Heat exchangers play a critical role within SRC, facilitating the cooling of raw or refined oil to the appropriate temperature for further refining processes or storage. By replacing the traditional valve with a FOCUS-1, the process operator maintains all required control & monitoring capabilities with additional insights into the efficiency of the heat exchanger.
November 13, 2023
Envision a typical weekday, where one of our valued customers urgently contacted us, alarmed by a high-stakes problem they are facing. Their situation is on the edge of a potential unplanned stop. FOCUS-1, the controller of their system, exhibited signs of instability, putting the smooth operation of their boiler at risk. Despite FOCUS-1’s throttle set wide open at 100%, it was barely delivering 65 m3/h instead of its usual robust range of 100 m3/h. The customer pointed towards FOCUS-1 as the problem maker but less seemed to be true when the information of FOCUS-1 pointed out the real issue.
