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| Tier 3 gasoline from tight oil crudes |
Tek Sutikno and Kevin Turini, Fluor Enterprises Inc |
2017 / Q2 |
Assessing process schemes to counter loss of gasoline road octane when the crude feed includes tight oil
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| Managing petcoke slurry |
Prafull Patidar and Ajay Gupta, Reliance Industries |
2017 / Q2 |
There is a good economic case for petcoke slurry as a refinery fuel, but first you need to deal with the rheology
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| Handling mercury in gas processing plants |
Saeid Mokhatab, Gas Processing Consultant
Panayiotis Theophanous and Alaa Shanableh, Johnson Matthey |
2017 / Q2 |
Advances in the safe treatment and disposal of mercury in gaseous and liquid streams
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| A broader view to improve energy efficiency |
Nicolas Lambert and Filipa Goujard, Axens |
2017 / Q2 |
A project to improve a FCC unit's energy efficiency took into account surrounding process units to expand opportunities for saving energy and utilities
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| Exchanger cleaning contest: chemicals vs jetting |
Haradi Anand Ashok and Ritwik Kumar Hatial, Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals |
2017 / Q2 |
Chemical cleaning proved to be more effective than water jetting to increase the efficiency of a high heat flux exchanger
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| Membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment |
Brian Arntsen, Stephen Katz and Wajahat Syed, GE Water & Process Technologies |
2017 / Q2 |
Processing opportunity crudes enables higher profits but introduces bigger challenges in effluent treatment
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| On-demand propylene from naphtha |
Bart De Graaf and Ray Fletcher, Inovacat B.V.
Angelos Lappas, Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute of the Center for Research and Technology |
2017 / Q2 |
A new catalytic process targets economic production of propylene from naphtha at relatively low capital and operating costs
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| Upgrading CO2 removal systems |
V K Arora, Kinetics Process Improvements |
2017 / Q2 |
Simple modifications to three carbon dioxide removal systems raised their efficiences with short payback periods
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| Revamping crude towers to meet bitumen specifications |
Secil Uzun and Murat Ercan, Tupras |
2017 / Q2 |
A revamp of crude column internals improved bitumen quality, increased output of light products, saved on energy costs and improved ease of operation
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| Model predictive control of a distillation unit |
Otmar Lorenz, Bernd-Markus Pfeiffer, Michael Schuler and Ute Forstner, Siemens |
2017 / Q2 |
In a coordinated plant process, particular attention must be paid to control of individual columns
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| Improving sulphur plant performance |
Elmo Nasato, Nasato Consulting |
2017 / Q2 |
Strict attention to utilities is critical to ensure safe and reliable sulphur recovery unit operation
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| Building robust hydroprocessing operations |
Amit Kelkar, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies |
2017 / Q2 |
Advances in catalyst technology enable refiners to maximise profitability by processing opportunity crudes and running heavier feeds
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| Building a refinery monitoring system |
Soumen Mandal, P Sridhar, Sowmya Challa, A N Jadhav, Deepak Kewlani and Arnab Banerjee, Indian Oil Corporation |
2017 / Q2 |
Developing a process network and unit monitoring system that identifies significant changes in process parameters
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| Stopping corrosion on in-service structures |
Merrick Alpert, EonCoat |
2017 / Q2 |
Unlike more traditional coatings, chemically bonded phosphase ceramics can stop corrosion, extend equipment life, and minimise production downtime
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