Process industries News

CORYS is to develop a new high-fidelity custom process model under INDISS PLUS® for a naphtha steam cracker plant producing ethylene and propylene for the oil and gas company OMV Downstream GmbH. The contract also includes INDISS PLUS® maintenance licenses, with specific reactor libraries, and integration of the process model with the ABB 800xA Simulator. … Read more

DS Smith has commissioned CORYS to deploy its training simulator in the cloud. This simulator dedicated to the use of corrugated board manufacturing machines will be accessible at any time and from any place. Olivier Dutordoir DS Smith’s Training Coordinator in Operations, said : “Thanks to this cloud-based simulator, we will be able to organise … Read more

In extrusion, thermoplastic material first arrives with a doughy consistency, before being compressed, formed, cooled by means of a heat exchange process, and then cut into pellets once it has solidified. Simulating this process has been a real challenge. CORYS’ North American team has successfully done so for a petrochemicals company building a new polyethylene … Read more

Atlantic Methanol Production Company LLC (AMPCO) selects CORYS to upgrade their operator training simulator (OTS). The OTS model and control & safety systems will be updated along with the facility after the plant turnaround completed in Spring 2020. Changes to the relevant operating procedures will also involve update to the OTS manuals. AMPCO has been … Read more

CORYS was awarded a new upgrade  10-year maintenance contract by Gasunie to provide technical support for migration to INDISS PLUS® technology and software maintenance. CORYS will work with Gasunie to upgrade INDISS® existing custom simulators to keep this relationship strong in a cost-effective way without any interruption. Gasunie process control team has been using INDISS® software since 2008. … Read more

As part of its growth, WAGA ENERGY renews its confidence by calling on CORYS to produce a new dynamic simulation study. CORYS aims to confirm the chosen regulation strategies, and to understand the dynamic response to the different demands of WAGA ENERGY’s new range of high-capacity biomethane production units. The first study was carried out … Read more

The two companies enter a strategic agreement to advance digital twin modeling and simulation technology across energy and process industries The agreement reflects a strategic collaboration between ABB and CORYS, with both companies committed to delivering advanced digital twin technology to help drive down capital and operational costs and reduce risks for customers. Leveraging ABB Ability™ 800xA … Read more

Hyundai Engineering & Construction has chosen CORYS Simulation Middle East (Cyprus) to develop an immersive 3-D training simulator, destined for the new ethane recovery unit at the world’s largest oilfield – operated by Saudi Aramco in Uthmaniyah, Saudi Arabia. An immersive 3-D model has been created using CAD files. This will be linked to the INDISS … Read more

CORYS Inc. has partnered with the North American Process Technology Alliance (NAPTA) to provide content for their Process Operations workbook in the form of providing examples of a Block Flow Diagram (BFD), a Process Flow Diagram (PFD), and a Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID).  CORYS becomes one of the contributors to the “process operations” workbook.  … Read more

In spring 2020, CORYS’ China-based subsidiary HKD completed renovation work on 30 procedure training simulators for Sinopec, one of China’s largest integrated power and chemicals companies. HKD’s work to develop four new simulators for Sinopec is also ongoing. (low-density polyethylene, high-density polyethylene, sludge-bed residue hydrogenation and combined light oil hydrogenation.)

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is creating many new challenges and is forcing many to consider innovative ways of working. With remote work and learning in response to COVID-19, many people are looking to build their skills while at home. Today CORYS launches a new feature providing remote training opportunities to train and maintain skills of employees. CORYS completed … Read more

Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Hanwha, selected CORYS to develop an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for its new polypropylene plant. The OTS is part of a $500 million investment program to increase propylene production capacity of the integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Daesan, South Korea. CORYS will … Read more

CORYS Inc. (formerly RSI Simcon) recently achieved a milestone with the delivery of its 25th INDISS® / Indiss Plus® operator training simulator (OTS) software license and technical support to KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) for the development of OTS systems for its process technologies. The high-fidelity turnkey OTS systems are provided by KBR to its clients and process … Read more