Driving Sustainability Through Application of Deep-Learning-Based Flare Smoke Detection, Alerting and Control
Digitalization, Sustainability
A significant component in winning the energy transition challenge comes down to managing and reducing the emissions from manufacturing activities of the energy-intensive industries. In most of the facilities in oil & gas production, refining and petrochemical industries, flare is used to burn off waste gases, and typically a manual work process is adopted to ensure complete and smokeless combustion. The work process requires the facility operators to monitor camera feed that shows real-time status of flare operations and make control changes on the DCS to optimize combustion ensuring smokeless flaring.
To automate this manual work process and further enhance operator efficiency and environmental performance in flare operations, we present in this work an end-to-end flare smoke detection, alerting and DCS control solution that leverages existing flare CCTV cameras used at many facilities. The core of this solution is a deep-learning computer vision model that we have developed leveraging an extensive and diverse data set and the model has shown fit-for-use performance in wide-ranging conditions.
We will present results of this application implemented in the plant to further demonstrate the end-to-end solution and its positive impact on sustainable operations.
Facilitator: Adi Punuru, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
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Ye Hu, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
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Immersive Learning: the Potential of AI for Training and Business Applications
Digitalization
Facilitator: Tim Chappell, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Speakers:
Rajan Puri, PBF Energy
Keith Hoffman, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Lessons Learned from FCC Incidents
Learnings from Incidents, FCC
The Chemical Safety Board will present its findings and recommendations from its April 2018 FCC Unit Explosion and Asphalt Fire at Husky Superior Refinery investigation, published in December 2022. Two FCC experts will then discuss industry's response and the integration of lessons learned into FCC training.
Speakers:
Ziad Jawad, Phillips 66
Richard Grove, Chevron USA
Melike Yersiz, US Chemical Safety Board
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ReNewFine for Renewable Diesel and SAF: Benefiting from 20 Years of Experience in 100% HVO
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Sponsored by Ketjen Corporation
Speaker:
Jaap Bergwerff, Ketjen Corporation
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Powering a Sustainable Future: Latest Axens Developments
Sponsored Content
Sponsored by Axens North America
Speakers:
Dominic Debonis, Axens North America
Mukund Yallambalse, Axens North America
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Digital Twins: Demystifying Asset and Visual Twins - Insights into Digital Twins, Keys to Their Successful Creation and Value
Digitalization
In the context of a refinery, petrochemical or chemical facility, Digital Twins can be used to model and simulate the structure and behavior of equipment, systems, and processes. This session will decompose and demystify the ‘Asset’ and ‘Visual’ virtual representations and their association with one another as Digital Twins. Supported by key use cases that are commonly faced by every operating facility along with actual achieved benefits.
Participants will:
- Gain a basic practical understanding Digital Twins in their primary forms,
- Secure guidance as to the accepted prerequisites, methods, and required level of effort to craft and deploy Digital Twins,
- Learn about Digital Twin sustainment challenges and mitigation strategies, and
- The achievable benefits to be realized from Digital Twin initiatives supported by actual use case experiences.
Facilitator: Bruce Taylor, Digital Transformation SME, FurtherTec
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Bruce Taylor, Digital Transformation SME, FurtherTec
Adam Williams, Motiva Enterprises LLC
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Learning from Incidents – Slide Valves
Learnings from Incidents, FCC
Facilitator: Joe Famolaro, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
Speaker:
Virgil Guzman, TapcoEnpro
Brandon Seltzer, Blac Inc
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Extending Fired Heater Performance through Lifecycle Services by John Zink Hamworthy Combustion
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Sponsored by Koch Engineered Solutions
Speaker: Chad Carroll, Director of Transformation, Koch Engineered Solutions
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