Improved automation and asset utilization of these plants is accomplished by the use of ABB's Industrial IT Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS). With its unique Aspect Object
TM technology, the ICSS technology allows plant managers, operational personnel and maintenance staff to have access to process and asset information. They can view engineering drawings and documents on personalized screens according to their role. Bidirectional links to Computerized Maintenance Management and ERP systems can be included to the inbuilt Asset Management Software (AMS) for predictive maintenance and OEE calculations.
Plant managers can see production information by shift / day etc., catalyst yield, utility usage, and environmental information, while operators utilize current production operational and vessel utilization displays, operating procedures, etc. Maintenance engineers can monitor asset alarms, control and fieldbus configuration / tuning displays. They can receive SMS messages regarding asset failures or predictive failure alarms allowing the deployment of Reliability Centered and Predictive Maintenance strategies.
ABB’s expertise extends from basic control of petrochemical process units, such as reflux control, to the control of utilities and offsite plants. ABB also has expertise in advanced process control solutions such as state-space model-based predictive control, inferential modelling and control loop performance monitoring / tuning with plant-wide disturbance analysis.
ABB engineering and consulting services include SIL assessment, integrity management, process safety and operational improvement methodologies as well as support for project implementation and commissioning. The full service capabilities of ABB allow you to make ABB responsible for the total maintenance of the plant or only for selected equipment classes such as instrumentation or control devices. Life cycle contracts are available to manage the evolution to new technologies as they become available throughout the life of the plant. Some of this expertise comes from the incorporation by ABB of what was once the engineering organization of one of the world’s leading chemical companies.
ABB's portfolio of products applicable to petrochemical plants is one of the widest in the market covering field instrumentation, analytical solutions, control, safety, MV and LV electrical products / complete switchboards and intelligent motor control centers. ABB also provides certified engineers and support tools for safety assessment and tracking the compliance of safety systems. This emphasis on safety support ensures the compliance of the installed systems to regulatory bodies under IEC 61508/ IEC1511.
ABB can act as the Main Automation Vendor (MAV), MIV and/or MEV and/or / Main Analytical Vendor. It can take responsibility for the complete automation / electrical scope / analytical scope of a project, including 3rd party equipment, software and solutions and its integration with the ICSS. Our goal is to reduce your risks and costs. ABB’s global capabilities allow it to utilize expertise available from its centers of excellence around the world which offer proven installation solutions for a variety of projects.