Delayed coking unit - advanced computer control

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Natl. Pet. Refiners Assoc., (Tech. Pap.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5960600

Johnson, J E

In 1982 Texaco's Los Angeles Refinery began a plant-wide project to upgrade the existing pneumatic and discrete electronic instrumentation to Distributed Digital Control. This project was in turn part of a larger corporate emphasis on instrument modernization. The first unit chosen for upgrading was the Delayed Coking Unit, a choice made not on the basis of age but because the unit suffered the poorest quality of control of any of the refinery units and so became a prime candidate for both reinstrumentation and advanced computer control. This article discusses the tools and the methods used in this advanced control project.

• Research Organization: Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc., Wilmington, CA
• OSTI ID: 5960600
• Report Number(s): CONF-8510288-
• Journal Information: Natl. Pet. Refiners Assoc., (Tech. Pap.); (United States), Vol. CC-85-105; Conference: National Petroleum Refiners Association computer conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, 27 Oct 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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