Success Stories (Solution-based Software)

1. Advanced Operation Assistance (AOA)
2. Advanced Process Control (APC)
3. Plant Information Management System (PIMS)
4. Application Packages

• Idemitsu Kosan, Chiba, Japan
  
  CENTUM series production control system, Exapilot
  
  - Exapilot was introduced to maximize operational efficiency at an experimental refining facility
  - To prevent operator errors, it was essential to standardize operating procedures
  

• Map Ta Phut Olefins Company Limited, Rayong, Thailand
  
  CENTUM VP, ProSafe-RS, Exaplog, PRM, Exasmoc, InsightSuiteAE, AAIMS
  
  - Operational Excellence by Asset Maximization, Utilizing Yokogawa’s DCS, SIS, Analyzers, and Field Instruments.
  - The CENTUM VP PCS and ProSafe-RS SIS were integrated using the same engineering environment.
  - Nearly 60 gas chromatographs and a large number of other types of analyzers in several analyzer houses.
  

• Valero Energy Ltd., Pembroke, Wales, UK
  
  Exapilot
  
  - Stable regeneration of butane driers and effective start-up of sulfur recovery plant.
  - Exapilot contributes to operational consistency and procedure management in large refinery plant.
  

• Evonik Stockhausen GmbH, Marl, Germany
  
  Exapilot
  
  - Up to 90% of all manual tasks can now be carried out automatically.
  - Increasing productivity by means of partially automated start-up and load change procedures.
  

• Fractionation Research Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
  
  Exapilot, Exaquantum
  
  - Exapilot smoothly starts up and shuts down the world's biggest experimental distillation unit.
  - Data visualization is the key, giving operators a complete understanding of what is is going on in the process, in real time.
  

• DENKA, Niigata, Japan Korean Chinese
• Exapilot

- Configuration of complicated procedures in Exapilot leads to operational excellence.

- DENKA wanted to standardize the operation, reduce workload and prevent operator errors.

• Safripol, Sasolburg, South Africa
• Exapilot

- Exapilot is Effectively Applied to Polypropylene Plant and Optimizes Operation, Cost Savings.

- By using Yokogawa's Exapilot, Safripol were able to eliminate product variations and kept the operations consistent.

• Blue Circle Southern Cement, Australia
• Maldon Plant and Berrima Plant
  Plant Information Management System (PIMS) and Event Analysis Package

- Realization of current and historical data viewing and storage

- Achievement of easy measurement of alarm load and in-depth alarm analysis

• Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Japan
• Kawasaki Plant
  Advanced Operation Assistance (AOA) [Chemical]

- Easy-to-understand sequence programs' creation
- An entire programming system built by operators
- Operator workloads reduction

• Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan
• Ehime Plant
  Advanced Operation Assistance (AOA) and Process Control (APC) [Chemical]

- Provided a better way to transfer its manufacturing know-how to the next generation
- Reduced energy consumption and operator workload by implementing Advanced Process Control (APC) and Advanced Operator Assistance (AOA)

• Japan Polychem Corporation, Japan
• Kawasaki Factory
  Advanced Operation Assistance (AOA) [Petrochemical]

- Implementation of AOA package for improved grade-change operation
- Dramatically reduced operators' workload and transient products, as well as sharable operation know-how

• Tsurumi Soda Corporation,Yokohama,Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Yokohama,Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  Advanced Process Control (APC) [Chemical]

- Exasmoc achieved significant power savings

• Kaneka Corporation,Takasago,Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
• Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  Advanced Operation Assistance (AOA) and Process Control (APC) [Chemical]

- Kaneka corporation has urgently needed to implement countermeasures that would reduce this facility's energy costs.

- Optimizatio of control strategy helps BTG plant save energy and operate more efficiently.

• Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan
• Ehime Plant
  Advanced Operation Assistance (AOA) and Process Control (APC) [Chemical]

- Provided a better way to transfer its manufacturing know-how to the next generation
- Reduced energy consumption and operator workload by implementing Advanced Process Control (APC) and Advanced Operator Assistance (AOA)

• Shell Refining Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia-No.1
• Geelong Refinery
  Central Control Room (CCR) Integration

- Successful centralization of formerly individual plant unit controls into a single CCR
- Upgraded older control systems and panel instruments to an integrated production control system

• TIRU SA, Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
  
  CENTUM, ProSafe, Exaquantum
  
  - CENTUM CS 3000 replaces legacy system at Paris’s largest waste to energy plant
  
  - Exaquantum is used to calculate plant performance and generate the reports needed to optimize operations and demonstrate regulatory compliance

• Merck Serono Biotech Center, Vevey, Switzerland
• CENTUM VP, VP Batch, Exaquantum, PRM, FOUNDATION fieldbus devices

- Highlyadvanced biopharmaceutical plant uses CENTUM, VP Batch, Exaquantum and PRM.
- Total system integration for large-scale biotech production facility.

