Yokogawa Announces Addition of A Transformational Component to the CombustionONE Solution to Deliver A Step Change in Holistic, Site-Wide Fired Asset Operation
June 03, 2020 at 09:40 am EDT
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Yokogawa announced the addition of a transformational component to the CombustionONE solution to deliver a step change in holistic, site-wide fired asset operation. The original solution comprised integrated measurement and control functionality for improved safety, reliability and efficiency. The acquisition of KBC Advanced Technologies has enabled Yokogawa to integrate new process and utilities digital twin technology for holistic, site-wide fired heater portfolio management and optimization, delivering enhanced top- and bottom-line results. Fired asset operation and maintenance can be a major determinant of explosion and fire risk, particularly during plant startups and shutdowns. Yet many fired assets do not meet industry standards (such as NFPA 87) with existing instrumentation and controls, thereby exposing them as an incident risk. Furthermore, fired assets have a direct impact on site-wide steam, fuel and power balances. They are major drivers of plant profitability through fuel usage efficiency, production capacity, yield management, as well as emissions performance.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation specializes in design, manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipments. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- automation and control equipments (90.4%): industrial control systems, production control systems, flow meters, industrial recorders, etc.;
- measuring and test equipments (6.9%): semiconductor tests equipments, analyzers, digital counters, electricity, temperature and pressure measuring instruments, scanners, oscilloscopes, tachymeter, altitude indicators, integrated display systems, etc.;
- other (1.7%): marine equipments, meteorological and hydrological measuring instruments, etc.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (32.2%), China (14%), India (3.6%), Asia and the Far East (15.7%), Middle East and Africa (11.2%), North America (8.9%), Europe (8%), Russia (3.8%) and Latin America (2.6%).
Yokogawa Announces Addition of A Transformational Component to the CombustionONE Solution to Deliver A Step Change in Holistic, Site-Wide Fired Asset Operation