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| Optimizing pumparound reflux for zero-cost energy savings |
Ahmet Bebek and Sule Seda Ay, Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation
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2012 / Q2 |
By increasing pumparound ratios in principal units, refinery engineers were able to recover energy for process heating and reduce stack emissions
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| Crude preheat fouling control helps reduce CO2 emissions |
Andre Vanhove and Alain Pothuaud, GE Water & Process Technologies
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2012 / Q2 |
Modelling key performance indicators quantifies the impact of fouling in the hot preheat train and helps to identify the benefits of a planned treatment programme
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| A novel investiation approach linking to risk assessment |
Robin Pitblado and Mark Fisher, Det Norske Veritas
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2012 / Q2 |
A novel incident investigation approach provides information on both management system and risk barrier failures.
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| Improved heat recovery from a hydrotreater |
Peter Ellerby, Cal Gavin
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2012 / Q2 |
A Russian refinery aimed to reduce the load on a hydrotreater's fired heater by increasing the performance of the feed/effluent exchanger
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| Column preheat improvement to debottleneck furnace operation |
Said Al Zahrani, Samit Roy and Edwin Bright, Saudi Aramco
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2012 / Q2 |
Simulation helped to identify and mitigate the root cause of a furnace bottleneck to maximise the removal of light ends in the feed to a preflash column
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| Useful tips for fired heater optimisation |
Nikki Bishop and Barbara Hamilton, Emerson Process Management
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2012 / Q2 |
Model predictive control that is native to the regulatory control processor provides high-speed, redundant and robust control for process fired heaters
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| High-Purity propylene from refinery LPG |
Ed Palmer, Ian Glasgow, Sachin Nijhawan, Debra Clark and Lambert Guzman, Mustang Engineering
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2012 / Q2 |
A case study and financial analysis show that investment opportunities for refiners exist with the expected future high price of propylene
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| Assessing the impact of carbon pricing on refinery profitability |
Joris Mertens, KBC Process Technology
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2012 / Q2 |
The carbon cost to the European refining industry arising from EU policy will depend on the carbon price and on the refinery's carbon footprint
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| Carbon capture options for refiners |
Suzanne Ferguson and Mike Stockle, Foster Wheeler
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2012 / Q2 |
An outline methodology identifies the most appropriate way to achieve a refinery's carbon capture goal
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| High-performance trays alone do not guarantee performance improvements |
Sounho Lee, GTC Technology US Libor Hojsik, GTC Technology Europe Myunghyun Kim and Daeyoung Jung, Hyundai Oil Bank
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2012 / Q2 |
A high-performance tray does not itself determine the effectiveness of the whole column. Other distillation equipment plays a vital role in a successful column revamp.
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| Combination mechanical slurry conditioning and filtration |
Barry Perlmutter, BHS-Filtration
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2012 / Q2 |
A novel definition of combination filtration provides process engineers with a framework for analysing operating bottlenecks
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| Optimise hydrocracker operations for maximum distillates |
Prashant Parihar, Ravi K Voolapalli, Rajeev Kumar, Srinivasulu Kaalva, Biswanath Saha and P S Viswanathan, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, India
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2012 / Q2 |
Estimation of an accurate operating window for a hydrocracker enables refiners to minimise yields of light ends and maximise diesel production
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| Optimised reactor internals for a hydroprocessing unit |
Tai-Sheng Chou, H2Adance
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2012 / Q2 |
Optimised distributor and quench box design can improve catalyst performance and unit reliability
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| Accurate quality checks in catalyst regeneration |
Atul Dave, Consultant
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2012 / Q2 |
A method based on density measurement delivers fast and repeatable analysis of chlorination agents used in catalyst regeneration
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