Advanced Process Control (APC) refers to a set of technologies and strategies used to optimize process performance beyond basic regulatory control. APC systems use predictive models and algorithms to adjust process variables, improving efficiency, quality, and reducing variability in complex industrial processes. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Advanced Process Control (APC) Advanced Process Control (APC) refers to a set of technologies and strategies used to optimize process performance beyond basic regulatory control. APC systems use predictive models and algorithms to adjust process variables, improving efficiency, quality, and reducing variability in complex industrial processes. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.

aeSolutions is a total process automation provider with extensive experience in turnkey solutions. We've earned aeSolutions was the first company in the Americas to earn Siemens’ PCS 7 Safety Specialist certification. ​aeSolutions' President, Ken O’Malley, holds a position on Siemens’ User Advisory Boar Siemens Solution Partner - aeSolutions aeSolutions is a process automation engineering company with extensive experience in delivering turnkey automation solutions and is a leading provider of critical systems such as Safety Instrumented Systems, Fire and Gas Systems, and Combustion Control and Safeguarding Systems in the country. The company maintains a team of experienced Professional Engineers and Certified Functional Safety Experts (CFSE). aeSolutions joined Siemens Solution Partner Program in 1999 and has earned the Solution Partner Specialist designation after achieving technical and commercial milestones associated with year-over-year quality performance delivering solutions in both brownfield migrations and greenfield expansions for over two decades. We're proud to have been the first company in the Americas to earn Siemens’ PCS 7 Safety Specialist certification. Siemens.com Partner Detail Page aeSolutions' President, Ken O’Malley , holds a position on Siemens’ User Advisory Board as well as Siemens’ national Solution Partner Council. Service Portfolio: Consulting for process safety and automation conceptual design Automation of process manufacturing facilities Training on PSM and process automation and safety systems Integration, Engineering, and Commissioning of DCS, SIS, BMS and fire & gas systems FM and UL certified panel fabrication shop Migrations & upgrades of automation & safety systems aeSolutions: Certificates: Solution Partner Process Control System SIMATIC PCS 7 Advanced Factory Automation PCS 7 Safety Specialist Systems Intergration - Automation Services Combustion - Burner Management Systems aeSolutions & Siemens Media aeSolutions is the First in Americas to earn S iemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Safety Specialist Certifications “As customers require PCS 7 safety instrumented systems, we can recommend aeSolutions, our certified Process Safety Specialist Solution Partner, knowing that they have the engineering and quality practices to execute the project right the first time using best practices,” says Rich Chmielewski, Siemens USA PCS 7 Solution Partner Program Manager. Learn More Using the cloud to secure the cloud https://www.controlglobal.com Best practices for gas detection system design https://www.controlglobal.com aeSolutions is First in the Americas to Earn Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Safety Specialist Certification https://www.automationworld.com aeSolutions & Siemens Case Studies Ammonia isolation and mitigation safety system based on FGS 1400 MK II platform. Uses S7-400 safety controllers and S7-300 safety IO. Ammonia suppression safety system that is NRTL approved for toxic gas. FGS 1400 MK II product provides leak detection, occupant notification, equipment isolation, and hazard suppression capability for a pressurized ammonia storage facility. View Details aeSolutions applies our expertise to help you produce Hydrogen safely. Expertise is required to produce hydrogen safely especially indoors with electrolyzers. You are working with a dangerous chemical and with modeling of the gas, especially indoors, you can properly place the detectors. Fire and Gas, Safety Shutdown systems as well as overall process automation best practices, are critical to safely product hydrogen. View Details Optimizing Integration of Life-Saving Gas Detection Systems for the Pharmaceutical Industry Leverage the expertise of Solution Partner aeSolutions to provide plants with turnkey gas detection systems including all control system components, detectors and computational fluid dynamics modeling. Benefits can include: •Ensures OSHA compliance to reduce risk of overexposure, fire or explosion •Simplified integration of gas detection systems into plants •Minimized footprint due to modern I/O technology View Details Siemens PCS7 Implemented as SI-BMS for Utility Boilers at Chemical Plant Designed, fabricated, configured, tested and performed start-up services for seven burner management systems (BMS) on seven coal and gas fired process boilers for a chemical manufacturing plant. View Details Fire & Gas Safety System using SIMATIC S7-400F provides highly scalable flexibility for industrial Fire and Gas applications. FM approved Fire and Gas safety system based on S7-400 safety controllers and ET200MF safety IO. System provides detection, notification, suppression, and process ESD shutdowns. System also has FM approved power supply system capable of supplying OSHA and NFPA 72 power requirements. View Details Meeting Customer Demand by Doubling Production PCS 7 Simatic Batch and PCS 7 Failsafe were used to automate a new reactor and associated equipment to double production View Details Safety Shutdown and BMS needs met with Compliant System Refineries burner management and safety shutdown needs are met with rack-to-rack redundant PCS 7 Failsafe System and Safety Matrix. View Details Siemens PCS 7 TIA Success: Instrumentation and Motor Control Centers as a Modular and Scalable Solution The SEFA Group plant gives a local supply of a premium recycled product available for sustainable construction. Siemens PCS 7 was successfully integrated using TIA with all instrumentation and motor control centers to aid in elimination of up to 400,000 tons of fly ash per year transported to landfills. This also improved reliability with PCS7 tools View Details www.usa.siemens.com/process

