ARTICLES
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Optimise the route to emissions compliance
Aug-2017
Increasingly stringent SO2 emission regulations may demand smart and cost-effective alternatives to generic amine based tail gas treating units.
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Factors affecting Claus waste heat boiler design and operation
Mar-2019
The Claus Waste Heat Boiler (WHB) is a critical piece of equipment in a Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU); its fundamental purpose is as a heat transfer device ...
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Best practice for refinery flowsheets
Aug-2019
Refinery-wide flowsheets can demonstrate the true representation of changes in key operating variables and their associated impact on refinery operati ...
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Improved heat recovery from a hydrotreater
Apr-2012
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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Cost efficient revamps in hydrogen plants
Jul-2001
Revamping of existing equipment is often seen as the cheapest and most cost effective solution, but this calls for a thorough knowledge of the plant, its ...
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Apr-2009
Major opportunities for energy efficiency and reduction of GHG emissions within a refinery/petrochemical complex are identified. Work process methodology ...
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Best practice in energy efficiency
Apr-2015
Energy management software tools provide solutions for energy savings from design through operation
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Apr-2014
Reliability is a buzz word used a lot these days. You hear it a lot and it means different things to different people based on their job description.
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Maximising energy efficiency in grassroots designs
Oct-2014
A novel approach is required to achieve the full potential for energy performance of new plants
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A broader view to improve energy efficiency
May-2017
A project to improve a FCC unit’s energy efficiency took into account surrounding process units to expand opportunities for saving energy and utilit ...
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Converting two columns into one
Nov-2017
Dividing wall column technology can be tailor-made to meet specifications for product quality with less utility consumption and lower capital costs
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Structured catalyst for steam reforming
Sep-2018
A catalyst system for steam methane reforming for improved heat transfer, pressure drop and catalyst effectiveness.
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Energy savings in a coker’s water system
Feb-2016
Revamping a delayed coking unit’s water system enabled significant energy savings. Energy consumption is an important indicator of the economic performance ...
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Unlocking the potential of existing gas processing assets through solvent swaps
Aug-2017
Given the global challenges of investing in new gas-processing capital projects, unlocking the potential of existing operating facilities through selective ...
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Jul-2010
An energy management system can deliver major cost savings in a refinery from a relatively low outlay
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Boosting energy efficiency in aromatics processing
Jun-2018
Simulation of a revamped process scheme with improved heat integration indicates big gains through energy savings and emissions abatement.
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Role of carbon capture in CO2 management
Apr-2004
Gasification of low-value refinery residuals could be used to raise utilities and hydrogen, allowing the relatively easy capture of half the plant’s ...
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Using infrared monitors to achieve auxiliary flare pilot monitoring (TIA)
Jul-2018
Infrared flare pilot monitoring as a primary or secondary monitoring solution provides a pilot status signal when thermocouple failures occur and assures ...
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Securing fuel supply and reducing GHG emissions
Apr-2008
Six strategic options are available to refiners to satisfy future energy and environmental requirements in the light of surging oil prices and public concerns ...
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May-2010
Linde Gases is to supply the University of East Anglia (UEA) with a calibration gas at an exceptionally low concentration as part of Project ANDREX.
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The hazards of fired heater flooding
Nov-2020
Heater flooding is a serious and potentially dangerous condition which must be dealt with properly and quickly.
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Retrofitting lower emission burners into existing ethylene cracking furnaces
Sep-2014
The increasing supply of global shale gas feedstocks has rekindled interest worldwide in olefins production. Many petrochemical companies are restarting ...
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Dividing wall columns for gas plants
Jul-2018
Uniting two unit offerings into one column shell can lead refiners to improve the profitability of their gas plants.
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The age of turbulence: charting a course for refiners to a profitable future
Nov-2012
Relentless turbulence has profoundly affected the global refining landscape in recent years. Moreover, the turmoil is likely to continue unabated in the ...
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As cold as ice, liquefying LNG beyond the arctic circle
Aug-2013
Building a low-carbon economy is one of the great challenges of our time. In order to protect the climate, the world needs clean energy and natural gas ...
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Process improvements in the direct hydration of olefins to alcohols
May-2014
Synthetic alcohols produced by direct hydration have wide application in the process industries as solvents, in the production of cosmetics and as intermediates ...
