Smart manufacturing will transform the oil refining and petrochemical sector into a connected, information-driven environment. Using real-time and high-value support systems, smart manufacturing enables a coor-dinated...Smart manufacturing will transform the oil refining and petrochemical sector into a connected, information-driven environment. Using real-time and high-value support systems, smart manufacturing enables a coor-dinated and performance-oriented manufacturing enterprise that responds quickly to customer demandsand minimizes energy and material usage, while radically improving sustainability, productivity, innovation,and economic competitiveness. In this paper, several examples of the application of so-called "smart manu-facturing" for the petrochemical sector are demonstrated, such as the fault detection of a catalytic crackingunit driven by big data, advanced optimization for the planning and scheduling of oil refinery sites, andmore. Key scientific factors and challenges for the further smart manufacturing of chemical and petrochem-ical orocesses are identified.展开更多
文摘Smart manufacturing will transform the oil refining and petrochemical sector into a connected, information-driven environment. Using real-time and high-value support systems, smart manufacturing enables a coor-dinated and performance-oriented manufacturing enterprise that responds quickly to customer demandsand minimizes energy and material usage, while radically improving sustainability, productivity, innovation,and economic competitiveness. In this paper, several examples of the application of so-called "smart manu-facturing" for the petrochemical sector are demonstrated, such as the fault detection of a catalytic crackingunit driven by big data, advanced optimization for the planning and scheduling of oil refinery sites, andmore. Key scientific factors and challenges for the further smart manufacturing of chemical and petrochem-ical orocesses are identified.