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| Catalysts for maximising middle distillates |
Ruben Miravalles, Tamara Galindo, Repsol
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2012 / Q1 |
Collaboration in catalyst development and application, from laboratory scale to commercial operation, enabled a refiner to achieve production objectives.
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| Using cold boiler feed water for energy recovery |
Alisan Dogan, Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation
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2012 / Q1 |
Feeding membrane deaerated cold boiler feed water to appropriate units will enable waste heat to replace substantial steam duty in a refinery
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| Cost estimating for turnarounds |
Gordon Lawrence, Asset Performance Networks
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2012 / Q1 |
Cost estimates for refinery turnarounds can lack accuracy, but lessons learned from capital project estimating could improve matters
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| Abatement of hydrogen sulphide in asphalt |
Jennifer Draper and Joseph Stark, Baker Hughes
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2012 / Q1 |
Risks of exposure at asphalt loading platforms require reliable monitoring of H2S levels and a programme of abatement using effective chemical scavengers.
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| Oxygen enrichment in desulphurisation |
Shivan Ahamparam and Stephen Harrison, Linde
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2012 / Q1 |
Oxygen enrichment technology is a viable and cost-effective solution for significantly increasing sulphur treatment capacity.
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| Green retarder technology for the styrene industry |
Lisheng Xu, Javier Florencio, Vincent Lewis and Christopher Morrison, Nalco Ana Guzman, Carmen Monfort and Ana Olivares, Repsol Quimica Tarragona
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2012 / Q1 |
Increased environmental and safety awareness in the styrene industry has led to the development of more acceptable alternatives to toxic nitrophenolic retarders
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| Energy recovery with compact heat exchangers |
Marcos Matsufugi, Alfa Laval
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2012 / Q1 |
Compact heat exchangers are used for heat recovery applications where high efficiency is vital, space or weight constraints apply, or exotic materials are required
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| Low rare earth catalysts for FCC operations |
Yen Yung and Ken Bruno, Albemarle Corporation
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2012 / Q1 |
Features including high zeolite and matrix stability and high accessibility architecture characterise a family of low rare earth FCC catalysts
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| Catalyst additives reduce rare earth costs |
Ray Fletcher, Intercat
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2012 / Q1 |
Catalyst additive technologies help to control rare earth costs in fresh FCC catalyst additions and in SOx capture
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| Consolidation of refinery control rooms |
Eric Jan Kwekkeboom, Yokogawa Europe & Africa
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2012 / Q1 |
Migration of a refinery's DCS provided an opportunity to reconfigure and consolidate the control rooms and operations management system
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| Integrated monitoring for optimising crude distillation |
Gregory Shahnovsky, Tal Cohen and Ronny McMurray, Modcon-Systems Ltd
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2012 / Q1 |
On-line process analysers in crude distillation units prevent lost throughput caused by non-conforming process conditions and crude oil switching
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| Crude oil vapour pressure testing |
Hannes Pichler and Klaus Hense, Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of Ametek
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2012 / Q1 |
Vapour pressure testing is an important safety check in the transport, storage and blending of crude oil
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| Optimised hydrogen production by steam reforming: part I |
Sanke Rajyalakshmi, Kedar Patwardhan and P V Balaramakrishna, Larsen and Toubro
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2012 / Q1 |
Modelling optimisation of process and design parameters for minimising natural gas consumption in hydrogen production by steam reforming
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| Improved catalytic reforming |
Anthony Poparad, Beatrix Ellis, Bryan Glover and Stephen Metro, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
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2012 / Q1 |
Catalyst solutions help to improve the profitability and reliability of reforming units
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| New crude oil basket for hydrogen savings |
Rajeev Kumar, Prashant Parihar and Ravi K Voolapalli, Corporate R&D Centre, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, India
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2012 / Q1 |
The processing requirements of opportunity crudes are considered for the operations of the Indian refineries
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| Evaluation of a low rare earth resid FCC catalyst |
Sabeeth Srikantharajah and Colin Baillie, Grace Catalysts Technologies Bernhard Zahnbrecher and Wieland Wache, Bayernoil
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2012 / Catalysis |
A zero rare earth catalyst blended with a rare earth-based catalyst enabled a refinery to reduce its FCC catalyst rare earth requirement by 80%
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| Refinery fuel gas in steam reforming hydrogen plants |
Peter Broadhurst and Graham Hinton, Johnson Matthey Catalysts
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2012 / Catalysis |
Fuel gas is an attractive feedstock for hydrogen production, but appropriate catalysts and temperature control are needed to address high olefin levels.
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| Estimating silicon accumulation in coker naphtha hydrotreaters |
Thienan Tran, Patrick Gripka and Larry Kraus, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies
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2012 / Catalysis |
Improved sampling and analysis of silicon in the feed enable a significant gain in the cycle life of coker naphtha hydrotreater catalysts
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| FCC catalyst coolers in maximum propylene mode |
Rahul Pillai and Phillip Niccum, KBR
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2012 / Catalysis |
Catalyst cooling technology for continuous heat removal from the regenerator in maximum propylene operations can avoid damage to FCC catalyst and equipment
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| Decrease catalyst costs by reneneration, analysis and sorting |
Pierre Dufresne, Eurecat Francois Locatelli, Eurecat France
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2012 / Catalysis |
Use of regenerated catalyst can be maximised by careful sampling and analysis of spent catalyst to construct a reactor contamination profile
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| Optimisation of integrated aromatic complexes |
Axel Duker, Sud-Chemeie AG
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2012 / Catalysis |
A novel class of purification catalysts provides improved selectivity in aromatic complex service
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| Troubleshooting a FCC unit |
Chiranjeevi Thota, Shalini Gupta, Dattatraya Tammanna Gokak, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli, P V C Rao and Viswanathan Poyyamani Swaminathan, Bharat Petroleum Corporation
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2012 / Catalysis |
The source of a fouling problem in a FCC CO boiler was identified by systematic analysis of fresh catalysts, additives and equilibrium catalysts
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| A new approach to treating shale gases |
Ralph Weiland and Nathan Hatcher, Optimized Gas Treating
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2012 / Gas |
Shale gas can be challenging to treat, but mass transfer rate-based simulation and appropriate tower internals can make it no harder to treat than other natural gases
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| Heat exchange reforming in gas synthesis |
Henrik Surrow Larsen, Haldor Topsoe
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2012 / Gas |
An exchange reformer design offers a very high reforming temperature and the option to reduce primary reformer size
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| Micromachined gas chromatography for gas plants |
Les Alberts, Seala Services
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2012 / Gas |
Onsite gas chromatography is available to troubleshoot, optimise, debottleneck and help identify energy savings in natural gas plants
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| GTL adds value to gs production |
Neville Hargreaves, Oxford Catalysts Group
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2012 / Gas |
Distributed GTL plants could provide economic monetisation of shale gas, associated gas and stranded gas.
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| Using physical solvent in multiple applications |
Jack McJannett, Dow Chemical Canada
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2012 / Gas |
A physical solvent's properties and versatility in a variety of flow schemes for energy-efficient gas treating in a range of applications are discussed
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| Solutions for the treatment of highly sour gases |
Francois Lallemand and Gauthier Perdu, Prosernat Cristina Maretto and Claire Weiss, Total E&P Julia Magne-Drisch and Anne-Claire Lucquin, IFP Energies Nouvelles
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2012 / Gas |
Process technologies for the cost-effective treatment of natural gas with high and ultra-high acid gas content
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| Combating the threat of mercury |
Michael Hayes and Katrin Akerlindh, Linde Gases
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2012 / Gas |
Emerging legally binding action on mercury emissions highlights the importance of monitoring and quantifying emissions from gas operations
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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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| Process and catalysis factors to maximise propylene output |
Takuya Amano, Jack Wilcox and Carel Pouwels, Albemarle Corporation
Takakazu Matsuura, Taiyo Oil Co |
2012 / Q3 |
Catalyst selection and process design enable a new RFCC unit to maximise propylene production from a range of feeds
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| Challenges and opportunities of 10 ppm sulphur gasoline: part 1 |
Delphone Largeteau, Jay Ross, Marc Laborde and Larry Wisdom, Axens |
2012 / Q3 |
Prospect of a worldwide standard for ULSG and the challenges of increased heavy crude supplies demand careful considerationa and selection of refinery configuration
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| Natural gas fuels the integration of refining and petrochemicals |
Tanmay Taraphdar, Praveen Yadav and M K E Prasad, Technip KT India |
2012 / Q3 |
Maximising the use of natural gas in a refinery-petrochemicals complex offers higher margins and lower carbon emissions
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| Offline tools for on-site control implementation |
Ken Allsford, Bhaskar Iyer and Aric Tomlins, Advanced Solutions, Honeywell International |
2012 / Q3 |
Application of productivity tools and work process changes can expedite advanced control projects and reduce effort in refining applications
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| APC2: aligning people with control |