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A broader view to improve energy efficiency
May-2017
A project to improve a FCC unit’s energy efficiency took into account surrounding process units to expand opportunities for saving energy and utilit ...
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Driving down costs in hydrogen production
Mar-2013
An optimised hydrogen plant design achieves the right balance of minimising both Capex and Opex costs, while meeting the specific objectives of the end ...
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Optimise the route to emissions compliance
Aug-2017
Increasingly stringent SO2 emission regulations may demand smart and cost-effective alternatives to generic amine based tail gas treating units.
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Best practice in energy efficiency
Apr-2015
Energy management software tools provide solutions for energy savings from design through operation
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Real-time refinery energy management
Oct-2009
An online model installed at Repsol Cartagena refinery enables optimal balance between internal energy production and demand
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Can refiners afford carbon capture?
Jan-2010
CCS is not widely considered an economical way of reducing refiners’ carbon footprints, but case studies indicate great variation in the cost of imp ...
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Dealing with desalter cleaning challenges
Aug-2016
How to overcome lengthy and potentially dangerous challenges when cleaning a crude unit desalter.
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Apr-2011
An integrated programme of process integration techniques lowers CO2 emissions levels in refineries through energy savings
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Future of opportunity crudes processing
Oct-2011
Five critical drivers help refiners remain profitable and sustain long-term business goals while processing relatively inexpensive, low-quality crudes
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Heat integration projects for refining processes
Oct-2013
Heat integration projects can deliver substantial savings, but they require detailed simulation and case-specific heat integration analysis
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Retrofitting crude furnace burners
Jan-2018
A burner retrofit has delivered more robust operation with reduced NOx emissions from a crude process furnace
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Determining temperature class for electric process heaters
Jan-2020
Electric process heaters that interface with flammable materials in explosive environments need to be properly evaluated to protect the equipment against ...
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Apr-2009
Major opportunities for energy efficiency and reduction of GHG emissions within a refinery/petrochemical complex are identified. Work process methodology ...
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Retrofitting lower emission burners into existing ethylene cracking furnaces
Sep-2014
The increasing supply of global shale gas feedstocks has rekindled interest worldwide in olefins production. Many petrochemical companies are restarting ...
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Structured catalyst for steam reforming
Sep-2018
A catalyst system for steam methane reforming for improved heat transfer, pressure drop and catalyst effectiveness.
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Versatile performance with BioFlux renewable diesel (ERTC)
Nov-2020
Clean fuel from renewables is an important element in meeting energy requirements of the future. Renewable diesel has become the leading alternative as ...
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Improve profit with augmented digital twins
Aug-2021
Artificial intelligence and machine learning deliver greater, more sustainable value from simulation models.
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Mar-2022
Energy transition benchmarks have surged in 2021 and prices are expected to remain highly volatile. Transparency is key in this evolving market.
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Jul-2019
Building a good time series model is the primary requirement for generating good oil price forecasts.
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The age of turbulence: charting a course for refiners to a profitable future
Nov-2012
Relentless turbulence has profoundly affected the global refining landscape in recent years. Moreover, the turmoil is likely to continue unabated in the ...
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Applying pinch technology to energy recovery
Oct-2013
A pinch technology-based study of heating and cooling of material streams in a large-scale olefins plant identifies major opportunities for energy sav ...
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Energy savings in preheat trains with preflash
Jun-2016
An eastern European refinery combined pinch technology and process simulation to achieve the most cost effective energy savings
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Intelligent FTIR system for efficient fuel analysis
Feb-2022
From the very beginnings of fuel characterisation, infrared spectroscopy was widely applied in the field of fuel analysis. Fuel, be it gasoline, diesel ...
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Apr-2014
Reliability is a buzz word used a lot these days. You hear it a lot and it means different things to different people based on their job description.
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Increase duty in tube side condensers
Jul-2020
A retrofit is shown to improve several aspects of tube side condensation processes.
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Downtime damages environmental performance too
Jul-2020
Advanced technologies can reduce the environmental impact of unexpected shutdowns.
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Improving hydrotreater performance with welded plate heat exchangers
Jul-2020
Pressure has never been higher on refiners to improve the efficiency of their energy-intensive processes.
