19-08-2020
MAN Energy Solutions establishes new benchmark with remote commissioning
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful, remote commissioning of a compressor train at Uzbekistan’s largest chemical company, JSC Navoiyazot. This world-first was brought about when installation work for a new nitric-acid plant for fertilizer production was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the MAN Energy Solutions’ commissioning team forced to leave the site due to the impending lockdown and associated travel restrictions within the country. In order to avoid any delays and additional costs for the entire project, MAN and the EPC contractor Casale S.A. — the global provider of integrated solutions for the production of fertilizers and chemicals — rapidly put in place an alternative plan to commission the machinery with remote supervision by MAN engineers using the company’s digital technology.
Luca Frediani, Senior Machinery Engineer at Casale S.A., said: “There was no blueprint for such an unprecedented situation like this — every party involved in this project was challenged to try new ways of working. Together with the customer, JSC Navoiyazot, we decided to carry out the commissioning of the nitric-acid plant via remote service by engineers working from home. It was a bold decision since a fully-remote commissioning had never previously been performed for a machine of such sophistication and size. In order to perform this critical task, we worked in close collaboration — and with huge commitment from — MAN Energy Solutions and benefitted from their digital expertise and capabilities.”
Mathias Scherer André, Head of Sales & Execution Turbomachinery at MAN Energy Solutions, said: “The corona-virus crisis required us to think and act outside the familiar bounds of the business. Thanks to the giant digitisation steps our company has made in recent years, we had the right digital solutions to overcome all difficulties and execute commissioning at Navoiyazot. The first fully-remote commissioning of a turbomachinery train ever executed in the industry marks an important milestone and highlights the innovation and flexibility of our company.”
The turbomachinery train at Navoiyazot was connected to MAN headquarters via the internet so that it could be operated and controlled remotely throughout the entire cold- and hot-commissioning procedure. A team of around 30 engineers formed the backbone of support for the project with MAN Energy Solutions making a comprehensive package of digital innovations available to make it possible. One of the main features was the company’s remote-support tool, called PrimeServ EyeTech, which was launched in 2019. The augmented-reality-assisted application allows mobile collaboration to be set up via data glasses, or other video-capable terminals like smartphones or laptops. In this way, the technical experts at MAN’s Remote Operation centres — with some working from their home offices — were able to view the customer's perspective without having to be physically on-site.
Furthermore, the turbomachinery installed is equipped with digital hardware-components that allow remote access to the machine-control system, and which collect and evaluate operating and sensor data in near-real time. Simultaneously, the hardware also monitors the machine’s operation around the clock through the PrimeServ Assist application, powered by MAN CEON, MAN’s digital service platform.
Jörg Massopust, Head of Digital Sales & Alliances at MAN Energy Solutions, said: “Not only does the newly-developed technology help our customers to remain operative during the quarantine, but it is also environmentally friendly due to the reduced travel emissions. Our next step is to look into how MAN Energy Solutions can transfer the experience garnered here to the day-to-day business in the future. This sits well with our strategic developments in regard to digitally-enabled, unmanned operation, which is already feasible for midstream and upstream applications.”
Navoiyazot’s nitric-acid plant, with a capacity of 500,000 tons per year, successfully entered production in June 2020. The MAN compressor train at the plant’s heart comprises four proven machines: a steam turbine, an axial-type air compressor, a nitrous-gas centrifugal compressor, a tail-gas expander, plus auxiliary equipment including the control system. That the entire machine-train comes from a single supplier allows the train to be flexibly matched to the customer’s needs, allowing the demanding process of nitric-acid production to be optimised for maximum efficiency.
News Category:
-
Shell FID to build carbon capture and storage projects in Canada
Shell announced the Final Investment Decision for Polaris, a carbon capture project at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford in Alberta, Canada. Polaris is designed ...
03-07-2024
-
Shell to pause on-site construction of European biofuels facility
Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V., a subsidiary of Shell plc, is to temporarily pause on-site construction work at its 820,000 tonnes a year biofuels facility at the ...
02-07-2024
-
MOGAS awarded contract to support TC2C™ new technology
MOGAS Industries has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract for the South Korean S-Oil Shaheen Project for the first-ever commercialization of TC2C™ (Thermal Crude ...
02-07-2024
-
NEXTCHEM awarded countracts valued at EUR 30M from international clients
NEXTCHEM awarded new contracts for approximately EUR 30 million, mainly related to the design and supply of proprietary equipment based on fertilizer technology, a feasibility ...
02-07-2024
-
Texas LNG signs offtake agreement with affiliate of top tier market participant
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC , a four million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas export terminal to be constructed in the Port of Brownsville, Texas, a subsidiary of ...
02-07-2024
-
OCIOR Energy select green ammonia technology from KBR
KBR announced today its green ammonia technology, K-GreeN®, has been selected by OCIOR Energy for its plant located in Odisha's Gopalpur region, India. This will be ...
01-07-2024
-
NEXTCHEM awarded feasibility study / pre-FEED contract for low carbon fertilizer plant
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM has been awarded by FertigHy a Feasibility Study and Pre-FEED contract leveraging on its NX Stami Green AmmoniaTM and NX ...
01-07-2024
-
Aramco’s strategic gas expansion progresses with $25bn contract awards
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has awarded contracts worth more than $25 billion to progress its strategic gas expansion, ...
30-06-2024
-
Baker Hughes awarded multi-year services frame agreement by Woodside Energy
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Friday it has entered into a new 10-year services frame agreement with Woodside Energy to support its LNG operations ...
27-06-2024
-
El Dorado refinery launches Mobideo Digital Twin powered by R2S
Mobideo, a global technology leader specializing in the digital transformation of industrial workforces, announces the launch of the Mobideo Digital Twin, powered by ...
26-06-2024