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| Designing vacuum units |
Scott W Golden and Tony Barletta, Process Consulting Services Inc
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2006 / Q2 |
When designing vacuum units for processing heavy Canadian crudes, reliability cost can be high if the feedstock's thermal instability is not fully appreciated. Process design considerations affecting VGO yield and quality are discussed.
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| Comparing packing efficiencies |
Mark Pilling and Nina Prohorenko-Johnson, Sulzer Chemtech USA Inc
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2006 / Q2 |
In mechanically demanding applications, grid packing can help control costs and product degradation. Important parameters such as grid surface area and its effect on efficiency are discussed.
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| Applying chemical cleaning solutions |
Bruce R Jansen, Refined Technologies
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2006 / Q2 |
The use of specially formulated cleaning chemistry applied to distillation columns, heat exchangers, pumps and other key processing equipment can improve operation margins.
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| Recovering pure aromatics |
Thomas Diehl, Barbel Kolbe and Helmut Gehrke, Uhde GmbH
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2006 / Q2 |
The recovery of pure aromatics feedstocks such as reformate of pyrolysis gasoline through solvent-based extractive distillation. The efficiency, purities and yields of a single-column extractive distillation configuration based on actual plant results are discussed.
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| Applying relief load calculation methods |
Allan Arbo, Irving Oil Ltd Deon Van Der Merwe, Michelle Danielson and Mohamed Abouelhassan, Fluor Canada
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2008 / Q2 |
Case study compares dynamic simulation vs conventional unbalanced heat method for relief load calculations in a naphtha hydrotreater, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of each method and providing clarity where dynamic simulation should be pursued.
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| Reliability vs recovery for delayed coking fractionators |
Darius Remesat, Koch-Glitsch Canada
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2009 / Q2 |
When selecting tower internals, numerous choices are available for coker main fractionator configurations, each offering benefits and trade-offs. Some of these choices are discussed along with insight into the internals features that can be provided in any coker fractionator.
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| Post-combustion capture of CO2 |
Abhilash Menon, Markus Duss and Christian Bachmann, Sulzer Chemtech.
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2009 / Q2 |
Case study of a generic amine-based absorption process. A lifecycle cost analysis for a power plant over a 40-year span clearly shows the advantages of structured packing over random packing.
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