Honeywell’s Advanced Control solution for fertilizer plants employs a unique layered approach delivered by Profit® Suite)that is fully integrated into the Experion™ Process Knowledge System (PKS). Primarily focused on continuous process plants such as ammonia and urea, Honeywell’s Advanced Control solution is specifically designed to improve plant process performance—whether it is reducing cost of production while meeting business commitments, or maximizing throughput while maintaining quality specifications.
The Honeywell layered approach provides solutions for identifying and improving the performance of basic control loops, improving complex regulatory control loops, and designing and implementing multivariable control strategies that can be scaled up into a multi-unit dynamic optimization strategy for maximizing overall complex profitability.
Honeywell combines advanced control applications with other key Experion components to provide a truly integrated enterprise-wide automation solution. Bi-directional information flow between operational assets and production planning resources improve business agility, ensuring that the plant is correctly aligned with the most profitable product demand. Profit Suite advanced controls make use of Abnormal Situation Management® concepts to provide improved operator effectiveness using advanced visualization tools. Profit Suite is fully integrated with asset effectiveness tools that provide performance monitoring and diagnostic capabilities vital to the long-term viability of advanced control solutions.
Honeywell’s Advanced Control solutions take advantage of more than 30 years of process automation experience in the fertilizer industry to deliver an unsurpassed return on investment in the following areas: