Consistent Alarms Improve Bottom Lines through Improved Process Operations

Tell a process operator whether he is inside or outside the desired operating envelope and he will be able to operate better. Show him and he will operate better still. You will see the benefits of better operation in your plants bottom line.

For basic level applications good, tight operator alarms give the operator the ability to steer the process in a multi-variable environment that he lacks today. The GPC method of finding consistent multi-variable Operator Alarm Limits is science-based so alarm limits can be much tighter because they are consistent with the Operating Envelope and so with each other so delivering much lower alarm rates and giving the operator earlier indication of developing problems hence more time to think about and understand what process alarms are really telling him about his operation.

For Advanced applications show the operator where he is operating within the Operating Envelope in a multi-variable graph of the whole multi-variable Envelope with advice on the corrective actions to take if he has strayed outside.

Separate Operating Envelopes with different Operating Objectives will be built for multi-mode continuous processes, or the phases of a batch process, or the grades of a multi-grade polymer process.

And you can check out what the alarm and process performance will be when in operation by ‘back-casting’ from the years of process and result history that you already have.

GPC delivers better profitability simultaneously with greater product consistency, compliance with emission limits, equipment operating limits, process control limits, fewer but better alarms, and minimized energy usage. And dramatically reduce the man-hours hence costs of Alarm Rationalization too! It could be 2025’s big win-win for your plant and give the boost to process plant prosperity that all the worlds process plants need to turn 2025 into a year to be remembered!