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PSE plant optimisation services

We achieved our stretch targets for optimising capital expenditure

Diederik Vanhoutte
Procter & Gamble

Reducing cost and maximising ROI

PSE Plant Optimisation services are aimed at increasing return on investment for process manufacturers by improving plant profitability.

Plant Optimisation uses PSE's Model-Based Engineering approaches to reduce costs, increase throughput or quality and support capital decisions.

How does it work?

Model-Based Engineering uses detailed predictive models of the process (or key elements of it) to identify significant improvements.

These often do not involve capital expenditure – they may identify actions as simple as changing process operating temperature and pressure, or implementing a new seeding policy for a crystallisation process.

In many cases the same model can be used for many different investigations, or applied on a regular basis as market conditions change, generating multiple return on investment in modelling activities.

What are the benefits?

There are many benefits to optimising your existing process using model-based process improvement techniques.

For example, modelling can often identify ways to achieve the following without significant capital expenditure:

Polymer process optimization – detailed model

Reduce costs, improve quality. This polymer process batch time was reduced by 35%

  • increase throughput or quality
  • reduce energy costs
  • reduce raw material costs
  • improve return on capital employed
  • extend catalyst life, reducing cost
  • enhance compliance with environmental or safety requirements.

Example

Typical examples are the many plant optimisation projects for cost reduction in terephthalic acid production.