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MEL offers a wide range of consulting services in developing industry specific process
simulation, configuring DCS/PLC control logics, process startup and optimization, and
operation training.
Capabilities
Our special emphasis is on pulp and paper, specialty chemical, and power industries. We
complement our expertise in simulation and controls with the experience of a pool of
consultants from various industrial and academic backgrounds to cover all aspects of
projects we undertake. MEL provides a cost-effective alternative to
"loop-back" staging, and in-house development of process and equipment
simulations.
Areas of Application
 | ENGINEERING STUDIES
 | DESIGN PARAMETER STUDIES FOR NEW PLANTS
THINK can be used to ensure that all of the equipment for a new plant is consistently
sized. The resulting model can be used to stage and debug all of the control systems for
the plant prior to their on-line implementation.
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| PROCESS PERFORMANCE STUDIES FOR EXISTING PLANTS
THINK can be used to determine if changing process parameters can improve the quality of
an existing plant during normal operation or grade change.
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| ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK STUDIES
POWERS can be used to assure that electrical monitoring and load shedding programs
function properly prior to implementation.
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| ADVANCED CONTROL STRATEGY STUDIES
THINK can be used by engineers and operators to test if a new advanced control strategy is
effective prior to the actual implementation.
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| OPERATOR TRAININGS
| Process Conditions
 | Process Complexity:
THINK-POWERS is the most efficient method to train operators to understand the
inner-workings of complicated processes.
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| Abnormal Operation:
Operator actions required during emergency situations can be many times more difficult to
those of normal operation. THINK-POWERS is a cost effective way to ensure that operators
are capable of instinctively handling unusual circumstances.
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| Advanced Control Operation:
| Advanced Control Strategies:
THINK-POWERS is an inexpensive way to prove to engineers and operators that a new advanced
control strategy is effective.
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| Basic Regulatory Controls:
THINK-POWERS can be useful to refresh operators in how to operate a process when its
advanced control is unavailable.
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| CONTROL SYSTEMS & INSTRUMENTATION
| Control System Upgrade:
Operators will need training in how to control the process using the new DCS in the
upgrade of old instrumentation and control systems.
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| Man/Machine Interface Design:
Control engineers can use the simulation to help in designing plant control graphics.
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| Control System Staging:
Staging the new control system, and developing advanced process optimization programs with
the help of simulation.
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