Hyperion to supply Operator Training Simulator for India's largest Ethylene plant
19/01/2011 Hyperion Systems Engineering
Nicosia, Cyprus. 18 January 2011. Hyperion Systems Engineering (Hyperion), the leading independent simulation solutions provider, announced today that it will supply the Operator Training Simulator for an ethylene cracker and associated units, which form part of a polymer complex to be built in Dahej, India, that will manufacture 1.1 million tons of ethylene, 400,000 tons of propylene, 150,000 tons of benzene, and 115,000 tons of butadiene per year.
Together with consortium partner Samsung Engineering of Korea, Linde will build the turnkey plant for India's ONGC Petro-additions Ltd. (OPaL). When it comes on-line in late 2012, Dahej will be India's largest ethylene plant, and the anchor of a larger petrochemical complex. The Operator Training Simulator contract was awarded to Hyperion by The Linde Group.
With an array of eight (8) cracking furnaces, the Dahej plant will operate one of the largest ethylene crackers in the world. Hyperion's project scope includes the design and delivery of an Operator Training Simulator system for the Dual Feed Cracker Unit (DFCU) and Associated Units of the complex which include a Benzene Extraction Unit and a Butadiene Extraction Unit.
Dr. Karsten Schulze, Project Manager from Linde IV (Advanced Automation) stated, "It is certainly a large scale project with many challenges; we trust Hyperion's years of experience in delivering projects of this magnitude and complexity, and we are confident that they will deliver a world-class Simulator within our project timelines and budgets"
Mr. Dean R. Jones, Executive Vice President of Hyperion stated, "Building high fidelity simulators for Ethylene manufacturing is an area where our company has extensive experience and engineering domain expertise; we are delighted to be working with The Linde Group to deliver this prestigious project that will help ensure an on time start-up and effective operation of the OPaL Dahej Ethylene complex.".
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