[Ocean Chemical News] Honeywell UOP provides a series of process technologies for Zhejiang Petrochemical!
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Honeywell UOP will provide a series of process technologies for the second phase of the refining and chemical integration project of Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang Petrochemical") located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province! Honeywell announced today (January 17) that Honeywell UOP will provide a series of process technologies for the second phase of the refining and chemical integration project of Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang Petrochemical") located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. Zhoushan refining and chemical integration project is China’s * * One of several new large-scale petrochemical industry bases in the latest economic development plan. As early as 2017, Honeywell UOP announced that it would provide a number of technologies for the first phase of the Zhejiang Petrochemical Project, such as hydrogen treatment, heavy oil upgrading, and aromatics technology, which are used to produce raw materials for millions of products such as polyester, films, and fibers. Project Introduction In the second phase of the Zhejiang Petrochemical Zhoushan refining and chemical integration project, Honeywell UOP will continue to provide a series of process technology authorization, process package design, key equipment, and advanced catalysts and adsorbents to help customers double their aromatics production capacity. In addition, Honeywell's Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) will also provide process control and automation systems for the integrated project. The second phase of the project will include: Two sets of LD Parex™ aromatics complexes, which include UOP Sulfolane™, Isomar™ and Tatoray™ processes, can produce 4.8 million tons of paraxylene per year. Paraxylene is the main component of plastics ； The refining segment will include three Honeywell UOP Unicracking™ process units that convert wax oils and distillates into petrochemical feedstocks ； Two sets of CCR Platforming™ continuous reforming units for the production of aromatic feedstocks and high-octane gasoline components ； and Reverse-Butamer™ units for reverse isomerization of butane ； The new project will also use Experion® distributed control systems (DCS) designed and configured specifically for Honeywell UOP process equipment. The second phase of Zhejiang Petrochemical's Zhoushan refining and chemical integration project can process 20 million tons of crude oil per year and add 6 million tons of aromatics production capacity to Zhejiang Petrochemical. Once completed, the Zhoushan refining and chemical integration project will become the world's largest integrated crude oil-to-chemicals project, with a conversion rate of crude oil to petrochemical products higher than 50%. This leading production scale will help China achieve its goal of self-sufficiency in paraxylene, while also serving as a new production base for propylene, jet fuel and other products.
The Polybed PSA system is a skid-mounted modular device that integrates hardware equipment, adsorbents, control systems and process technology to ensure customers’ fast and efficient installation, effectively reduce costs and shorten downtime. The PSA process uses UOP's patented adsorbent, which can remove impurities in hydrogen-containing gas under high-pressure conditions, recover hydrogen and purify it to a purity of more than 99.9% to meet the needs of oil refining. In addition to recovering and purifying hydrogen from reformer and refinery off-gases, Polybed PSA systems can produce hydrogen from other gases such as ethylene off-gas, methanol off-gas, and partially oxidized syngas. Since the first small four-bed PSA hydrogen production system was put into commercial use in 1966, Honeywell UOP has significantly improved the performance of the Polybed PSA system by combining a new generation of adsorbents, improved process configurations, process and unit design, reliable control systems and equipment. Currently, Honeywell UOP has more than 70 * * 1,067 Polybed PSA units have been successfully installed in China and regions. Honeywell UOP's gas processing and hydrogen business not only purifies hydrogen for refineries, but also provides process technology, equipment, and materials for natural gas processing. Honeywell UOP's gas process technology can help remove impurities such as water, mercury, sulfur and carbon dioxide contained in natural gas and recover high-value natural gas liquids. Honeywell provides customers with solutions through efficient, prefabricated equipment packages or technology licensing.
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) recently released a new generation of Experion® PKS Orion process knowledge system with stronger industrial Internet of Things performance. This new solution not only allows factory owners to keep pace with cutting-edge technology, but also helps them further optimize automation project execution, reduce cycle commissioning time and operational risks, while protecting the company's intellectual property investment. In a fiercely competitive environment, industrial companies must find automation solutions that can be implemented quickly, are efficient, safe and economical. Experion PKS Orion has a scalable family of innovative solutions that help customers improve project execution and commissioning, upgrade control system infrastructure, expand standards compatibility and interoperability, and provide a continuous technology evolution path. Jack Gregg, director of product marketing for Experion, Honeywell Process Control: “With the release of the latest generation Experion PKS Orion system, we are able to further optimize the implementation of LEAP™ lean projects in Honeywell’s most advanced, open and secure control system. Its main upgraded functions include automation of equipment debugging, greatly improving engineering efficiency while allowing the automation system to bypass critical paths. Experion PKS continues Honeywell's spirit of continuous improvement in the field of control systems for more than 40 years, integrating customer service experience and feedback to help users utilize the most up-to-date modern technologies to ensure safe and reliable operations and protect intellectual property investments. ” The main upgraded features of the new generation Experion PKS Orion system include: Automation equipment debugging: It is particularly critical for the implementation of LEAP lean projects. Automated equipment debugging automatically binds the control configuration of Honeywell Security Cloud and field devices connected to any universal input and output (I/O) channels, shortening cycle debugging time from hours to minutes. Integrated power systems and process control: Experion PKS Orion is the first distributed control system used in power system control and management, supporting the IEC 61850 general standard. Controller Multivariable APC: The Experion Profit Controller moves multivariable predictive control from Microsoft operating systems into the Experion Control Execution Environment (CEE), running directly within the C300 Controller and Application Control Environment (ACE) endpoints. Supports all wireless standards including WirelessHART®: The latest generation of Experion PKS Orion brings a series of enhancements to the OneWireless™ network. This upgrade incorporates WirelessHART technology and can support the latest 100.11a standard certified by IEC62734. Fault-tolerant next-generation virtualization advanced platform: Fault tolerance is a highlight of the ExperionPKS virtualized environment and key to the LEAP lean project. It provides continuous protection for virtual machines in the event of host failure, optimizing high-availability technology. Excellent Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Solution for Industrial IoT: Experion PKS Orion uses a common HMI human-machine interface and LEAP lean project implementation method to create a new ControlEdge™ editable logic controller, further improving Honeywell's industrial IoT performance. It ensures secure connectivity and tight integration with third-party vendor equipment, resulting in easy configuration, efficient operation and less maintenance. Automated skid module integration via SCADA: Automated skid module integration applies Honeywell's LEAP approach to programmable logic control (PLC) integration. Enhanced third-party integration capabilities simplify the work of validating supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) interfaces, reduce rework and retesting when modifying packages, mitigate schedule risk for late-stage changes, and eliminate configuration deviations. Other important Experion PKS Orion features include: Universal remote module enclosure, security emergency alarms, C300 controller and ACE updates, UIO-II module optimizations, wireless access and identity management improvements, Profibus® data collection upgrades, new Ethernet Interface Module (EIM) technology, Ethernet IP support, SCADA/Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) integration optimization, and scalable online upgrade solutions.
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