Optimizing Crude Blending Operations Saves $1.5M In 5 Months With Micro Motion
Optimizing Crude Blending Operations Saves $1.5M In 5 Months With Micro Motion
2 Pages© 2015 Micro Motion, Inc. All rights reserved. The Emerson logo is a trademark and service mark of Emerson Electric Co. Micro Motion, ELITE, ProLink, MVD and MVD Direct Connect marks are marks of one of the Emerson Process Management family of companies. All other marks are property of their respective owners. Application A large refiner in the United States wanted to make changes to his crude oil blending operations in order to have improved control of the feedstocks for each of his 3 crude distillation units. Challenge The refiner has 10 crude oil tanks from which to draw feedstocks into 3 different crude units. The quality and properties of the crude in each tank is highly variable, and also has a significantly different value. When the differential between different cr
