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Manufacturing & Logistics Featured Story – Eastman Chemical “The model gave us the ability to simulate potential operational changes without the expense and risk of plant trials” Visualizing the Problem Gasification is a technology for converting carbonaceous feedstocks into clean synthetic gases of carbon monoxide and hydrogen that can then be converted to chemicals or combusted in a gas turbine for power. Predicting reliability for a multi-train gasification process is difficult due to the large number of operating parameters that can be varied. Hand calculations were almost impossible. Simulation rather than calculation became the preferred path forward.
Analyzing the Situation Other critical questions the model helps to analyze include: Optimizing the Solution This enables Eastman to make better decisions around capital cost for redundancy and operating costs for maintenance staffing. Other benefits derived from utilizing simulation to model this business
include: Our model was featured at the 2003 Gasification Technologies Council Conference in San Francisco, CA (www.gasification.org) |