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Simplified, Cost-Effective, and Consistent Acidic Compound Detection New acid detector placement philosophy led to reduced maintenance , lowered costs, a reduced the likelihood of confusion during leaks, and helped create a uniform response strategy. Challenge The client has to contend with detecting a multitude of toxic acidic vapors in order to keep their people safe. Initially, their plan involved using 5 to 6 individual toxic gas detectors in each area to detect these acidic vapors separately in each room. This approach would have led to a high number of detectors, increased maintenance, more I/O (input/output) to contend with, and elevated costs for replacing sensor elements. Additionally, the use of multiple detectors could result in confusion if there was a leak, as all the detectors would respond, making it impossible to pinpoint the specific acidic vapor released. Solution Upon closer review, it was realized that the client did not need to differentiate between the specific acidic vapors The single detector would tell them they had an acid leak, no matter which one. When a detector was triggered, the action was the same, evacuate to a safe area. A more efficient solution was devised by using a single acidic vapor detector in each room instead of multiple individual detectors. This philosophy reduced the number of detectors from 5 to 1 in each room, leading to an 80% reduction in the total number of detectors across the entire facility. Results By implementing the revised gas detection philosophy, the client achieved significant benefits. They collected a comprehensive list of all the chemicals of concern and determined the levels at which they wanted to detect these vapors. This allowed them to model the vapor releases and strategically position the gas detectors in a 3D model for optimal coverage. The client no longer needed to be specific as to the type of acidic vapor being detected, focusing solely on the detection of acidic vapors in general. Furthermore, it reduced possible confusion, ensuring the safety of individuals on the premises by enabling timely evacuation in case of any acid leak, regardless of the specific acidic vapor involved. The new approach resulted in simplified maintenance, cost reduction, decreased risk of confusion in case of a leak, and established a consistent action plan for evacuation. See how we can help you with a similar detector placement project. Keywords: formic acid, hydrocoloric acid, detection, detector, evactuation, acid vapor, acidic compounds, gas detection Previous Story Next Story

A structured approach used to identify potential human failure events and to systematically estimate the probability of those events using data, models, or expert judgment. Human Factor Analyses provide qualitative insight to the human factors issues related to the error, and also provide a more accurate quantitative assessment than is found in standard LOPA tables for human performance credits. The ability to model conditional dependence among operator tasks, as well as model potential human recovery factors from errors, makes the HRA a valuable tool. For a typical HRA, a standard operating procedure (SOP) is broken down into discrete tasks. Interviews with Operations are conducted, known as a ""talk-through,"" as well as a plant ""walk-through"" which covers the equipment of concern from the SOP. PSFs (Performance Shaping Factors) related to each task are discovered. Dependencies among tasks are estimated. Each of these will influence the HEP (Human Error Probability) for each task. Each task is to be modelled as a success or failure. An HRA Event Tree is constructed, each identified task being a branch in the tree, and then solved; the output of which is typically an input to a QRA. aeSolutions has the Human Factors Reliability Experts to handle this task. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) A structured approach used to identify potential human failure events and to systematically estimate the probability of those events using data, models, or expert judgment. Human Factor Analyses provide qualitative insight to the human factors issues related to the error, and also provide a more accurate quantitative assessment than is found in standard LOPA tables for human performance credits. The ability to model conditional dependence among operator tasks, as well as model potential human recovery factors from errors, makes the HRA a valuable tool. For a typical HRA, a standard operating procedure (SOP) is broken down into discrete tasks. Interviews with Operations are conducted, known as a ""talk-through,"" as well as a plant ""walk-through"" which covers the equipment of concern from the SOP. PSFs (Performance Shaping Factors) related to each task are discovered. Dependencies among tasks are estimated. Each of these will influence the HEP (Human Error Probability) for each task. Each task is to be modelled as a success or failure. An HRA Event Tree is constructed, each identified task being a branch in the tree, and then solved; the output of which is typically an input to a QRA. aeSolutions has the Human Factors Reliability Experts to handle this task. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.