• Miyazaki Biomass Recycle, Miyazaki, Japan
• CS 3000, Exaquantum, Zirconia Oxygen Analyzer

- Yokogawa’s CENTUM CS 3000 DCS Monitors and Controls Operations at Poultry Litter-to-energy Plant.
- The boiler and turbine startup procedures reduces operator workload and helps to ensure a smooth and safe startup.

• UBE Chemicals(Asia) Public Co., Ltd., Rayong, Thailand
• Exaquantum

- Yokogawa’s CENTUM VP and PRM improve efficiency at new nylon plant in Thailand.
- At the plant startup stage, PRM was used together with FieldMate to thoroughly check all loops.

• Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Ulsan, Korea Korean
• Exaquantum

- At the company’s Ulsan resin plant, six Exaquantum servers were connected to CENTUM CS 3000 and other vendor’s systems.
- KKPC needed to expand its SBC capabilities and improve production efficiency at its plants.

• Asahi Carbon Company Ltd., Niigata, Japan Korean
• Exaquantum

- Installation of Exaquantum PIMS package improves efficiency of process data management.
- Improve quality and yield through proactive maintenance of plant assets

• Techno Tsuruga Co. Ltd., Japan
• Cement Plant
  Plant Information Management System Replacement

- Easy-to-use report system
- Electric power demand monitoring screen with enhanced real-time capability
- Monitoring screens for estimated free calcium oxide content
- Automatic production control ranging from schedule to instructions, current status display, actual data collection, and report output

• Mori Building Co., Ltd., Japan
• Roppongi　Building
  Plant Information Management System (PIMS)

- Improved analysis of energy consumption
- Electric power demand monitoring screen with enhanced real-time capability
- Ability to monitor the impact of changes in outside air intake
- Ability to monitor the efficiency of a chilled water transfer system

• Eraring Power Station, Australia
• 4 x 660 MW, Coal Fired, Plant Revamping
  
  - Highly integrated control and monitoring systems solution for Australia’s largest power station

• TOTAL Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL), Nigeria
• Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL)
  Plant Information Management System (PIMS) Replacement [Onshore]

- System implementation through mutual trust with customer and proven IT expertise
- Real-time data processing and file generation for office application

• Liddell Power Station, Australia
• 4 x 500 MW, Coal Fired, Plant Revamping

- A cost-effective solution for Australia's largest electricity producer

• Shell Refining Australia Pty. Ltd., Australia-No.2
• Geelong Refinery's HDS Plant
  Control System

- Successful end user configuration with expertise on the existing system
- Lower total cost of ownership by incorporating the current generation system

• Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM), The Netherlands
• Groningen Gas Field
  Control System and Plant Information Management System (PIMS) [Onshore]

- World's largest control systems and PIMS for securing production over an extended period
- Fully-automated, alarm-free operation and reduced total cost of ownership

• PTT LNG Company Limited, Rayong, Thailand
• CENTUM VP, ProSafe-RS, PRM, FOUNDATION fieldbus, OmegaLand Simulator

- DCS, SIS, PRM with FOUNDATION fieldbus and OTS Installed in Thailand First LNG Terminal.
- Alarms are issued before any device fails completely, enabling predictive maintenance that reduces maintenance costs throughout the facility lifecycle.

• Adriatic LNG Terminal, Porto Viro, Italy
• CENTUM CS 3000, ProSafe-RS, STARDOM, OmegaLand OTS

- World’s first offshore regasification terminal relies on Yokogawa ICSS (CENTUM CS 3000, ProSafe-RS).
- LNG carrier scheduling, unloading, tank storage, and vaporizing are all procedure based operations.

• Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain
• CENTUM VP, OMS (fitOMSBLEND)

- Successful migration of in-line blending distributed control and oil movement systems.
- To minimize operator intervention and to keep the product properties on specification.

• PTT Aromatics and Refining Public Co., Ltd., Rayong, Thailand
• CENTUM CS 3000, OmegaLand OTS

- Flawless refinery start-up assured by operator training simulator.
- The virtual test function of the OmegaLand simulator created the same environments as CENTUM CS 3000.

• PTT Aromatics and Refining Public Co., Ltd., Thailand
• CENTUM CS 3000, Oil Movement System (OMS)

- The AR1 refinery recently replaced its legacy DCS with Yokogawa’s CENTUM CS 3000.
- Achieving an Intelligent Oil Management System.