Join Emerson experts in San Antonio, October 14-16, to learn how you can enhance operational excellence at your plant.
Join our industry experts as they co-present with successful refining and petrochemical manufacturers on topics illustrating how they made operational improvements to enhance performance. Emerson experts will also be available to discuss how you can digitally transform your operation to achieve Top Quartile performance at our exhibit hall table and special beer tasting event.
Enjoy a beer tasting tour on Monday, October 14, 7:00pm-11:00pm, while learning how you can enhance profitability at our Passport to Top Quartile Performance event.
Join Meha Jha and other industry experts to discuss the principles and practices of emerging industry leaders and participate in the question and answer session.
Presenters: Jonathan Huggins, Dow Chemical Company, Tom Nolan, Emerson, and Courtney Lane, Emerson
A vinyl-acetate monomer production facility implemented a state-based control interpretation of procedure automation to stabilize and replicate predefined operational responses, reduce the influence of human factors on the rate of abnormal situations, and increase the efficiency of response execution. This presentation will discuss the challenges, learning opportunities, and rewards encountered during this project.
Presenters: Eric Braun, Emerson and Marcio Donnangelo, Emerson
Cybersecurity breaches can be costly, dangerous and occur at the most inopportune times. With the rise of well-funded, highly sophisticated attackers, breaches have become a more common occurrence. This presentation will discuss the proven four-step process to ensure cybersecurity for IIoT implementations, and describe the security mechanisms built into wireless industrial communications which can be used to protect Industrial Internet of Things implementations in plants and facilities.
Presenters: Jesus Flores-Cerrillo, Linde PLC (Praxair Inc., a member of the Linde Group) and Pete Sharpe, Emerson
The Smart Manufacturing Institute has won a $70M grant from the Department of Energy to build a prototype of the Smart Manufacturing (SM) Platform and implement a number of test bed projects. The ambitious program covers a broad range of technologies, including digital twins, cloud-based advanced control, and data analytics applications. Emerson Automation Solutions, one of the founding members of the institute, is participating with Linde to implement cloud-based monitoring of an air separation plant.
Moderator: Tim Olsen, Emerson
Join Tim Olsen as he moderates this lively question and answer session on discounted opportunity crude, including their risks and challenges, and the tools available to ensure refiners are making the most strategic purchasing decisions.
Presenters: Todd Anslinger, Chevron and Marcio Donnangelo, Emerson
To decrease the time personnel spends manually recording measurements used to perform calculations for monitoring heat exchanger fouling, Chevron’s El Segundo refinery implemented an automated, cloud-based monitoring solution that provides improved calculation, analysis, and reporting. Once Chevron expands this implementation for hundreds of critical heat exchangers at its refineries worldwide, they will save millions of dollars from lower costs, decreased emissions, and optimized maintenance.
Presenter: Raúl Videla, YPF Refinery
Improving a refinery's mass balance and loss control program for accounting, planning and scheduling, financial, and operational evaluation purposes, and having a clear understanding of the losses and where they occur is critical for performance. Find out how the YPF Refinery, in Lujan De Cuyo, reduced unaccounted losses from an initial 5-7% 20 years ago, to an average of 0.11% this past year—with an estimated annual savings of $25 million.
Join Julie Valentine and other refining industry experts for a discussion on women in refining, followed by a question and answer session.
Join Doug White and other industry experts who will share their expertise on how operators can digitally transform their organization to enhance profitability in a dynamic market.
Vice President, Global Refining & Chemical Programs
Marcelo has more than 30 years of experience in the chemical and refining process control industries, including assignments in several world areas. In his current role, Marcelo works with manufacturers to develop programs to create a clear and actional path to digital transformation and operational excellence.
Principal Consultant, Global Refining Industry Solutions
A respected expert and author of more than 50 articles, Doug has held senior management and technical positions with Emerson, MDC Technology, Profitpoint Solutions, Aspen Technology, and Setpoint. In these roles, Doug has been responsible for developing and implementing advanced automation systems in refineries and process plants around the world.
Refining Industry Flow Solutions Director
With more than 27 years in the refining industry, Julie is active with API, AIChE, and AFPM. She has written numerous articles and has presented at many conferences on fuel blending, hydrogen production, and combustion control. Julie holds two patents for Coriolis utilization: One for hydrogen production and the other for combustion control.
Refining Business & Technical Consultant
Tim is an AIChE Fellow and elected AIChE board member with 29 years of refining industry experience. As a refining consultant, Tim enables manufacturers to solve their process challenges. Prior to joining Emerson 21 years ago, he worked as a technical advisor for UOP on refinery startups around the world.
Principal Consultant, Industry Solutions
Pete joined Emerson in 2001 and has more than 40 years of automation industry experience. In his current role, Pete focuses on advanced control and digital transformation solutions for the petrochemical and chemical industries, and helps customers improve operational KPI’s using automation technology and industry best practices.
Global Business Development Manager
Marcio specializes in wireless technologies and digital transformation. He is an electrical engineer with 25 years of field experience with broad technology and application expertise in refining and chemical, and has authored many published articles.
Engineering Director, Applications, Gateways, and Security
Eric has more than 15 years of experience developing secure and safety critical systems. In addition to working in the industrial control space, Eric has helped develop systems for the aerospace and the medical device industries, and the military. Eric is currently the Engineering Director for Emerson Automation Solution’s wireless organization.
Senior Process Control Consultant
Tom has 30 years of experience in state-based and advanced regulatory control. He has designed and implemented state-based control for greenfield, brownfield, and optimization projects, and served as the process control, advanced control, and optimization leader for Dow’s Epoxy and Chlorohydrins Technology Centers.
Senior Process Control Engineer
Courtney is a process control engineer and part of Emerson’s Control and Operator Performance group. In 2015, he received a doctorate in chemical engineering and has since provided consulting services in regulatory process control, advanced process control, principled process modeling, and procedure automation.
Refining Industry Marketing Manager, Flow Solutions Group
While earning a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University in 2014, Meha interned on both an upstream process safety initiative for a topsides platform, and for downstream, evaluating vendor solutions for blending clean fuels. Since joining Emerson, she was selected for Emerson's Engineers in Leadership Program, broadening her refining expertise on projects related to mass balance and flow measurement.
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