ARTICLES
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Gas and fire detection in a tankage area
Apr-2015
A new detection system in a refinery’s tankage area has transformed the level of safety in the event of gas leakage and fire
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Improving crude unit operation
Jan-2011
Most crude and vacuum units present an opportunity for improvement using modern process control systems
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Cyber security in the refining world
Jul-2015
Protection of industrial control assets requires ongoing risk assessment, well-defined security policies and an aggressive overall strategy
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Safety system separation - examination of three types of machinery protection systems
Apr-2016
overspeed, surge detection and vibration monitoring, to help clarify when a SIL certification is truly necessary. Authors explain how companies can protect ...
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Calculating and mitigating the effects of water hammer in a liquid sampling system
Apr-2014
In a liquid analytical sampling system, a common problem has the potential to destroy pressure gauges, flowmeters, pumps, and other sensitive componen ...
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Apr-2011
An integrated energy management system supports improvements to a refinery’s performance in energy consumption and emissions control
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Apr-2017
Finite element analysis can be employed to improve the safety and quality of old or new designs and troubleshoot problems in the field
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Crude analysers in corrosion prevention
Mar-2018
On-line salt-in-crude oil analysers and crude oil analysers are essential in protecting the CDU and other refinery process units from corrosion.
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Minimising gasoline specification give-away
Oct-2015
Minimising the difference between a measured physical property and a critical specification for gasoline can have a significant impact on refinery pro ...
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Enhanced control techniques for cryogenic turboexpander recompressors
Feb-2014
Turboexpander compression trains are commonly used in petrochemical processes for extracting the heavier hydrocarbons from natural gas.
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Parallel expander-recompressor controls and piping layouts
Jul-2015
Turboexpanders are key pieces of process equipment for the recovery of high-value condensates from natural gasses in modern NGL plants.
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Building a refinery monitoring system
Jun-2017
Developing a process network and unit monitoring system that identifies significant changes in process parameters
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Minimising giveaway through online blending (TIA)
Jan-2016
Refiners are responsible for controlling their blends of gasoline and diesel fuels to meet specifications for multiple parameters.
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Monitoring and diagnostics for reciprocating compressors
Jul-2012
A guide to the purpose and terminology of monitoring systems that ensure effective operation of reciprocating compressors
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Sizing relief valves for real gas or vapour
Jul-2019
An appraisal of relief valve discharge area sizing methods for gas or vapour.
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Process flow determines coker heater performance
Jun-2018
Uniform tube metal temperature resulting from a change in process flow enhances the run length of a delayed coker heater.
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Manufacturing execution systems for the refining industry
Jul-2013
Real-time data and decision support tools provide access to plant information to enable a timely response to production issues
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Jul-2015
How to maximise the life cycle of control systems used in turbomachinery
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Plant optimisation: leveraging data analytics and modelling
Jan-2018
More advanced modelling skills are needed at the design stage to realise the promise of better optimisation
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Optimising hydrogen production and use
Jul-2011
Knowledge of hydrogen producing and consuming process technologies, systems analyses and process controls can be leveraged to optimise hydrogen use
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Diagnostic tools and control parameters for refinery heaters
Apr-2013
To optimise or manage furnace operation more effectively and safely, engineers and operators need to understand and control the entire process
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Handling delayed coker disturbances with APC
Sep-2016
An advanced process control system provides automatic detection of disturbances during drum switch in a delayed coker to raise performance levels.
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Lessons learned from Mpc revamp of two naphtha crackers
Apr-2013
A project overview includes changes made at the regulatory and advanced control level, and results obtained. Techniques and tools used in the project are ...
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High-fidelity operator training simulators
Jan-2014
Integrating a high-fidelity simulation model with a real plant control system requires some finessing to produce a true high-fidelity operator training ...
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Oil/water interface control for desalters
Oct-2007
Profiling instrument provides vertical real-time phase density measurement in desalter vessels. Benefits include reduced process upsets from interface ...
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Managing vacuum tower wash beds
Sep-2020
ThruVision™ scans monitor the rate of coking in vacuum tower wash beds to get the most out of bed productivity.
