Winter 2016/17 edition of the customer  
                                       magazine from ABB Consulting
     solutions
  Nuisance alarms reduced by 50%
  Reducing the impact of nuisance alarms for SABIC
  PEL software ensures Syngenta plant reopens on time
  A rapid approach improves Ensus’ plant efficiency
  ExxonMobil and ABB jointly awarded RoSPA gold medal
  Major decommissioning and demolition project at Ferrybridge power station 
  ABB to support Milford Haven refinery as Principal Designers
         Editorial
                                                                          4. ABB helps reduce the impact of nuisance alarms.
         Peter Hunt
         Business Development Director
         ABB Consulting
         Welcome to the winter 
         edition of the ABB Solutions 
         newsletter.                                                      6. ABB’s rapid approach to cost estimates.   8. Inherent Safety in Design (ISD).
         In this edition we discuss strategies for getting                Headline event
         things right at the front end of the project 
         lifecycle, including RAPID, a technology driven                  3     Process industries technical development day 
         approach to developing a sanction estimate,                            ABB and Imperial College London host process industries technical  
         we also have great case studies from Sabic,                            development day
         Syngenta and Ensus covering issues such as 
         alarm management, plant improvement and                          Feature articles
         process engineering software.
                                                                          4     Reducing the impact of nuisance alarms by 50% 
         Recognising the continuing challenges facing                           ABB helps reduce alarms on SABIC’s Ethylene pipeline
         industry to manage assets both safely and cost                   6     PEL helps ensure Syngenta plant re-opens on time
         effectively, and safely through late life into end of                  Help to identify and test solutions to a venting problem 
         life, we celebrate the achievements of the ABB                   7     Using ABB’s RAPID approach to cost estimates 
         site investigation, demolition and remediation                         Retaining flexibility as projects develop
         team, who have, jointly with ExxonMobil, been 
         awarded their 9th RoSPA gold medal.                              Hot topics
         The team has also been appointed as the                          8     Safety by design: the inherent safety way 
         project Construction Design and Management                              Reducing complexity and ‘add on’ safety through inherently safe 
         (CDM) principal designers for the dismantling                          design is still a hot issue 
         of a former refinery in Milford Haven, South                     10    Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
         Wales. Approximately 60% of the process units                          A RAPID approach
         will be dismantled and rebuilt outside the UK 
         and ABB’s track record of safety and bringing                    In the news
         projects of this type in on time and budget was 
         key to this significant achievement.                             12    RoSPA award
                                                                                Joint ABB / ExxonMobil team achieve 9th award
         As always we have selected a round-up of                         13    Decommissioning and demolition project
         recent ABB conferences and seminars, and                               ABB wins major project at SSE’s Ferrybridge power station
         key industry events. Extra to the ABB program                    14	   Milford	Haven	refinery	to	be	dismantled	and	rebuilt 
         this year are a number of IEC 61511 breakfast                          ABB to support the dismantling of a former refinery
         briefings with great feedback from the delegates                     
         so far on the shared learning.                                   Conferences and events
         We hope you enjoy the newsletter and if you                      14    Conferences and events 
         have any feedback or comments we would love                            Recent conferences / events ABB has exhibited at or attended
         to hear from you.                                                16    Forthcoming events
          ABB Solutions Winter 2016/17 • Customer magazine from ABB Consulting • Copyright 2017 • If you have any comments or feedback please contact 
          Andy Smith - andrew.j.smith@gb.abb.com •
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           1. Delegate engineers at the event.  I  2. The delegate engineers in the control room.  I  3. The delegate engineers in the carbon capture pilot plant.
           ABB hosts process industries technical 
           development day
           ABB has collaborated with Imperial            They were also taken ‘into the                “This was a great and 
           College, London, in equipping the             classroom’ to identify control loops and      interactive course. I will 
           largest carbon capture pilot plant in         philosophies on the P&ID.                     definitely recommend 
           any academic institution and the only 
           one of its kind in Europe. Although the       ABB has invested close to £1 million          it for all our graduates. 
           primary use of the plant is teaching          in supplying the very latest equipment        Thank you all!”
           undergraduate and postgraduate                including measurement products 
           students ABB is ensuring that the             such as flowmeters, level control                                      Johnson Matthey
           facility provides training in the latest      equipment, pressure and temperature 
           technologies for those already working        transmitters, positioners, paperless data     “The ABB engineer was 
           in industry.                                  recorders, analysers, variable-speed          great in the pilot plant, 
                                                         drives, motors, enhanced operator 
           ABB’s process industries technical            workstations and a distributed control        I would be happy to 
           development day was attended                  system. The plant also includes wireless      have him walking us 
           by engineers from the chemical,               technology and the most up-to-date            through more of the 
           pharmaceutical, and energy industries         management of alarms in safety critical 
           across the UK and included a number of        applications.                                 instrumentation on show.”
           technical inputs from ABB consultants                                                                            JM Davy Technology
           and Imperial College lecturers covering:      All communication protocols including 
                                                         Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus DP and 
           −  The history and future of automation       PA and wireless Hart are utilised. At the     “The knowledge of the 
           −  Considerations in instrument design        heart of the plant is the ABB Control         people involved along 
           −  Effective trips and alarms across the      Room housing Extended Operator                with the hands on 
              safety management lifecycle                Workplace (EOWs) and our system               activities made it a very 
                                                         800xA distributed control system 
           After the lecture sessions the engineers      from where operators can control and          informative day - Thank 
           had the opportunity to walk the plant,        supervise the installation.                   You.”
           identifying different measurement 
           technologies and discussing the reasons       This years technical development day                                             Urenco
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           behind their use on different fluids, or      will be held on the 29  March. 
           in different locations. They were able to 
           engage with the control room systems          If an event like this would be of                   For more information please contact:  
           and examine the capabilities that             interest to your engineers or for more              Andy Smith on +44 (0)7753 425216 or  
           could be harnessed in the event of an         information please contact Andy Smith.              Email: andrew.j.smith@gb.abb.com
           emergency response. 
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     Feature articles
     Reducing the impact of 
     nuisance alarms by 50%.
      
     SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited operate two ethylene pipelines 
     in the UK. Using ABB’s Alarm Insight software, the team were able 
     to analyse the alarm and event messages in accordance with the 
     EEMUA guidelines. SABIC are now able to demonstrate to the HSE 
     that important alarms are being properly managed to help ensure 
     safe operation of the pipeline, meeting the improvements in alarm 
     management mandated by government regulators and insurers and 
     demonstrating good practice to stakeholders including consumers, 
     neighbours and the wider community. 
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