WORLD WEEKLY BRIEF:
THE HDA AUTOPILOT – WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR The Autopilot, a technology presented two weeks ago by Politecnico di Milano, appears to be an almost revolutionary development in the chemical and process industry, by adopting the latest automation technologies from other industries and adapting them to chemical plants.
Unfortunately, very little is known about the details of the technology itself and its implementation. The news reached the headlines of many mainstream newspaper and media, but due to the lack of details and information, the discussion was polarized among worried investors, technology enthusiasts, and concerned critics.
This was further exacerbated by the NDAs that the process engineers and technicians were required to sign.
Despite the representatives of Politecnico being so tight- lipped, in the next issues we will explore in more detail the possible scenarios and automa- tion solutions developed and implemented by Politecnico, including the impact on the job of the engineers and the technicians in charge of each chemical plant.
PSE-Lab - CMIC Department - Politecnico di Milano
FINANCE
Average weekly figures:
19/11-25/11 week
Crude oil1 31.35 (+21.7%) Benzene1 138.30 (+9.5%) Toluene1 57.30 (-7.2%) Propylene2 803.33 (-8.8%) Diphenyl2 665.40 (-4.2%)
26/11-2/12 week Forecasts by OPEC:
Crude oil1 86.23 (+175.1%) We apologize for the
inconvenience but the forecasts for the other commodities are unavailable this week (1) EUR per bbl (159 L) (2) EUR per metric ton
The PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
AUTOPILOT PRODUCTION TO START THIS WEEK, ACCORDING TO POLITECNICO
Among concerns from investors and critics, Politecnico is determined to start running the Autopilot this week. “This solution has been presented only very recently but it has been in the works for a long time, and has been widely tested”, a representative declared.
The representative refused to share more details about the technology, saying that more information will be given at a later date.
“However” – he added – “we are confident in the reliability of the solution and we believe that the performance of the plants will attest that.”
Start of production… 9 weeks…
Discussione e pareri…
Il termine di questo period coincide con termine periodo di assunzione e valutazione degli ingegneri assunti… seguiremo gli sviluppi.
N. 9 – November 26, 2018
SPONSORED CONTENT – Politecnico di Milano
We thank all teams for setting up the Autopilot with utmost diligence and dedication. In order to help teams understand the Autopilot, we publish a full list detailing the actions performed by the Autopilot of each plant.
To access your plant for the last time, please visit tiny.cc/pse18w9 http://pselab.chem.polimi.it/pse-game-2018/
Team A R B w8 end Team A R B w8 end
I diavoletti di
Maxwell6 108366,6 1 1 407892,8 T4square4 106982,6 1 1 363957,7 P.K. Engineering20 105593,3 1 1 407892,8 F&V
Engineering11 112986,9 1 0 357705,0 G&L.M27 109653,9 1 1 405488,9 Tugas Inc14 74796,69 1 0 325323,2 D€G8 103731,5 1 1 405342,8 Team29 114966,1 1 0 305943,4 C&F Team16 91375,91 1 1 404480,6 Team21 80794,53 1 0 304644,6 E-Ace Ports17 91375,91 1 1 404480,6 medatech22 -160033 0 1 281502,4 BenzenEye3 -0,68041 1 1 404160,6
Triskelis
Team5 107467,2 1 1 270809,4 Team110 106514,7 1 1 403498,8 TeamBR2 --- 0 0 148255,1 K8CREW7 105597,1 1 1 402146,1 lekei26 -3734,82 0 1 145590,3 BrasMex15 109337,4 1 1 402097,6 Federiciani13 --- 0 0 143306,6 Team di
Olcoroco28 112939,3 1 1 401142,8 Team25 --- 0 0 124386,2 Team18 106390,7 1 1 399854,3 LC&VB12 --- 0 0 124240,0 Team DNA1 107091,9 1 1 396751,2 Team31 --- 0 0 124172,0 triumvirate23 789695,5 1 1 384953,5 Team24 --- 0 0 123340,0 FETA9 105237,8 1 1 379657,3 Argenspaña30 --- 0 0 105577,6 TeamPro19 64520706 1 0 368996,4