Raymond Coker, BP Texas City refinery |
2012 / Q3 |
A lead practitioner explains how refinery-wide involvement of people underpins a major advanced process control programme
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| Alarm floods and plant incidents |
Dustin Beebe, Steve Ferrer and Darwin Logerot, ProSys Inc |
2012 / Q3 |
Alarm floods and their contribution to industrial incidents can be controlled succesfully through all process states
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| Minimise corrosion while maximising distillate |
Brandon Payne, GE Water & Process Technologies |
2012 / Q3 |
Reducing atmospheric fractionator overhead temperatures to maximise middle distillate production requires a full understanding of resulting corrosion mechanisms
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| Reliable design of sour water strippers |
Nathan Hatcher and Ralph Weiland, Optimized Gas Treating |
2012 / Q3 |
A simulation model aims to raise confidence in the reliability of sour water stripper design
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| Monitoring and treatment to maximise light cycle oil |
Greg Savage, Nalco |
2012 / Q3 |
Fouling control, simulation software and tower scanning can improve operations and reliability when maximising middle distillate and propylene production
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| Monitoring and diagnostics for reciprocating compressors |
Jost-A Anderhub, Prognost Systems |
2012 / Q3 |
A guide to the purpose and terminology of monitoring systems than ensure effective operation of reciprocating compressors
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| Catalyst stripper improves FCC unit performance |
Rama Rao Mari and Dalip Soni, Lummus Technology, a CB&I Company |
2012 / Q3 |
Stripper internals with improved mass transfer characteristics improve the performance of an FCC unit
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| Gasifying coke to produce hydrogen in refineries |
Tek Sutikno and Kevin Turini, Fluor Enterprises |
2012 / Q3 |
Coke gasification to produce hydrogen for hydroprocessing is more capital intensive than steam methan reforming, but not so vulnerable to natural gas price variations
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| High-quality products from heavy sour crudes |
Maria Aldescu, KBC Advanced Technologies |
2012 / Q3 |
Application of current and emerging technologies will determine the potential of poor-quality crudes as sources of high-quality products
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| Removing fines from gas scrubbing liquids |
Barry Perlmutter, BHS- Filtration |
2012 / Q3 |
Think cake candle filter technology can be applied to a range of refining and gas processing applications to remove fines from circulating scrubbing liquids
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| Designing a crude unit heat exchanger network |
Tony Barletta and Steve White, Process Consulting Services
Krishnan Chunangad, Lummus Technology Heat Transfer |
2012 / Sour/Heavy |
Preheat train design for heavy Canadian crudes can be very challenging, requiring an approach not normally required with other crudes
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| Vacuum unit performance |
Scot Golden, Tony Barletta and Steve White, Process Consulting Services |
2012 / Sour/Heavy |
Inaccurate feed characterisation and process modelling errors are major contributors to poor performance in a vacuum unit as refiners switch to heavier crude types
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| Designing the CDU/VDU for opportunity crudes |
Scott Golden, Tony Barletta and Steve White, Process Consulting Services |
2012 / Sour/Heavy |
New units for processing heavy crudes should not be designed using conventional practices or run length will be short, and product yields and quality poor
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| Desalting heavy Canadian crudes |
Tom Collins, Forum Energy Technologies
Tony Barletta, Process Consulting Services |
2012 / Sour/Heavy |
Effective desalting requires large desalters and attention to all variables associated with good desalter performance.
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| Challenges of heavy crude processing |
Maria Aldescu, KBC Advanced Technologies |
2012 / Sour/Heavy |
A review of upgrading options and refinery configurations to process heavy crudes profitably
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| Challenges and opportunities of 10 ppm sulphur gasoline: part 2 |
Delphine Largeteau, Jay Ross, Marc Laborde and Larry Wisdom, Axens |
2012 / Q4 |
Economic evaluation of processing options for ultra-low sulphur gasoline compares severe pretreatment with a combination of pre- and post-treat solutions
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| Dynamic simulation: a tool for engineering problems |
Dipanjan Bhattacharya, Haribabu Chittibabu, Jesse Mumm and Jaleel Valappil, Bechtel |
2012 / Q4 |
Dynamic simulation can be used to solve engineering problems that require an in-depth understanding of transient processes
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| Exploiting opportunities with challenging crudes |
India Nagi-Hanspal, Mahesh Subramaniyam, Parag Shah, Sergio Moretti and James Noland, DorfKetal Chemicals |
2012 / Q4 |
Chemical treatment techniques solve many of the processing problems encountered in refining opportunity crudes
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| Valuable liquids from refinery gases |
Zaheer Malik and John Slack, Linde Process Plants |
2012 / Q4 |
With appropriate treatment schemes, refinery off-gases can be valuable sources of olefins and hydrogen
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| Thermal Oxidiser waste heat recovery |
Ryan Tate, Zeeco Inc |
2012 / Q4 |
Capturing the heat energy used for waste gas destruction enables processing plants to enhance their efficiency and minimise operating costs.