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In-situ refinery and storage terminal environmental remediation
Jun-2020
In the 1960’s there were five refineries built close to Ingolstadt. The location was central to the major refined products markets in Bavaria. The TAL ...
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Jun-2020
Petcoke gasification. The chemistry of gasification fits somewhere between combustion and pyrolysis. Combustion is a high temperature reaction in an excess ...
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Preparing for the energy transition
Feb-2020
The industrial energy transition is characterised by fast-moving changes, technological developments, and a high degree of uncertainty.
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SMR integration with increased CO2 production
Feb-2020
Optimising the efficiency of a plant producing hydrogen by natural gas reforming reduces CO2 emissions and lowers fossil fuel consumption.
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Determining temperature class for electric process heaters
Jan-2020
Electric process heaters that interface with flammable materials in explosive environments need to be properly evaluated to protect the equipment against ...
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Three forces fuelling industrial energy transition (ADS)
Dec-2019
The energy transition is challenging every industrial sector, whether it is the energy consumed, the emissions produced, or the products created.
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Case study: How Shell is navigating the energy transition (ERTC)
Dec-2019
Although the transportation sector’s trend towards electrification offers important climate change and air quality benefits, it presents many energy ...
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Custom boilers meet capacity, emissions challenges (TIA)
Nov-2019
Many refinery complexes in Texas are ageing. It is not uncommon to find boilers that are 50 or more years old. As a result, these facilities can be liable ...
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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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Aug-2019
Analysing desalter performance and improving crude blending capacity with multi-phase instrumentation and control.
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Best practice for refinery flowsheets
Aug-2019
Refinery-wide flowsheets can demonstrate the true representation of changes in key operating variables and their associated impact on refinery operati ...
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Desalter interface control optimises crude processing (TIA)
Aug-2019
To improve margins, refiners continuously look to optimise feedstock blends. Variability can bring significant operational challenges during the refining ...
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Digitalisation is transforming KPI setting
Aug-2019
Digitalisation means turning numbers on a dashboard into profit on your income statement.
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Jul-2019
Building a good time series model is the primary requirement for generating good oil price forecasts.
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Digital twins enhance LNG plant performance
May-2019
Digitalisation technologies offer new and disruptive ways to overcome the challenges of increasing margin, reducing carbon emissions and addressing talent ...
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America’s energy transformation to bring 10,000 energy executives together
May-2019
U S petrochemicals are set for significant growth in output as new production capacity comes online and demand strengthens in key end-use markets, but ...
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Factors affecting Claus waste heat boiler design and operation
Mar-2019
The Claus Waste Heat Boiler (WHB) is a critical piece of equipment in a Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU); its fundamental purpose is as a heat transfer device ...
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What the Energy and Chemical industry should learn from the music industry
Feb-2019
The Energy and Chemical industry is in desperate need of a shake-up. It is at or near the bottom of every industry digital maturity league table.
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Spherical catalyst carriers with unprecedented size uniformity (ERTC)
Jan-2019
An increased demand for small diameter (less than 4 mm) spherical catalyst carriers led to the development of Saint-Gobain NorPro’s Accu® Spheres.
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Analysis, active filtration unlock guard vessel stability (ERTC)
Jan-2019
For the first time in years, they did not need jackhammers to unload the guard vessel. It was another short cycle, and there was another crust layer.
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Getting the best out of your hydrocracker unit with new Equiflow® internal reactors (ERTC)
Jan-2019
In today’s complex environment, refineries and petrochemical plants around the world are on the lookout for advanced solutions to help them reach operational ...
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Best practices in boiler replacement (TIA)
Nov-2018
When you are processing 100 000 barrels or more of crude in a day, reliability is of the utmost importance. There is no justification for unscheduled shutdowns ...
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FCC online diagnostic services for FCCU
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Neles is now part of Valmet
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PTQ - Read The Latest Issue
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Extensive tray portfolio
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ViscoSure: In-line Viscosity
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Catalysts for optimal performance
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2022 Opportunity Crudes Conference 24-26 October
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Nasty stuff
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Shut-off valves
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FluegasExact 2700 effective combustion analysis
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