CHEMICAL Kvaerner Power Gas Saves on Carbon Black Plant Expansion with DeltaV TM System and FOUNDATION fieldbus RESULTS ?60% saving in multi-pair cabling ?20% reduction in cable trays ?Reduced control room cabinets, HVAC energy requirements ?50% reduction in installation and loop checking time ?25% reduction in terminations ?30% reduction in I/O cards ?25% reduction in system/marshalling cabinet space ?20% reduction in control room area APPLICATION Each of two carbon black plants consists of about 120 control loops, 150 monitoring loops and 500 discrete I/O. CUSTOMER ACBC is Egypt’s only producer of carbon black. Since its inception, ACBC has expanded twice to increase capacity. CHALLENGE For this expansion, the company wanted to: select a control system with tomorrow’s technology, ta

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