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| Simulating and monitoring H2 plant operations |
Gene Yeh, Saudi Aramco
Prabhas Mandal, Abdulali Siddiqui and Fahad Alhemidda, Saudi Aramco Riyah Refinery |
2012 / Q4 |
A computer program was developed to enable a refinery to monitor its hydrogen production daily to foresee potential operating problems.
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| RFCC units set new standard for propylene production |
Patrick Walker and Raymond Peterman, UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company |
2012 / Q4 |
RFCC units are being commissioned and operated to convert hydrotreated and straight-run resid to high levels of propylene
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| Value of monitoring exchanger networks |
Laura Copeland, Nalco Company |
2012 / Q4 |
A rigorous exchanger simulation model can be used to calculate the true cost of fouling in crude preheat networks
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| FCC catalysts and additives for cost and emissions control |
Kenneth Hindle and Maria Luisa Sargenti, Grace Catalysts Technologies
Juan Vargas, Coryton Refinery |
2012 / Q4 |
A rare earth-free catalyst enabled a refinery to reduce its FCC catalyst costs and a non-platinum combustion promoter helped control NOx emissions
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| Stripping sour water: the effect of heat stable salts |
Ralph Weiland and Nathan Hatcher, Optimized Gas Treating Inc |
2012 / Q4 |
Mass transfer rate-based simulation models sour water stripping and assesses the distribution of ammonia in conventional amine treating systems
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| Production of biolubricant base stock |
Shalini Gupta, Rajeev Kumar, Sudha Tyagi and Peddy V C Rao, Bharat Petroleum Corporation |
2012 / Q4 |
Using microwave technology in biolubricants production enhances product yields and reduces reaction time.
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| Mitigation of heat exchanger fouling |
Bruce Wright, Baker Hughes Incorporated
Todd Hochheiser, Valero Energy Corporation |
2012 / Q4 |
Detailed analysis of potential contributors identifies the root cause of fouling in naphtha hydrotreater feed-effluent exchangers
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| Innovations in wastewater treatment |
Darren Gurney, Linde Gases Division |
2012 / Q4 |
Industrial gases provide a wide range of options for treating wastewater from petrochemical processes
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| Optimising sweep gas flow in a flare header |
Satish Mathur, Bechtel India |
2012 / Q4 |
How to calculate the minimum flow of flare header sweep gas needed to maintain safe conditions
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| Updating plant information |
Clive Wilby and Gary Farrow, AVEVA |
2012 / Revamps |
Bringing the structures of existing refineries into the digital information age transforms the processes of upgrading and operating
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| Hydroprocessing to maximise refinery profitability |
David Brossard, Natalia Koldachenko, Theo Maesen, Dan Torchia and H Alex Yoon, Chevron Lummus Global |
2012 / Revamps |
Low-cost changes in catalyst systems can significantly enhance operational flexibility and increase returns on investment
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| Fast-track FCC installation |
Whitney Strickland and Chad Beckemeyer, AltairStrickland |
2012 / Revamps |
Upgrading a 1990s millisecond catalytic cracking unit to a 2012 FCC unit took just 60 days at St Charles refinery
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| Revamp of Slovnaft's hydrocracking unit |
Ole Frej Alkilde, Haldor Topsoe
Filip Stancl, Slovnaft |
2012 / Revamps |
A revamp to maximise middle distillate production and increase unit reliability and safety
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| Performance audits for burners and flares |
Jesse Chambers, Jim Smith and Keith Wade, Zeeco Inc |
2012 / Revamps |
Performance audits and pre-retrofit checks identify issues and help specify the correct equipment for process heater and flare revamps
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| Platformer debutaniser revamp and optimisation |
Rakan Bilaus, Sajeesh Padmanabhan and Neelay Bhattacharya, Saudi Aramco |
2012 / Revamps |
Recommendations following a study of high reformate RVP delivered a range of benefits including a significant increase in gasoline production
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| Planning for Revamps |
Alexey Rodikov, NIS - Gazprom Neft |
2012 / Revamps |
Serbia's petroleum refinery describes its plans for a continuing programme of plant revamps and updates
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