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June 2004 |
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Braskem the South American leader of the petrochemical industry recently
acquired Ariane to optimize its utility production.
The plant produces utility, generates electricity and steam at four
pressure levels for the entire petrochemical complex of Camaçari.
Furthermore, a part of the electricity still needs to be purchased
from external suppliers. To deal with the complexity of the system,
some internal and external developed tools are used. Braskem team
decided that they needed additional tools to better answer their questions
and to reach the optimal operating configuration for the plant.
The choice of Braskem went on Ariane, a power plant dedicated software
that determines the operating parameters which enable the lowest energy
cost.
Through an evaluation period, Ariane proved its value adding potential.
M. Victor Matta Pires, Process Engineer, explains: "the flexibility
of the software allowed us to represent accurately our power plant.
It appeared clearly that Ariane will lead our plant to the optimal
operation point". During this test phase, ProSim support responded
positively to expectations with quick answers.
Since implementation, late 2003, Ariane enabled Braskem to identify
more efficient configurations and to retrieve tangible benefits, measured
against historical data collected from the process.
About Braskem
Braskem, a world-class Brazilian petrochemical producer, is a leader in thermo-plastics in Latin America and it figures
among the five biggest Brazilian private industrial companies. Braskem's13
industrial plants are located all over the country and they produce
5 million tons of petrochemical products annually. For more information,
please visit: http://www.braskem.com.br.
About ProSim
ProSim is an independent company, founded in 1989, with its headquarters
in Labège (Toulouse - France). The company provides state of the art
simulation and optimization software that allows process industries
to increase their efficiency and their return on investment. ProSim
solutions are designed for applications in the chemical, the refining,
the gas treatment and the specialties chemical industries as well
as in the pharmaceutical, the food processing and the energy industries.
Its activities also comprise engineering process consulting and custom
software development. ProSim solutions are used to improve process
design, increase plant efficiency and reduce their impact on environment.
Thanks to long term partnerships with major research centres and to
substantial investment in R&D, ProSim continuously develops innovative
software and has become a recognised player on the international market.
The success of the company comes from the efficiency and the robustness
of the solutions and of the calculation packages it proposes, but
also from the quality of the services it provides.
The expertise and the know-how of ProSim personnel cover vast domains,
including thermodynamics, physico-chemical phenomenon modelling, process
simulation, energy integration, optimization techniques, numerical
methods, software architecture, and GUI development. ProSim is active
43 countries around the world, with over 450 customers among which
major actors like Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel, Alfa Laval, Atofina, Braskem,
Ciba, Cognis, EDF, Linde, Pharmacia, Praxair, Schering, Sintef, Sanofi-Synthelabo,
Technip, Total and Wacker.
For more information, please visit: http://www.prosim.net.
Contact
Gilles HAMEURY
ProSim SA
Stratège Bâtiment A
BP 2738
F-31312 LABEGE Cedex, FRANCE
Tél.: +33 (0)5 62 88 24 30
Fax: +33 (0)5 62 88 24 39
e-mail : info@prosim.net |
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