How can the Refinery and Petrochemical industries benefit from wireless technology?
While refineries and petrochemical plants have enough instrumentation, the utilities systems that support production are often not as well measured. This makes it impossible to determine where unnecessary consumption or leaks are occurring.
With higher energy costs, refiners and petrochemical producers are looking for ways to improve their energy efficiency, but it's difficult to improve consumption if it can't be measured; utility systems operating large networks of piping and equipment are often left unmeasured. Incomplete measurements make it difficult for your technicians to identify possible leaks, wasted use, or to optimize your site in general.
Wireless networks can support multiple industrial protocols and applications simultaneously, making it easier to manage and operate processes in a secure and reliable environment. Provide flow information quickly and cheaply to as many branches of utility systems that are required to map all suppliers and consumers.
Wireless transmitters operate effectively over large distances when used in conjunction with high gain antennas, meaning that even the largest utility system can be fully covered and sending complete information to a control room for energy monitoring. Wireless products make it easier to measure the utility systems that support production for refineries and petrochemical plants. Without wireless instrumentation, it can be impossible to determine where leaks or inefficient consumption are occurring.
Wireless networks can support multiple industrial protocols and applications simultaneously, making it easier to manage and operate processes in a secure and reliable environment. Provide flow information quickly and cheaply to as many branches of utility systems as are required to map all suppliers and consumers.
Wireless transmitters operate effectively over large distances when used in conjunction with high gain antennas, meaning that even the largest utility system can be fully covered and sending complete information to a control room for energy monitoring. If any of your utility systems are lacking accurate instrumentation, then call or e-mail Artaflex any time to find out more. Use wireless tools to more efficiently measure:
- Steam flow
- Column steam reboilers
- Fuel gas headers
- Lube oil circuits
- Instrument air compressors
Source: http://www.wina.org/sites/default/files/EnergyEfficiency_SN_June08%20%28HON%29.pdf
