Honeywell Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS)

Honeywell has announced a major enhancement to its Refinery and Petrochemical Modeling System (RPMS) that will improve model building and maintenance, case management and optimisation to help plants maximise profitability. The updated release, RPMS 500, incorporates analytics software that is based on the company’s Intuition process management to better apply planning results.

RPMS also helps refining and petrochemical firms assess their long-term investment options and understand the critical differences in potential yield and value of various feedstocks, as well as determining the best operating conditions over the planning horizon.

RPMS Release 500 makes it simpler to build and maintain refinery planning models and generate and review production plans. That helps provide information to help operators make the best production decisions. It also includes a web-based tool that makes it easier for the broader organisation to access and analyse the information.

Key features with the RPMS 500 release include support for Windows 7/8 64-bit platforms, as well as tools to simplify migration to the current software version. Other enhancements provide improved case management, a new graphical user interface, HTML-based reporting and improved optimisation capabilities.

Effective planning is critical to help today’s process industries increase profitability. RPMS helps enable development and analysis of advanced mathematical programming models, utilising linear programming (LP) optimisation to answer key business questions related to raw material purchases, product specifications, plant operation and distribution and logistics.