IPCOS blog

We provide solutions to the world's toughest industrial challenges: enabling more renewable energy on the grid; reducing emissions; increasing plant productivity and adapting to demand. We provide solutions to the world's toughest. Two years ago, a large operator in the United States was struggling...

Topics: Digitalization, Emissions

In November 2021, COP26 held in Glasgow, UK, set reducing emissions as one of its focus points. At the same time, the European Green Deal is setting clear targets for the European countries – net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Topics: Plant performance, Advanced Process Control

Quality targets of product streams are extremely important to maintain and ensure on-spec delivery to final customers. Softsensors can be created, so a continuous measurement is available for important quality variables, especially when there are no on-line analyzers and the lab samples of the...

Topics: Advanced Process Control

Topics: Advanced Process Control

Advanced Process Control (APC) is a standard tool for process optimisation in many industries such as Refining, Chemical and Petrochemicals. There are typically many Advanced Process Control applications at each site, and a team of engineers is required to keep the APC in operation. APC performance...

Topics: Advanced Process Control

Advanced Process Control (APC) technology is prevalent in most operating facilities, providing automation that results in optimal plant performance. The day-to-day operation of a process has been automated, reducing operator intervention significantly. Often, operators who do not have APC on their...

Topics: Advanced Process Control

Data Integration is the cornerstone of digitalization. The exploding volume of data every company possesses and its existence in different databases, serving specific needs in the organization is a constant challenge. Without unified data, creating a single report requires logging into multiple...

Topics: Data Management, Digitalization

Advanced Process Control: PID tuning is the first step More than a hundred years ago, Sperry Corporation invented automatic pilot control in airplanes. It was magical and scary at the same time. Nowadays, they can anticipate the exact arrival time, other planes nearby, and the weather forecast. It...

Topics: Advanced Process Control