Invensys, the global automation, controls and process solutions group, with annual sales of $5.3 billion and 100,000 plant installations, announced that once the Jamnagar refinery automation contract, valued at Rs 150 crores, was completed in two years, Reliance Industries would have the largest process automated refinery system in the world.
Invensys would provide the plant with intelligent automated distributed control systems with high-speed mesh architecture and the latest emergency safety shut down systems.
"While there are currently 17 process plants at the Jamnagar refinery, Reliance will add another 12 more process plants soon. We are upbeat about the Rs 2,000 crore process automation industry is India and expect the industry to grow at 17 per cent annually," said Mr Rakesh Gada, managing director, Invensys, India.
Invensys also announced on Thursday the launch of the world’s first enterprise control system (InFusion) with advanced information technology that creates unified real-time control, information, and application environment across virtually all plant and enterprise systems.
Mr Chris Layden, vice-president, global marketing said, "InFusion is the first system to enable all existing plant-floor systems (including third party) to be integrated into a common application environment."
The process automation industry could also see the foray of wireless technology in the oil and gas, petro-chemical and pharma industry, with real-time information available on handhelds and laptops on processes like batch reactions, oil movements, blend optimisation, alarm management and unit performing monitoring data.
Mr Grant Le Sueur, brand director, InFusion, said, "Wireless technology is a challenge in the industry, with electrical noise being the chief concern. However, the wireless technology market has matured and the technology we currently use are beyond those that are commercially available. This will help reduce the cost of deployment and could bring more information into the automation system."
Invensys would provide the plant with intelligent automated distributed control systems with high-speed mesh architecture and the latest emergency safety shut down systems.
"While there are currently 17 process plants at the Jamnagar refinery, Reliance will add another 12 more process plants soon. We are upbeat about the Rs 2,000 crore process automation industry is India and expect the industry to grow at 17 per cent annually," said Mr Rakesh Gada, managing director, Invensys, India.
Invensys also announced on Thursday the launch of the world’s first enterprise control system (InFusion) with advanced information technology that creates unified real-time control, information, and application environment across virtually all plant and enterprise systems.
Mr Chris Layden, vice-president, global marketing said, "InFusion is the first system to enable all existing plant-floor systems (including third party) to be integrated into a common application environment."
The process automation industry could also see the foray of wireless technology in the oil and gas, petro-chemical and pharma industry, with real-time information available on handhelds and laptops on processes like batch reactions, oil movements, blend optimisation, alarm management and unit performing monitoring data.
Mr Grant Le Sueur, brand director, InFusion, said, "Wireless technology is a challenge in the industry, with electrical noise being the chief concern. However, the wireless technology market has matured and the technology we currently use are beyond those that are commercially available. This will help reduce the cost of deployment and could bring more information into the automation system."