OFFENBACH, Germany,
Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) Process Solutions (HPS) today
announced that BASF has opened a state-of-the-art control room
equipped with Honeywell Experion® technology at its
waste incineration complex in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The control room was officially
inaugurated on November 28, 2017, by
Dr. Uwe Liebelt, president, BASF
European Site and Verbund Management, and Vimal Kapur, president of HPS.
Honeywell re-designed the plant's control room with BASF's
Industrie 4.0 initiative in mind. Virtualization technology
delivers consolidated plant information to operators via eight
large-screen Experion® Orion Consoles, which also embed
traditionally separate Microsoft® Office desktop
applications alongside the distributed control system one. Two
Experion® Collaboration Stations enable BASF to run
production meetings more efficiently by using real-time data and
online documents.
As part of Honeywell's Experion® Process Knowledge
System, 29 C300 Controllers and 20,000 I/O modules facilitate
plant-wide monitoring, improve safety and fire protection, and
increase reliability. In addition, a new MediluX lighting system in
the control room improves visual conditions for operators day and
night, reducing eye strain and fatigue.
"This strategic project is a prime example of how Industrie 4.0
is transforming industrial operations," Kapur said. "Previously,
BASF operators had to gather and piece together data to form a
high-level view. Now, critical information is digitally
consolidated and streamed onto central displays, transforming
efficiency, productivity and decision-making."
The plant's six incinerators process hazardous waste that cannot
be reused or recycled and convert it into steam and electrical
power. The clean, reusable energy is channeled back into BASF's
production processes, helping the company save resources and reduce
emissions.
"Thanks to excellent cooperation with Honeywell, our 60-year-old
plant now has one of the most modern control rooms in the world,"
said Dr. Karin Flore, head of waste
incineration, BASF.
The incineration plant serves more than 200 BASF production
facilities within the company's flagship,10-square-kilometer
production site as well as facilities outside the BASF complex. The
reliability of the plant is critical to BASF's wider production
operations because any standstill could potentially affect the
world's largest chemical complex as a whole.
Learn more about Honeywell's Experion technology.
Honeywell Process Solutions (www.honeywellprocess.com) is a
pioneer in automation control, instrumentation and services for the
oil and gas; refining; energy; pulp and paper; industrial power
generation; chemicals and petrochemicals; biofuels; life sciences;
and metals, minerals and mining industries. It is also a leader in
providing software solutions and instrumentation that help
manufacturers find value and competitive advantage in through
Honeywell Connected Plant, Honeywell's Industrial Internet of
Things (IIoT) solution. Process Solutions is part of Honeywell's
Performance Materials and Technologies strategic business group,
which also includes Honeywell UOP (www.uop.com), a leading
international supplier and licensor of process technology,
catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, and consulting services to the
petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas processing
industries.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100
software-industrial company that delivers industry specific
solutions that include aerospace and automotive products and
services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry;
and performance materials globally. Our technologies help
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