Honeywell to control Biofuel demonstration plant in Finland

霍尼韋爾為芬蘭生物燃料示范廠提供控制系統(tǒng)

December 3, 2008 - Honeywell will provide the process control and safety systems for a new NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd. research facility in Varkaus, Finland.  The demonstration plant will develop processes to produce renewable biofuels from wood residues.  The resulting biofuels will help reduce greenhouse gases in the automotive transportation sector and help meet stringent European Union standards for the reduction of fossil fuel.  NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd. is a joint venture between Stora Enso Oyj and Neste Oil Corporation.

12月3日消息——霍尼韋爾將為NSE生物燃料有限公司在芬蘭瓦爾考斯的一家新研究廠提供過程控制和安全系統(tǒng)。該示范工廠將開發(fā)工藝從木材殘?jiān)鼇砩a(chǎn)可再生生物燃料。由此產(chǎn)生的生物燃料將有助于減少汽車運(yùn)輸部門溫室氣體的排放，并幫助滿足歐盟對減少化石燃料的嚴(yán)格標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。NSE生物燃料有限公司是斯道拉恩索公司和內(nèi)斯特石油公司組成的一家合資公司。

“The research we are conducting is important because it will be applied to the next generation of biofuel production plants,” said Reino Panula, managing director of NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd. “Honeywell’s experience and proven automation and safety management systems contributes significantly to this undertaking.”

NSE生物燃料有限公司總經(jīng)理Reino Panula表示：“我們正在進(jìn)行的研究非常重要，因?yàn)檫@將適用于新一代的生物燃料生產(chǎn)工廠。霍尼韋爾的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和成熟的自動化和安全管理系統(tǒng)為這一研究做出了重大貢獻(xiàn)。”

NSE Biofuels will use Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) to operate the demonstration plant. Experion streamlines production by allowing plants to unify process, production and business management.  The system ties together critical subsystems, including process units and safety systems, throughout a plant and delivers relevant information directly to operators for improved decision making in the control room.  Experion’s flexibility allows operators to modify the system according to process requirements, which enables continuous improvement in overall production efficiency.

NSE生物燃料公司將使用霍尼韋爾的Experion過程知識系統(tǒng)（PKS）管理示范廠。Experion通過使工廠統(tǒng)一流程、生產(chǎn)和業(yè)務(wù)管理，簡化生產(chǎn)。該系統(tǒng)將整個(gè)工廠包括過程裝置和安全系統(tǒng)在內(nèi)的關(guān)鍵子系統(tǒng)連接起來，向控制室的操作人員直接提供信息，改進(jìn)決策制定。Experion的靈活性使操作人員能夠根據(jù)流程要求修改系統(tǒng)，從而可以持續(xù)提升整體生產(chǎn)效率。

Additionally, Honeywell will help drive plant safety by providing its Safety Manager platform, which incorporates safety systems such as fire and gas detectors into overall control and automation strategies.  Safety Manager can also help support proper start up and shutdown sequences. 

此外，霍尼韋爾將提供“安全管理系統(tǒng)”平臺，幫助于推動工廠的安全，此平臺將諸如火災(zāi)和氣體探測器等安全系統(tǒng)集成到整體控制以及自動化策略之中。安全管理系統(tǒng)同樣能夠幫助解決系統(tǒng)安全啟動以及關(guān)停等關(guān)鍵步驟。 

The Varkaus site features a number of innovations designed to save energy and increase environmental compliance.  For example, the demonstration plant will re-use the extra gas emerging from the process to heat the lime kiln in the pulp production process instead of using exhaustible raw materials such as oil.

瓦爾考斯的示范工廠采用了眾多幫助實(shí)現(xiàn)節(jié)能以及環(huán)保要求的創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì)。舉例來說， 這一示范工廠將重復(fù)利用排放的余熱蒸汽來加熱紙漿生產(chǎn)過程中的石灰爐，以替代諸如石油等不可再生資源的使用。

“This is a significant project because of its potential impact on the global effort to reduce greenhouse gasses,” said Timo Saarelainen, managing director, Honeywell Finland.  “Integrated process-safety systems are vital to helping a facility such as this deliver on its full potential.”

霍尼韋爾芬蘭董事總經(jīng)理Timo Saarelainen表示：“這是一個(gè)重大的項(xiàng)目，因?yàn)樗鼘θ蚪档蜏厥覛怏w排放的努力帶來潛在影響。集成過程安全系統(tǒng)對該類設(shè)施充分發(fā)揮效用至關(guān)重要。”

Honeywell International is a $38 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.  Based in Morris Township, NJ, Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London and Chicago Stock Exchanges.  Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry.

霍尼韋爾國際是一家年銷售額為380億美元，在多元化技術(shù)和制造業(yè)方面占世界領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位的跨國公司。在全球范圍內(nèi)為顧客提供航空產(chǎn)品及服務(wù)、樓宇及住宅控制和工業(yè)控制技術(shù)、自動化產(chǎn)品、渦輪增壓器以及特種材料等。總部設(shè)在美國新澤西州莫里斯鎮(zhèn)，其股票在紐約、倫敦、芝加哥太平洋證券市場進(jìn)行交易。霍尼韋爾過程解決方案屬于霍尼韋爾自動化和控制解決方案集團(tuán)的一部分，在全球范圍內(nèi)，為家庭、樓宇和工業(yè)提供著提高效率和利潤、支持法規(guī)順從、維護(hù)安全舒服環(huán)境的領(lǐng)先的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)解決方案。