Refinery Operational Excellence : IIOT-Enabled Digital Twin

Refineries face persistent challenges in improving energy efficiency, ensuring crude availability, and maintaining process safety, with excessive energy consumption being particularly difficult to address.This book explores the integration of chemical engineering principles with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), to optimize refinery operations.This book is organized into four sections - Introduction, Equipment Twin, Instrumentation, and Refinery Applications.This book emphasizes the use of digital tools and engineering fundamentals to enhance equipment design and operational efficiency. Key Features:Focuses on the intersection of chemical engineering, refinery operations, and digital technologies, particularly IIoT and Digital Twin (DT) applications. Explains setup procedures, process simulation with feed characterization, thermodynamic model selection, and equipment specification. Reviews current refine