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Process burner spacing

Mahmoud Fleifil, Michael Lorra, Charles E Baukal, Jeff A Lewallen and Daniel E Wright, John Zink Company LLC

2006 / Q2

Burner-to-burner interaction can increase NOx emissions and cause flame impingement on process tubes.  Predictive tools and rules of thumb have been developed to help identify when there may be interaction problems.

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Fitness for service assessment

Lynne Sharp and Jonathan Cook, ABB Engineering Services

2006 / Q2

Case studies show how fitness for service assessment was used to assure the mechanical integrity of a natural gas absorber on a cyclic duty and a low-temperature liquid ammonia storage tank.

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Improving crude unit heat integration

Carmen Martinez Valino, Inigo Crespo Irizar, Ana Alcalde Bascones, Andrea Heins and Silvia Toccaceli, Repsol YPF

2008 / Q2

An energy-saving programme conducted at Repsol YPF refineries helped to improve crude distillation unit heat integration.  Various areas of in-house expertise were employed, including pinch analysis, heat integration and other strategies.

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Online cleaning of production units

Marcello Ferrara, ITW Srl

2008 / Q2

Faster online cleaning avoids the production losses that occur when shutting down a unit for conventional cleaning.  Other benefits, such as improved safety and longer run lengths, are also realised.

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Ambient conditions impact CO and NOx emissions: part I

Wesley R Bussman and Charles E Baukal, Jr, John Zink

2009 / Q2

Changing ambient conditions can impact CO and NOx emissions without proper process adjustments.  A wide range of operating conditions show how these emissions can be affected by ambient condition changes for fuel gas-fired natural draft process heaters.

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