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Automation of tank farm systems
Sep-2016
Automation helps to streamline operations as well as supply and demand planning, sales orders and inventory in tank management.
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Jul-2015
How to maximise the life cycle of control systems used in turbomachinery
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Packed bed performance analytics
Jun-2018
Advanced analytics introduce a numerical and easily understood approach to tower gamma scanning.
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Advanced turbomachinery controls improve ethylene plant yield
Aug-2015
Advanced integrated turbomachinery controls can significantly alleviate the suction pressure dip of a cracked gas compressor, leading to considerable yield ...
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Advanced process control in FCC and hydrocracking units
Apr-2015
Implementation of advanced process control of two major units produced significant savings with short payback times
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Apr-2017
Mercury has been elevated to the status of a pollutant of global concern owing to some of its unique toxic properties which pose environmental and health ...
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Artificial intelligence for refiners
Jan-2019
First define the problem, then artificial intelligence can be the way forward to higher operational efficiencies.
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Cross-unit APC boosts downstream performance
Jul-2020
Manipulating advanced process control in a crude unit reduced constraints in a downstream diesel hydrotreater
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Piping and instrument diagrams: Part 2 Causes and management of change
Apr-2021
It is difficult to categorise or group the many reasons for routine or late changes to a P&ID. Some causes are listed here.
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Process flow determines coker heater performance
Jun-2018
Uniform tube metal temperature resulting from a change in process flow enhances the run length of a delayed coker heater.
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Model predictive control of a distillation unit
Jul-2017
In a coordinated plant process, particular attention must be paid to control of individual columns.
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Dec-2020
Leveraging IIOT concepts leads to a reduction in energy consumption and improved refining margin
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Plant optimisation: leveraging data analytics and modelling
Jan-2018
More advanced modelling skills are needed at the design stage to realise the promise of better optimisation
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Ensuring an accurate reading in a differential pressure steam application
Dec-2013
A common process instrumentation application measures differential pressure in a steam line, with the final output being a flow rate measurement. The process ...
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Isokinetic nozzles for steam sampling
Nov-2016
The proper design of a sampling system is critical for a sample that is representative of the stream to be measured.
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Controlling the hydrocarbon dew point of pipeline gas
Jul-2017
A key factor in selecting technology to control the hydrocarbon dew point of natural gas is the quantity of heavy hydrocarbons in the feed stream
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Modelling catalytic naphtha reforming
Jul-2017
A data handling modelling approach is applied to predict the output performance of a heavy naphtha catalytic reforming unit
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Data analytics for hydrocarbon processing
Oct-2016
Advanced data handling techniques are transforming operations in the refining industry at an increasing pace.
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Improving level control in desalters to aid in use of opportunity crudes
Sep-2019
Refineries are a complex set of various operating units designed to process crude oil into refined products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuels and feedstocks ...
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Role of fired heater safety systems
Jul-2013
A fully automated burner management system operating as a SIS for burner control can meet minimum safety targets, improve system availability and lower ...
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Asphalt quality prediction and control
Oct-2014
With knowledge of heavy vacuum gasoil cut-point and asphalt density, asphalt quality can be inferred
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Handling delayed coker disturbances with APC
Sep-2016
An advanced process control system provides automatic detection of disturbances during drum switch in a delayed coker to raise performance levels.
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Controlling LPG/propylene quality
Oct-2016
Online analysers can minimise costly upsets in FCC LPG/propylene quality and realise savings in caustic wash operations.
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Building a refinery monitoring system
Jun-2017
Developing a process network and unit monitoring system that identifies significant changes in process parameters
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Mar-2021
Hybrid modelling combines artificial intelligence and processing expertise to develop accurate models of refining processes.
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Trends and developments in gas analysis
Mar-2021
Technical and digital developments are modernising the way gas analysers are built and used.
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Monitoring processes with radiometric measurements (TIA)
Feb-2021
Reliable measurement solutions for refineries as well as for petrochemical industries are not a matter of course.
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Should you rely on your simulation results?
