Hindustan Petroleum moves to Honeywell mobiles
2 Jun 2011
Mumbai, India – Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) has implemented Honeywell Process Solutions’ mobile stations at a new, $200m fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) project at its Mumbai refinery.
HPCL had previously experienced delays in commissioning activity associated with the use of handheld transceivers to communicate with the control room.
Handhelds are used for operations such as transmitter testing, control valve stroke checking, loop checking, determining run indication status and mapping third party devices with DCS over modbus.
Following the deployment of Honeywell’s Wireless Mobile Operator technology, HPCL was able to expedite the schedule thereby saving around $333k per day and improving productivity by 20% during the commissioning phase of the FCCU Project.
The company has also reported increased acceptance of more field-related applications using the same wireless network.
“Effective communications are essential in helping to minimise the commissioning delays and in turn reduce operating costs in our plants,” said a senior representative at the HPCL Mahul Refinery.
