AMT specializes in advanced technology applications ranging from APC and Optimization systems through to dynamic simulators for training and trouble shooting.

Advanced Process Control: With significant experience in both Honeywell’s Profit Suite (Profit  Controller/ RMPCT) and Aspen’s Manufacturing Suite (DMCplus), as well as with the unique capabilities of CTC’s UPID package, AMT offers a broad range of services.
Real Time Optimization: The “Open Equation” approach to real time optimization was developed in the 1980’s and commercialized in the 1990’s. AMT consultants were among the pioneers in applying real time optimization technology from its inception. With extensive experience in applying RTO technology, AMT can provide consulting services for any optimization system for a wide range of chemical and refining processes.
Dynamic Simulators: With CTC’s development of the technology to enable flexible and realistic dynamic simulations in a cost effective way AMT is capable of providing services in this emerging field.

The range of services offered covers project services , consulting services , application maintenance services and training in all of the technology areas that AMT is engaged in.

Projects

• Turn–key Application Implementation:
  • Application Assessment, Preliminary Engineering Design, Process Unit(s) Evaluation, Detailed Design, Implementation, Documentation, Training and Overall Project Management.
• Joint Projects Involving Customer Resources:
  • Project teams made up of both AMT and Client resources
  • AMT's experience leveraged across a team of AMT and Client resources.
  • Technology and know–how transfer and a successful application are the primary goals.
• Program and Project Management:
  • For turn–key projects AMT will use a project management approach designed to match the customer's internal project management practices, including: Risk Assessment, Project Base–Lining, Schedule Tracking, Critical Path Management.
  • For large multi site or multi technology projects AMT can provide a single point of project accountability and management bringing together the appropriate skills, resources and technologies from all possible sources as necessary. In this model AMT can bring in multiple third party resources as required by the technology, schedule and resourcing of the project.

A flexible approach to the engagement model ensures that project services are provided in the most appropriate way and at the right level. A broad range of service levels is required to match the customer's different levels of resources, infrastructure, knowledge and experience.

Consulting

Through AMT consulting services our extensive experience with APC and Optimization technologies can positively impact the justification, planning as well as the implementation, performance and maintenance of these types of applications.

1. Refinery wide or facilities wide APC/OPT strategy studies covering
   • Benefits and feasibility
   • Infrastructure and equipment requirements
   • Costs and prioritized schedule
   • Business case
2. Functional design specifications
3. Technology and vendor selection
4. Independent post audit and performance studies
   • Application pre and post audits
   • Application performance evaluation covering performance, benefits potential and benefits realized
5. Project consulting to leverage AMT's experience in a client executed application implementation
   • System designs for APC and optimization systems
   • Best practices
   • Overview of all aspects of client implemented applications
6. APC/OPT Best Practice Consulting
   • Implementation
   • Designs and objectives of existing systems
   • Maintenance practices infrastructure: displays, data management, analyzer & inferential interfacing

Maintenance

AMT believe that advanced control applications' performance can be improved through a partnership with local plant staff. A key factor in maintaining advanced applications is ensuring local personnel have key skills in implementing and maintaining successful controllers

1. AMT provide consulting services and engineer training in a program designed to enable the refinery or chemical plant to properly support its advanced control and optimization systems.
2. On–site consulting is provided to determine the order in which applications should be maintained or re–engineered (i.e. triage the list of applications) and services provided to lead the refinery or chemical plant team in this work.
3. Routine site visits are made to provide on–site expertise and to regularly review application performance first hand.
4. Remote support is provided via email, telephone, and remote conferencing and application sharing technologies.

Training

AMT offers the following training solutions:

• Traditional and Advanced Process Control training to engineers and operators
• Operator Advisor Plant Simulators

Traditional and Advanced Process Control training

1. DMCplus intermediate users workshop
   
2. DMCplus tips and tricks for advanced users workshop
   
3. Aspen SmartStep workshop
   
4. Aspen Watch workshop
   
5. ProfitController Implementation workshop
6. Configuring and tuning PID regulatory control loops
   

For further information see our Training page.

Operator Advisor Plant Simulators

The OA application contains a detailed dynamic simulation of the process that is connected to the plant DCS system reading plant data in real time. The OA dynamic simulation is continuously kept current by reading the real time plant data, then updating and adjusting the simulation to ensure consistency with the plant. Both regulatory control structure and current operating point of the plant are continuously matched by the OA system. The operator can take this simulation off–line at any time to perform training, "what if" studies on the plant as well process and control system trouble shooting.

The OA system is very inexpensive to build and maintain. The starting point for the OA dynamic simulation is the model currently used in any multivariable control application such as DMCplus or RMPCT. Extending this model and building an operator interface are the main requirements to developing an OA system from a multivariable controller model.

AMT develop these dynamic simulation systems using the CTC software. CTC staff are available as necessary to provide any specialized technical support to any OA development project.

Please contact us for further information.