Module (FO_ALM_SUP)
Thanks Matt, what is the recommended number of alarms for FO trap? can this be configured up to 32 alarms?
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Forum Post: RE: First Out Alarm Suppression Module (FO_ALM_SUP)
is it recommended for 32 alarms?
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Forum Post: Installing Delta V Reporter
Hi, I use Delta V 9.3 and checking through the programs I cannot find any Microsoft office package such as Excel. I need to use DeltaV reporter. How do I get it installed and working without a Delta cd? . If I do not have Delta V reporter which other means can I use to get process variable with time stamps and values ( in the past ) from the continuous historian, for a certain variable in a table form?
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Blog Post: Gaining Insights in Addressing Corrosion and Flaring Challenges
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Annual Meeting is rapidly approaching—March 19-21 in San Antonio Texas. It is: …the world’s premier refining meeting, assembling key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining businesses, technology providers, contracting and consulting firms, and equipment manufacturers around the world. If you’ll be attending, make sure to catch several great sessions by Emerson experts on corrosion and flaring-related issues. There will also be a Wednesday workshop for refiners and petrochemical manufacturers on ways to achieve Top Quartile operational performance . This workshop features IHS Markit’s Stephen Jones , who will share insights from CERAWeek and will join the Emerson experts in highlighting trends, strategies and practices to achieve Top Quartile operational performance. RSVP by Sunday, March 19 th . Tom Champlin will lead Tuesday off at 9am with a presentation, Enhancing Refinery Reliability and Availability through Online Corrosion Monitoring ( AM-17-31 ). Tom will discuss how wireless corrosion monitoring sensors can help assure the integrity of the asset, minimize the risk of unplanned outages and loss of containment and optimize maintenance and corrosion inhibition strategies. Kjell Wold will follow Tom at 9:30am on the subject, New Perspectives on Refinery Corrosion and Integrity Management while Maximizing Opportunity Crudes ( AM-17-32 ). Here’s his abstract: There is an increased focus on corrosion and integrity management in the oil & gas industry today, also in the refining industry. This is not only being driven by the need for improved operational safety for plant, personnel and environment, but it is also driven by a need for increased plant uptime and extended equipment life. Finally, a good corrosion management program can increase the operating window, e.g. allow increased blending of low cost crudes or reduce inhibitor consumption, reducing the plants operational cost. Refineries have a range of corrosion challenges, like naphthenic acid corrosion and sulfuric acid corrosion. Efficient monitoring requires a tool-box of monitoring technologies and solutions. The paper gives an introduction to intrusive and non-intrusive monitoring technologies applicable in a plant, and how they can be combined into an integrated solution, also with other refinery monitoring applications. Examples of field data for different monitoring technologies will be provided. Bringing data to the user has also been an industrial challenge. Standardization of new communication solutions like WirelessHART and modern data management applications offers a significant shift in the convenience, quality of data and real time information, allowing actions before damage takes place. Data management solutions will be discussed in the presentation. Noel Bell will present later Tuesday afternoon on Early Alerts of Flare Events ( AM-17-74 ). Here’s his abstract: The ability to eliminate flare events could help manufacturers comply with new EPA regulations and avoid potential fines. Some flare events in refineries and chemical plants with flare gas recovery systems (FGRS) could be avoided if operators were provided with an early warning of conditions that could lead to a flare event. In situations where plant personnel have discretionary control over how much material is released to the flare system an early alert or warning of a potential flare event could allow them to reduce the load on the system and avoid exceeding the capacity of the FGRS. In this paper we describe analytic techniques used on real flare system data from a NA refinery to provide early alerts of flare events. Frequency analysis and principal components analysis were successfully used to provide early warning indicators 15 minutes to several hours prior to actual flare events. Additionally, visualization methods and a computational platform for working with large amounts of complex information both on and off-line are demonstrated. Key features include the automatic generation of an on-line calculation from the off-line analysis that can provide actionable information to plant personnel and the ability to identify equipment likely responsible for the flare. There will also be an Emerson hospitality suite gathering Sunday evening in room 1018 in the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter to connect with the whole team to quench your thirst and discuss challenges and opportunities in your business. Join this gathering, these sessions and the Wednesday workshop to round out a great AFPM Annual Meeting in San Antonio! The post Gaining Insights in Addressing Corrosion and Flaring Challenges appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog.
