The paper is designed to outline the benefits of using an online continuous corrosion monitoring system to drive revenue through process optimisation. Emerson's Plantweb Insight† applications for corrosion excellently compliment operators needs to address current industry challenges, such as tighter CAPEX budgets, reduced experienced operators, and the ever-changing demands of the modern process industry. The software is henceforth referred to as “plant software”.

The corrosion applications for this software platform are designed for continuous analysis and corrosion monitoring trends for installed wireless corrosion sensors. The application delivers insight to instrument health and includes advanced analytics to determine metal loss rates and corrosivity. Reliable corrosion data is critical to understanding the impact of ever-changing conditions in the plant. Operators integrating reliable corrosion data into their process historians can optimize their assets, expertly navigating the tightrope to increased revenue and operational certainty.

Operators can see both corrosion risk and corrosion impact on plant health, through an easy to use visualisation and analytics platform. Lower grade feedstocks and faster flowrates can be utilised with increased visibility of the health of the assets. Crude oils that are not typically used as feedstocks due to their high sulfur content, acidity, or other impurities, also known as opportunity crudes, can increase revenue by millions of dollars per year for an average sized refinery. With the corrosion applications delivering regular data to desk, operators no longer work blindly, relying instead on accurate high-quality data to make informed decisions.