Dec-2020
Avoiding some of the pitfalls of process simulation
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Dec-2020
Leveraging IIOT concepts leads to a reduction in energy consumption and improved refining margin
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Heater experts solve common problems with IR thermography
Dec-2020
Many owner operators in the oil/gas and petrochemical industry know infrared (IR) thermography is a pillar of any robust inspection program. At Becht Fired ...
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Mitigating corrosion with a digital twin
Nov-2020
Data-driven engineering helps engineers to identify ways to improve predictions of corrosion. Processing plants depend on assorted metallic equipment and ...
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Digitalisation for improved operations
Nov-2020
Increased availability of gas analysis equipment through digital transformation can raise levels of operational excellence.
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Level measurement in coke drums (TiA)
Nov-2020
If heavy components of crude oil are to be converted into lighter ones, cracking processes come into play.
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Oct-2020
How MOL used a new approach to data to improve plant diagnostics, adopt alternate crudes and save millions. The petroleum industry is once again in the ...
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ThruVision™ scans are the next step to investigate liquid maldistribution
Sep-2020
ThruVision™ technology allows for a complete understanding of liquid distribution, saving days of production losses and massive costs of a unit shut ...
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Pre-turnaround scans enable better critical path planning
Sep-2020
Tru-Scan™ and Tru-Grid™ Scan results help determine whether to enter a particular column during the turnaround outage or remove it from the critical ...
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Managing vacuum tower wash beds
Sep-2020
ThruVision™ scans monitor the rate of coking in vacuum tower wash beds to get the most out of bed productivity.
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Tru-Scan™ identifies abnormal process conditions and helps optimise vessel efficiencies
Sep-2020
Tru-Scans™ provide valuable data aiding operations in achieving 115% of unit capacity
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Tru-Grid™ scans detect solids build-up to assist in determining the appropriate maintenance path
Sep-2020
PackView™ liquid retention scale included on Tru-Grid™ Scan results provide customers the amount of build-up, relative density and growth patterns ...
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Sep-2020
Tracerco technology can see inside the very heart of operations to determine why processes are not operating as expected.
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Increase production rates with Tracerco’s FrothView and Tru-Scan technologies
Sep-2020
How Tru-Scan™ and FrothView™ results help increase production, and remove the debutanizer tower, which seemed to be the bottleneck for the unit.
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Detecting leaking PSVs helps a refiner avoid potential emission fines and penalties
Sep-2020
A Tracerco Diagnostics™ Leak study identifies leaks resulting in massive savings from environmental fines, without any interruption to production.
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Baseline scans prove critical in diagnosing any potential future column problems
Sep-2020
A baseline scan establishes a reference point, a historical marker for column performance
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PackView™ liquid retention scale is a quantitative analysis of packing maldistribution
Sep-2020
PackView™ can be used to compare operational parameters with engineering design
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Protect control valves when production slows
Sep-2020
With many plants running at reduced rates or on shutdown, control valve operation faces severe challenges to maintain throughput. Solutions are at han ...
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Real-time crude and desalter monitoring
Sep-2020
An analyser array supports corrosion management through continuous insights into changes in crude quality
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Troubleshooting premature tower flooding
Aug-2020
Thorough analysis of field data and tray hydraulics together with gamma scanning were key factors in the successful troubleshooting of premature flooding ...
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Molecular management for refinery-petrochemical complexes
Aug-2020
Designing a digital twin for process simulation of an integrated complex enables enhanced molecular management to deliver higher margin.The future comprises ...
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Cutting the cost of refinery process control and CEMS gas analysis
Aug-2020
Developments in equipment functionality to reduce maintenance costs, innovative service delivery which can enable outsourcing and an array of digital solutions ...
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Achiving decarbonisation targets with innovative digital capabilities
May-2022
(White Paper) - For oil and gas companies to achieve mandated decarbonisation targets, they need to increase the use of data and innovative digital capabilities, ...
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Accelerating the digital transformation
May-2022
(White Paper) - The energy and utilities (E&U) industry constantly changes and transforms to comply with government regulations, implement new technologies, ...
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