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| Romanian refiner adopts electronic learning to raise efficiency |
Cristinela Budin, Rompetrol Refinery Brian Cormier, Resource Development Company Arun Palit, Solomon Associates
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2009 / Q4 |
Following Romania's accession to the EU, a local refiner reassessed its approach to training to ensure a supply of skilled operators.
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| Flexible solutions for increased diesel production |
Robert Karlin and Aris Macris, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc Raul Adarme and Kathy Wu, Criterion Catalyst & Technologies LP
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2009 / Q4 |
Distillation changes and optimised hydroprocessing units represent a broad range of technical and economic options for increasing production of diesel.
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| Has the time for partial upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen arrived? |
Jim Colyar, Colyar Consultants
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2009 / Q4 |
Partial or field upgrading of heavy oil produces transportable synthetic crude oil and eliminates the need for diluents for transportation to refiners.
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| Upgrading residues for high levels of distillate production |
Dan Gillis, Mark Vanwees and Paul Zimmerman, UOP
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2009 / Q4 |
A slurry hydrocracking reactor technology demonstrates a high level of conversion of vacuum residues to distillate and gasoline.
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| Strategies for increasing production of light cycle oil |
David Hunt, Ruizhong Hu, Hongbo Ma, Larry Langan and Wu-Cheng Cheng, Grace Davison
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2009 / Q4 |
Refineries should consider several strategies, including recycle and enhanced catalyst activity, to increase LCO output from the FCCU while minimising bottoms production
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| Wireless technology in the refinery |
Jeff Becker and Jerry Stanek, Honeywell Process Solutions
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2009 / Q4 |
Wireless data gathering can mean lower capital costs and gains in efficiency, provided the limitations of available bandwidth are taken into consideration.
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| Catalytic cracking process enhances production of olefins |
Dalip Soni and M Rama Rao, Lummus Technology G Saidulu, D Bhattacharyya and V K Satheesh, Indian Oil Corporation
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2009 / Q4 |
A FCC technology and catalyst formulation selectively crack a wide range of feeds, including residue, to yield high quantities of light olefins.
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| FCC gasoline and C4 streams for BTX production |
Joseph Gentry and Weihua Jin, GTC Technology
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2009 / Q4 |
An extractive distillation process provides direct recovery of aromatics from FCC gasoline to rebalance refinery production towards higher levels of petrochemicals.
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| Developing standards in refinery energy management |
Herve Closon and Ulrika Wishing, Belsim Jean-Claude Noisier, Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage
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2009 / Q4 |
Precise validation and reconciliation of site data is required for an effective energy management system in a refinery.
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| Real-time refinery energy manangement |
Diego Ruiz, Carlos Ruiz and Fernan Serralunga, Soteica
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2009 / Q4 |
An online model installed at Repsol Cartagena refinery enables optimal balance between internal energy production and demand.
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| FCC flue gas scrubber alternatives: part II |
John Sawyer, Hanif Lakhani, Kurt Schuttenberg and Lindsay McRae, Pall Corporation Ray Fletcher and Martin Evans, Intercat
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2009 / Q4 |
The merits of combining additives and barrier filters as a cost-effective alternative to meeting SOx, NOx and particulate matter emissions targets.
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| Opportunities for increasing on-demand light cycle oil |
Ray Fletcher, Intercat
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2009 / Q4 |
Swift response to demand for higher LCO yields from the FCCU may involve optimising variable parameters and employing a bottoms cracking additive.
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| Salt deposition in FCC gas concentration units |
Michel Melin, Colin Baillie and Gordon McElhiney, Grace Davison Refining Technologies Europe
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2009 / Q4 |
Various operational problems can arise when ammonium chloride deposition occurs in FCC gas concentration units, and there is a range of likely causes.
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