Number of occurrences of an event per unit of time. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Frequency Number of occurrences of an event per unit of time. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.

A project management process during early stages of a project designed to minimize risk for investors and other stakeholders by developing adequate project definition & scope. aeSolutions uses front end loading in multiple types of projects. We invite you explore our service types to learn more. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions What is front end loading A project management process during early stages of a project designed to minimize risk for investors and other stakeholders by developing adequate project definition & scope. aeSolutions uses front end loading in multiple types of projects. We invite you explore our service types to learn more. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.

The process of selecting candidate or potential alarms for inclusion into the alarm system or rejecting them based on the criteria for an alarm. aeSolutions can supply expertise at all stages of alarm management including consulting, training, and facilitating rationalization teams, followed by full design and implementation services. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Alarm Selection The process of selecting candidate or potential alarms for inclusion into the alarm system or rejecting them based on the criteria for an alarm. aeSolutions can supply expertise at all stages of alarm management including consulting, training, and facilitating rationalization teams, followed by full design and implementation services. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.

Fire and Gas Mapping is the placing of detection devices throughout a facility to assess the flame and gas risks. This “mapping” is used to optimize the number of detectors required to satisfy the specified coverage of the facility. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Fire and Gas Mapping Fire and Gas Mapping is the placing of detection devices throughout a facility to assess the flame and gas risks. This “mapping” is used to optimize the number of detectors required to satisfy the specified coverage of the facility. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.

Optimizing Fuel Air Operation Combustion Control Systems - Automation Application Optimizing Fuel Air Operation aeSolutions' family of products includes industrial Combustion Control Systems in several packages. The pre-engineered packages are configurable to meet the client's operational requirements. The CCS is readily configured to implement a variety of fuel-saving optimization techniques, including fully metered / cross-limited fuel air control with oxygen trim, and interfacing to a wide variety of field sensors, analyzers, and valves. The CCS is often supplied as an integrated Combustion Management System package, which includes an aeSolutions BMS for safe startup, shutdown, and interlocking. • Graphical HMI common to CCS and BMS • Alarming, tuning, and diagnostic displays • Communications to BMS and DCS • Multiple fuel optimization • Cross-limiting, Oxygen trim • Boilers, heaters, dryers, thermal oxidizers • Combustion Management Engineering Automation Services Previous Next

The cause of failure is the specific reason or condition that leads to the malfunction or breakdown of a system, component, or process. Identifying the cause of failure is essential for implementing corrective actions and improving reliability. Acronyms & Terms Glossary <- More Definitions Cause of Failure The cause of failure is the specific reason or condition that leads to the malfunction or breakdown of a system, component, or process. Identifying the cause of failure is essential for implementing corrective actions and improving reliability. Our Services Whitepaper: Achieving 84-92% Urgent Alarm Reduction Through Comprehensive Lifecycle Implementation: A Dual-Unit Midstream Case Study Awarded Best Paper Award at the 2025 TEES Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center-TAMU (MKO) Safety & Risk Conference Abstract November 2025 — Greg Pajak, aeSolutions Senior Specialist, ICA — A midstream facility implemented a systematic alarm rationalization program across two critical units, achieving unprecedented reductions in urgent alarm loads. Unit A reduced urgent alarms from 45% to 7% (84% reduction), while Unit B decreased from 62% to 5% (92% reduction). This paper Scoping Your Industrial Project: Best Practices for Success Scoping your industrial project is more than a kickoff step—it’s the foundation for budget, schedule, and long-term success. From aligning stakeholders to pressure-testing assumptions, a dynamic scoping strategy helps prevent costly missteps, manage risks, and keep your project on track from concept to completion. Control System Migrations | Part 7 | Best Practices for Installation, Testing, & Commissioning The cutover phase is the defining moment of a control system migration, where planning meets execution. From thorough backups and pre-shutdown prep to mechanical completion and commissioning, every step must be precise. Skipping even small details can lead to costly setbacks, while disciplined execution ensures a smooth, successful transition.