Plant Decommissioning – How to Decontaminate, Dismantle and Decommission Process Plants
There could be many reasons for decommissioning a plant. Safe precautions have to be followed and also what to salvage from the plant studied. This article describes the 3D’s –
Decontaminate, Dismantle and Decommissioning of process plants and describes a step-by-step method.
Cybersecurity Implementation in Process Industry Automation System
– Hemant Kumar J. Patel, Senior Design Engineer, Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd
Highly automated and digitalised chemical plants are operated and controlled by automation systems. Being software driven these systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Hence cybersecurity systems need to be installed to protect the plant operations. Read all about such cybersecurity systems.
Innovations in the Heat Resistant Coatings Industry to Drive Accelerated Growth
– Muralidhara K Shenoy – Country & Commercial Director, Huntsman Advanced Materials Europe, Middle East, Africa & India Region
Heat resistant coatings have wide ranging applications and hence find use in a wide range of industries. As the name indicates these are ideal for equipment exposed to high heat. The author describes different types of heat resistant coatings and their innovations in this article.
Out of the Box – Solutions to Industrial Problems
– S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
The author has provided various solutions related to real-life industry problems he found in his 45 years of operational experience in process plants. In this feature, problems related to butterfly valves, flowmeters, pumps, etc. are covered.
Chemingineering – Virtual Commissioning
– K Sahasranaman, Independent Consultant
COVID-19 has led to find ways to work digitally and remotely. Commissioning of chemical plants is one such important function that is benefiting from digital technologies. Employing AI based tools like Digital Twin make it possible to commission plants, virtually and remotely, which is fast becoming the new normal. Our columnist elaborates on virtual and remote operated plant commissioning with many actual examples.