In control

摘要

When it comes to major process automation projects, such as new plant construction and existing equipment revamp, integrated control is crucial. Engineers involved in some of the biggest projects around the world are adopting an approach in which safety systems are closely integrated with the monitoring and control system. One such example is the RNS-NIS refinery at Novi Sad, which prior to its bombing in 1999 during the Kosovo war was the second largest in former Yugoslavia. It produced some 500,000 tonnes of refined products a year and comprised 153 storage tanks for crude oil, petroleum, fuel and oil lubricants.