Emerson lists wireless projects

At a recent press conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, Emerson Process Management officials presented the following list of projects involving the company’s WirelessHART technology:

Customer / World Area / Application / Industry

BP Bitumen / Asia Pacific / Smart Wireless solution reliably monitors critical fuel and feedstock delivery / Chemical

Coogee Chemicals / Asia Pacidfic / Smart Wireless products prevent breakdowns and lost production on rotating reactor / Chemical

-Technochem AP / Smart Wireless instruments monitor tanks and are easily moved for multiple applications / Chemical

-Croda NA / Emerson wireless technology safely monitors temperatures in moving railcars / Chemical

- Nu-West / North America / Smart Wireless solution monitors remote reaction tank / Chemical

- PPG NA /Smart Wireless solutions enable temperature profiling and tank level measurement redundancy / Chemical

- INEOS Köln / EU / Smart Wireless technology enables online filter monitoring to avoid downtime / Chemical

- Total Petrochemicals / EU / Monitors condition of steam cracker to indicate wall thickness, anticipate replacement time / Chemical

- Terminals Pty Ltd / Asia Pacific / Smart Wireless network assures bitumen pipeline stays hot during ship unloading / Chemical

- Bord Gáis / EU / Wireless network helps monitor gas transmission pipeline system / Oil & gas distribution

- BP Wytch Farm / EU / Wireless solution used to improve wellhead monitoring / O&G production

- Chevron (San Ardo) / North America / Reduce wastewater discharge during steam injection and deliver better pressure data
Oil & gas production

- Boise / North America / Wireless network monitors eye wash and safety shower stations to improve safety / Pulp & paper

- Lenzing Fibers / EU / Wireless transmitters monitor river water temperatures to meet government regulations/ Pulp & paper

- BP Gelsenkirchen / EU / Heat exchanger monitoring, pump and motor vibration monitoring / Refining

- BP Naperville & Cherry Point / North America / Expanded wireless to improve process equipment monitoring and availability /Refining

- Hunt Refining / North America / Devices protect “hot tanks” by avoiding cold spots and costly damage / Refining

- StatOil Hydro (Grane) / EU / Wellhead and heat exchanger monitoring on offshore platform / Offshore

- StatOil Hydro (Gullfaks) / EU / Wireless automates flow monitoring on offshore platform to increase production / Offshore

- Usiminas LA / Wireless transmitters monitor the state of bearing health and keep the steel platemaking
process running smoothly / Metals-steel

- Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel / North America /Wireless monitoring of secondary systems reduces downtime, improves productivity / Metals-steel

- AHMSA / Latin America / Monitor water flow to detect leaks in cooling water system /Metals-steel

- CFE-LAPEM / Latin America / Wireless instruments enabled one analytical team to cover 10% more plants to determine thermal efficiencies at power generating units / Power

- PPL / North America / Contributes to improved reliability of power stations through pump and heater monitoring / Power

- Milford Power / North America / Remote pump monitoring - prevents freeze damage to pump and circulation equipment / Power

- Huaneng Dandong / Asia Pacific / Using wireless pressure and temperature to improve operations / Power

- E.ON UK / EU / Monitors treated water usage, trending and analysis to optimise use / Power

- ESW Poland / EU / Protect pre-combustion chamber ceramic walls from overheating / Power

- CHS / North America / Improve product tank monittoring across large facility / Oil & gas

- Lion Oil / North America / Check product inventory, prevent overfilll & remediation costs, monitor UPS power for radio tower, monitor safety shower use / Oil & gas

- Encana / North America / Improe heat exxhanger efficiency in steam injection process / Oil & gas

- Petrobras / Latin America / Automate temperature, pressure and vibration data collection for compressors / Oil & gas

- Tecpetrol / Latin America / Monitor gas balance at natural gas compression and delivery facilities / Oil & gas

- Nynas AB / EU / Upgrade aginginstrumentation that monitors vapour pressure in underground storage tanks / Oil & gas

- ADNOC / MEA / Eliminate hourl;y clipboard rounds to check fire safety system

- Chevron Richmond / North America / Create wireless infrastructure in refinery with numerous radio frequency challenges / Refining

- MET-MEX Peñoles / Latin America / Improve accuracy of sulfur dioxide emissions data collection / Metals & mining

- Elkem / Latin America / Eliminate manual temperature & level data collection on product storage tanks / Metals & mining

- Severstal Wheeling / North America / Reduce product losses, update fire safety system, eliminate environmental reg violations / Metals - Steel

- Samarco / Latin America / Improve monitoring on seal water injection system for centrifugal pumps / Metals & mining

- Ternium / Latin America / Improve blast furnace energy efficiency, process stability and safety / Metals - Steel

- Dubai Aluminum / Middle East / Connect existing hard-wired air flow meters to SCADA system / Metals - aluminium

- Dyno Nobel / North America / Avoid safety situation by monitoring temperatures on ammonium nitrate pumps / Chemicals

-San Diego Gas & Electric / North America / Improve turbine efficiency & reduce energy / usage, calculate cooling tower efficiency,
improve process efficiency & safety /Gas & energy

- Syngenta / North America / Optimise the heat exchanger performance / Chemical

- Sun Chemical / North America / Eliminate manual pressure gauges on filter housings and comply with new air permit classification / Chemicals

- AOC / NA / Improve temperature monitoring for resin production quality / Chemical

- Harcros Chemical / North America / Connect isolated manual valves to existing DeltaV and automate performance monitoring / Chemical

- Calgon Carbon /North America / Control process temperatures in each zone of rotating catalyst kiln / Chemicals

- Chematur EU / Implement flexible network architecture creating plant that is easy to modify, develop, and expand / Chemicals

- CalPortland / North America / Monitor NOx reduction process to meet emissions requirements / Cement

- BP Dalmeny / EU /Validate crude oil temperature monitoring in storage tank protection systems / Oil & gas production

- Teris Spécialités / EU / Monitoring the levels of tanks containing polluted water / Chemicals