The Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division (also known as ChemPID) is organized within the Industry and Sciences Department of ISA. ChemPID aims to contribute to the professional involved in the processing of chemicals, petrochemicals, petroleum, and natural gas.  From raw materials to products ChemPID strives to advance best practices in: Safety, Environmental, Production Efficiency, Operations, Process Control, and Automation. With global competition no operation can run the same year after year.  Your plant is either improving or declining.  ChemPID is here to give you the tools you need to improve your plant!

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  • @Jonas Berge thanks for the explanations. That's really interesting. Today there is a big hype about AI, ML and Gen AI because they are "modern technologies" but people are forgetting or disregarding the human intelligence (HI) that is available in their companies and plants. ...

  • Jonas, As I remember some of the flame arresters, I've dealt with on real life facilities had Very High Temperature fast action temperature switches (probably SIL2 or higher). Those switches are usually working on a voting scheme 2oo2 for HP and LP flares. In some projects, ...

  • Machine learning (ML) is not the answer to every analytics problem. There are many analytics tools available, and the trick is to use the right tool for the job – as is the case in any profession. Sustainability is very much about heat exchangers, cooling towers, air-cooled ...

  • Hi @Jonas Berge , Thanks for your insights. What is the problem of using machine learning? And what is mechanistic AI? ------------------------------ Best regards, Carlos Mandolesi Executive Board Member ISA Former President (2022) "Together we can create a better ...

  • @Carlos Mandolesi #1 Plants deploy multiple automation solution to enhance sustainability: · Heat exchanger monitoring · Cooling tower monitoring · Air-cooled heat exchanger monitoring · Steam trap monitoring ...

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