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Blog Post: Gaining Insights in Addressing Corrosion and Flaring Challenges
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Annual Meeting is rapidly approaching—March 19-21 in San Antonio Texas. It is: …the world’s premier refining meeting, assembling key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining businesses, technology providers, contracting and consulting firms, and equipment manufacturers around the world. If you’ll be attending, make sure to catch several great sessions by Emerson experts on corrosion and flaring-related issues. There will also be a Wednesday workshop for refiners and petrochemical manufacturers on ways to achieve Top Quartile operational performance . This workshop features IHS Markit’s Stephen Jones , who will share insights from CERAWeek and will join the Emerson experts in highlighting trends, strategies and practices to achieve Top Quartile operational performance. RSVP by Sunday, March 19 th . Tom Champlin will lead Tuesday off at 9am with a presentation, Enhancing Refinery Reliability and Availability through Online Corrosion Monitoring ( AM-17-31 ). Tom will discuss how wireless corrosion monitoring sensors can help assure the integrity of the asset, minimize the risk of unplanned outages and loss of containment and optimize maintenance and corrosion inhibition strategies. Kjell Wold will follow Tom at 9:30am on the subject, New Perspectives on Refinery Corrosion and Integrity Management while Maximizing Opportunity Crudes ( AM-17-32 ). Here’s his abstract: There is an increased focus on corrosion and integrity management in the oil & gas industry today, also in the refining industry. This is not only being driven by the need for improved operational safety for plant, personnel and environment, but it is also driven by a need for increased plant uptime and extended equipment life. Finally, a good corrosion management program can increase the operating window, e.g. allow increased blending of low cost crudes or reduce inhibitor consumption, reducing the plants operational cost. Refineries have a range of corrosion challenges, like naphthenic acid corrosion and sulfuric acid corrosion. Efficient monitoring requires a tool-box of monitoring technologies and solutions. The paper gives an introduction to intrusive and non-intrusive monitoring technologies applicable in a plant, and how they can be combined into an integrated solution, also with other refinery monitoring applications. Examples of field data for different monitoring technologies will be provided. Bringing data to the user has also been an industrial challenge. Standardization of new communication solutions like WirelessHART and modern data management applications offers a significant shift in the convenience, quality of data and real time information, allowing actions before damage takes place. Data management solutions will be discussed in the presentation. Noel Bell will present later Tuesday afternoon on Early Alerts of Flare Events ( AM-17-74 ). Here’s his abstract: The ability to eliminate flare events could help manufacturers comply with new EPA regulations and avoid potential fines. Some flare events in refineries and chemical plants with flare gas recovery systems (FGRS) could be avoided if operators were provided with an early warning of conditions that could lead to a flare event. In situations where plant personnel have discretionary control over how much material is released to the flare system an early alert or warning of a potential flare event could allow them to reduce the load on the system and avoid exceeding the capacity of the FGRS. In this paper we describe analytic techniques used on real flare system data from a NA refinery to provide early alerts of flare events. Frequency analysis and principal components analysis were successfully used to provide early warning indicators 15 minutes to several hours prior to actual flare events. Additionally, visualization methods and a computational platform for working with large amounts of complex information both on and off-line are demonstrated. Key features include the automatic generation of an on-line calculation from the off-line analysis that can provide actionable information to plant personnel and the ability to identify equipment likely responsible for the flare. There will also be an Emerson hospitality suite gathering Sunday evening in room 1018 in the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter to connect with the whole team to quench your thirst and discuss challenges and opportunities in your business. Join this gathering, these sessions and the Wednesday workshop to round out a great AFPM Annual Meeting in San Antonio! The post Gaining Insights in Addressing Corrosion and Flaring Challenges appeared first on the Emerson Process Experts blog.
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Forum Post: RE: First Out Alarm Suppression Module (FO_ALM_SUP)
Hi Gelo, It is easily expandable up to 96 alarms. Emerson doesn't provide an example of expanding it beyond 16, so it will take a little thought and coding to get it there. If you look at the ALM_FLOOD_XX modules, you can see the difference between the 16 and 32 alarm versions. This will give you a clue on what to start thinking about. When I say "easily expandable" I mean that the Faceplate and Detail displays are pre-built to handle 96 alarms. As you add the necessary parameters to the module, they will automatically appear on the displays. Dave
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Forum Post: RE: Installing Delta V Reporter
Hi, DeltaV Reporter is available on DVD 1 of the 9.3.x installation DVDs under the folder DV_Extras. If you do not have the DVDs, you can either download them from Guardian or contact your local LBP/Service Provider to get it for you. This version of the DeltaV Reporter is listed as only compatible with Excel versions up to 2003. It will work with later versions, but it could have instability (I haven't had any problems though). If you are installing this on a DeltaV workstation, Excel must have been installed before DeltaV was installed. You cannot add Excel after DeltaV is installed or it will cause issues. This warning does not apply to non-DeltaV workstations. If you cannot get DeltaV Reporter for whatever reason, then I suggest checking out XLReporter from Sytech. It is an extremely powerful tool for extracting data from DeltaV and placing it into reports. It does not require Excel for the DeltaV Reporter tool to function. The sales and support staff at Sytech are extremely helpful. Dave
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Forum Post: RE: Data base connection
We performed the procedure and we are still on it.it was successful except for a particular segment we cannot down any device.It keeps stopping with hardware or comms problem.What do we do to download on this hi channel.
