Case Study
MOL Reduces Energy Consumption at its Algyo Gas Plant Using Emerson’s SmartProcess Distillation Optimizer
MOL Reduces Energy Consumption at its Algyo Gas Plant Using Emerson’s SmartProcess Distillation Optimizer
OIL & GAS MOL Reduces Energy Consumption at its Algyo Gas Plant Using Emerson’s SmartProcess Distillation Optimizer RESULTS ?35%reduced energy cost (€1,200,000 per year savings) ?Return on investment less than 2 months ?Reduced operator workload, especially as feed composition changes ?Improved process stability and automatic disturbances rejection ?Operators now have a real-time indication of product quality specifications APPLICATION Advanced Process Control on distillation columns at gas plant. CUSTOMER MOL Nyrt, Algyo Gas Plant located near Szeged, Hungary. CHALLENGE The Algyo gas plant includes two trains of distillation columns, three- columns in each train.The gas feed is supplied to both trains via a low temperature exchange and an oil absorption process. The distillation products