Advanced Control Solutions

Capstone Technology has successfully implemented hundreds of advanced control applications across a variety of process industries. Contact us today to discuss your advanced control and optimization challenges.

Applied Advanced Control Solutions


Pulp & Paper
Continuous Cooking
  • Pulp quality prediction and control
  • Digester operations stabilization
  • Species, grade change prediction, & control
Brown Stock Washing
  • Pulp cleanliness prediction and control
  • Weak black liquor solids control
  • Inventory management prediction and control
Recovery Boiler
  • Consumed air control
  • Combustion stability prediction and control
  • Boiler throughput maximization control
Paper Making
  • Paper quality prediction and control
  • Grade transition control
  • Machine speed optimization

Refining
Crude Unit
  • Charge maximization
  • Product quality prediction and control
  • Heater firing controls/pass balancing
Catalytic Cracker
  • Charge maximization
  • Product quality prediction and control
  • Severity control
Hydrocracker
  • Reactor conversion control
  • Weighted average bed temperature (WABT) control
  • Main fractionator distillate quality prediction and control
Vacuum Distillation Unit
  • Maximize feed rate
  • Product quality prediction and control
  • Reduce specific energy consumption

Gases/Chemicals/Energy
Air Separation Unit
  • Product quality control
  • Pipeline pressure control
  • Rate transition control
  • Energy minimization
Cement Kiln
  • Free lime quality control
  • Temperature profile stabilization
  • Product quality soft sensors
  • Specific energy minimization
  • Automated product cooler controls
Biomass Boiler
  • Biofuel utilization optimization
  • Greater capacity swing capability
  • Increased thermal efficiency
  • Decreased ash fuel loss

Real-time Optimization
Energy Management
  • Multi-boiler steam header control and cost optimization
  • Fuel mix optimization (oil, gas, biomass, waste fuels)
  • Real-time electrical power production planning
  • Boiler, turbine, energy system process and cost modeling
  • Plant hot water system control and optimization
Chemical Plant Cost Optimization
  • Plant wide modeling and offline analysis of throughput potential
  • Rapid plant and quality model development technology
  • Linear and non-linear optimization capabilities
  • Integrated process and sensor fault detection and reconcilliation
  • Steam and utilities plant energy coordination and optimization