Real Time Optimization (RTO) sits above APC, continuously computing the most economically optimal operating point for your plant based on cu...
Real Time Optimization (RTO) sits above APC, continuously computing the most economically optimal operating point for your plant based on cu...
Overview
Real Time Optimization (RTO) sits above APC, continuously computing the most economically optimal operating point for your plant based on current feed conditions, market prices, equipment status, and constraints. AhilyaSoft deploys rigorous first-principles and hybrid AI/ML-based RTO solutions that maximize margin, minimize energy costs, and ensure operations always track the economic optimum: not just a feasible operating point.
Methodology
First-principles thermodynamic models calibrated with plant data, augmented with AI/ML for accuracy across the full operating envelope.
Gross error detection and data validation to ensure optimization decisions are based on reliable, consistent measurements.
Steady-state or dynamic optimization solving for maximum profit subject to equipment, quality, environmental, and safety constraints.
Optimized setpoints and constraints are pushed to APC controllers for automatic implementation: closing the loop from economics to control.
What You Gain
Measurable results within weeks, not quarters.
Continuously track the economic optimum as prices, feeds, and conditions change
Maximize refinery margin through optimal severity, conversion, and yield targeting
Optimize steam and power networks for minimum cost energy supply
Reduce energy costs in ethylene and petrochemical crackers
Integrate with planning and scheduling for plan-to-plant closed-loop optimization
Deployed across industries where milliseconds and margins matter.
Applications
Refinery: crude unit, FCC, and hydrocracker economic optimization
Ethylene plant: cracker severity and furnace run-length optimization
Steam and power network: optimal load allocation across boilers, turbines, and letdown stations
Pulp and paper: digester and recovery boiler optimization for maximum pulp yield
Sugar industry: evaporation, crystallization, and cogeneration economic optimization
Data centres: energy cost optimization across cooling, UPS, and power distribution systems
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