Emerson charms more than 300 oil and gas plants 20 September 2013

Emerson Process Management's CHARMs electronic marshalling technology has now notched up over 1 billion operating hours at more than 300 oil and gas plant sites.

Steve Sonnenberg, president of Emerson Process Management, says that, thanks to CHARMs (Characterisation Modules) technology, the firm's DeltaV system not offers unprecedented flexibility and cost savings.

He also insists that it has transformed and streamlined automation practices developed based on technology limitations that existed more than three decades ago.

"DeltaV's CHARMs technology has overturned 35 years of industry thinking and promised to forever change how automation projects are designed and implemented," states Sonnenberg.

"Our customers are proving this true – our business has seen a tremendous increase in demand for each of the past two years, and we anticipate continuing this robust performance this year."

The technology provides an innovative solution to replace a long-standing industry approach that did not provide the flexibility for today's complex and challenging projects.

The system accommodates late project changes, eliminates hardware, and helps customers reduce field rework, minimising costly schedule delays. It has also been proven to bring similar benefits to automation projects in many other process industries.

"We saw a 40% drop in installation costs over traditional approaches," confirms Bryan Beyer, operations manager at Southern States Chemical, the US East Coast's largest sulphuric acid supplier.

"The simplicity of CHARMs technology also means fewer failure points, which translates into more reliability and greater up-time for our plant," he adds.

Brian Tinham

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