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Forum Post: RE: Data base connection
we need some help here!
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Forum Post: I am looking to control a Powerflex 753 drive with a 32 bit DINT
I am looking to control a Powerflex 753 drive via DeviceNet. I have communication with the drive and can stop and start and even control the speed, just not easily. My issue is that I need to send a 32bit DINT to the drive for a speed command. I just want to take a 0-100 % and convert it to that 32 bit DINT. I have tried a Scaler but the DINT is not linear. I have a block that will do what I need, in reverse, as i am converting the DINT's from the drive to Real (ie. Amps). Is there a BFI with a 32 IN's?? I have another Block that i could use if there was a 32 BFI. If anybody with way better programming skills that can help I would greatly appreciate it.
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Forum Post: RE: I am looking to control a Powerflex 753 drive with a 32 bit DINT
Hi, Recently completed an upgrade to PF753 over devicenet using 20-750-DNET module and for speed reference to VFD used floating point scaled 0-100% to 0-60 and same for speed feedback ... in the VFD set the speed limits just in case.. not sure if you are using 20-COMM- devicenet adapter .. in which case it may be different
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Forum Post: RE: Data base connection
those segments or cards are they enabled? right click on p01 or p02 see if the card is enabled or drop down the particular controller from I/O riht click and do an I/O auto sense good luck
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Forum Post: RE: Data base connection
Victor. I reviewed all these calls and it is not clear what was done, and where exactly you are in your recovery. Adrian suggested you call the GSC, and I agree. Although everyone on the thread is trying to be helpful, there is a significant lack of detail that may have led to some loss of Data. Having said that, you now have a download issue with a "segment". From that, can we assume that your Pro Plus is fully recovered and is operational? Have you downloaded your entire configuration from this new database, and the only issue is this segment? or is this the first segment you download? Is this a Foundation field bus card. You message above states "hi channel". did you mean H1 Card? Or is it a DeviceNet, Profibus, A-si card. If everything else is working and you have only this single download issue to an H1 segment, you might start by ensuring the segment power supply and wiring connections are good. especially if you cannot communicate with any device on that segment. Are both segments affected on the card, or just one. What do the H1 card diagnostics say? It would be easy to replace the H1 card to eliminate or confirm the issue is or is not with the card. If you have a physical layer diagnostic tool, confirm the physical layer is good. With the Segment power good, H1 and physical layer checked, next confirm if you can simplify the segment and get at least one device working. Disconnect devices at the Segment brick/hub to see if you are able to restore connection of one or more devices. If that enables communication, reconnect devices one at a time until the issue returns. This is assuming the issue is due to a device. If you need quick response, you need to engage the GSC so they can help identify the underlying issue. Posts on this forum are not necessarily going to be responded to quickly, or correctly. And if my suggestions above are completely unrelated to your issue, I could be wasting your valuable time. If your plant is down, please call your local Emerson or LBP service provider.
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Forum Post: Flow rate
Dear Reader , I have got a basic question Which part of flow meter is responsible for flow rate Your reply appreciated Thanks Yunnus
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Forum Post: RE: Flow rate
Sorry, but is a funny question: 1. There are many different types of flowmeter. 2. Which are the parts that you find in a flowmeter ? Yet I will risk an answer: the sensor.
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Forum Post: RE: Data base connection
Thanks.We worked thru your suggestions and got it solved.we cleared our comms isssues by replacing most the devises on the segment but found the problem in the control studio for a particular unassigned fb for the device.we did the assignment and the download was successful.our plant is up and running again though not yet fully commissioned.we are downloading every fb device and this is taking time.is there a fasterway of doing this?
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Forum Post: RE: I am looking to control a Powerflex 753 drive with a 32 bit DINT
Ha, I never thought of that. I was referencing the tags to a 32bit unsigned int. Making them a floating point did the trick. Not sure how the VFD knows the difference between the two numbers but it does!!. I have been using a 20commD card in the past and this new 750-DNET card has posed some challenges but this worked great. thanks.
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