Monitoring Petrochemical Process Streams in Real time with the TALYS ASP400 Series

The TALYS ASP400-Ex series from ABB is a simple, robust industrial FT-NIR process analyzer capable of increasing the return-on investment for refinery and petrochemical industries.

The TALYS ASP400 series analyzer is built to realize monitoring and control of continuous processes. Its seamless installation enables real-time process monitoring, process characterization, defining of stream properties or physical qualities, and early troubleshooting.

This analyzer is ideal for a wide variety of refinery process monitoring applications including naphtha conversion units such as isomerization, naphtha hydro-treating, catalytic reforming, and steam-cracking as well as applications in gasoline blending, HF alkylation, and LPG.

Features

Small footprint

Unit may be either shelf or wall mounted

Completely integrated into single enclosure

Analyzer PC not required

ExP purge controller combined with base enclosure

Low cost of ownership with practically no scheduled maintenance for five years

Full connectivity to DCS: Modbus TCP/IP, OPC and RTU

On-board HMI display and embedded controller

Hardwired I/O and pneumatics for sample system control in ExD enclosure with ABB PLC module

Benefits

Simple installation with very limited footprint in analyzer shelter

Minimal field maintenance requirement

Multiple properties are estimated simultaneously, and calibration model sets for different process stream grades or types may be executed

Possible to field-mount in weather-protection cabinet or enclosure

Flexible sampling – the TALYS ASP400 series is ideal for use with insertion / extraction transmission or transflectance probes, flow-through fast-loop sample cells, or complete specification extractive sampling system with automatic wash.

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