Distillation column at JSR plant.
In a field test to determine the viability of artificial intelligence (AI) to control a chemical plant, automation technology supplierYokogawa Electric Corporationand chemical manufacturerJSR Corporationsuccessfully operated a distillation column at the JSR plant autonomously with AI for 35 days. The test ran from January 17 to February 21, 2022, for a total of 840 hours of operation.
Yokogawa and JSR say the test confirmed thatreinforcement learning AIcan control operations beyond automated PID and Advanced Process Control (APC) applications that typically require the judgement of plant personnel and manual operation of control valves.
