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Oct-2015
Understanding the full scope of projects and acting upon the right engineering choices reduces capital risk
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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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Best practice in energy efficiency
Apr-2015
Energy management software tools provide solutions for energy savings from design through operation
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Dynamic simulation of process controls
Jan-2015
Simulation of a catalytic naphtha reformer confirmed the accurate performance of control instrumentation
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Are produced water emission factors accurate?
Oct-2016
Rules of thumb are often used for estimating emissions from Produced Water storage tanks, especially when entrained hydrocarbons are present.
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Analysis of hydrate conditions and property predictions in acid gas injection systems
Oct-2009
This paper will focus on the hydrate formation conditions for acid gas mixtures commonly found in acid gas injection systems. Many studies have analysed ...
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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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Steady-state simulators are developing a dynamic personality
Mar-2006
Process simulators have been used for years to design and model actual operation of all types of different plant processes.
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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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Virtual commissioning of a gas 
handling system
Apr-2014
Gas reliquefaction units were designed by means of stationary and dynamic process simulation models
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What a difference a few months can make: how to respond to the oil price drop
May-2015
For five years, high energy prices drove strong capital investment and strong profit margins throughout the industry. Those same economics also encouraged ...
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Claus waste heat boiler economics Part 1: process considerations
Feb-2019
The design of the waste heat boiler has a critical role to play in determining process operations, reliability and economic performance in the sulphur ...
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Engineering gas-to-liquids projects — Part 2
Oct-2004
How GTL projects have evolved, from their inception through the various stages of engineering and study to the award of an EPC contract
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3D scanning corrrects design clashes
Apr-2015
A contractor in Nigeria applied 3D laser scanning to overcome design clashes that had led to postponement of planned revamps in a gas platform
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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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Predicting CO combustor performance
Jul-2009
Detailed description of a CO to CO2 reaction kinetic model for estimating performance of an RFCCU CO combustor
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Consider multivariate statistical modelling to maximise FCC unit profitability
Nov-2013
Process models(a) and simulation(b) can be used to simulate the fluidised-bed catalytic cracking (FCC) unit process, kinetic or multivariate statistical ...
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Protection analysis in refining
Jan-2011
Independent pilot plant testing can serve as an independent protection layer to reduce the technical risks of new process technology
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Predicting reactive heavy oil process operation
Oct-2014
Characterisation of feed and product yields through component structures for better understanding and prediction of operations
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Oct-2014
A review of benefits, best practices and emerging opportunities in laser-enabled revamp projects
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Resolving piping corrosion and replacement (TIA)
Jul-2016
Amec Foster Wheeler provided engineering analysis for a fine tailing treatment project in the Athabasca Oil Sands region in Alberta, Canada.
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Operator training simulator accelerates learning (TIA)
Jan-2016
As technology becomes more complex and companies strive to do more with fewer personnel, having a highly skilled workforce is paramount.
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Start-up and shutdown issues in sulphur processing
Nov-2020
Knowing the limitations of the sulphur unit and what may occur during start-ups and shutdowns helps to prevent damage.
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Using process simulators will make your plant more productive and efficient
Mar-2005
The use of process simulators to model plant operations can provide a plant hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in increased production and lower ...
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Air emissions modeling advances for oil and gas production facilities
Oct-2014
Hydrocarbon processing systems and storage tanks are a significant source of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the United States.
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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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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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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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Improving CO2 absorber performance in LNG production
Apr-2015
Simulation of deep CO2 removal in LNG and syngas applications, combined with intercooling, maximises effectiveness of piperazine-promoted MDEA solvent ...
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New technologies for operator training
Jan-2018
Advanced technologies including cloud hosting and virtual reality can enhance the effectiveness of operator training simulators
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Remote management of hydrogen production
Sep-2020
Remote monitoring and control can improve safety, detect problems early, and promote efficient operations through modelling and analysis of hydrogen p ...
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Debottlenecking product recovery using product pair distillation: Part II
Jul-2023
Advantages of using a thermodynamically efficient method to debottleneck existing distillation trains using fewer columns than traditional methods.
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Calculating column relief loads
Apr-2010
Conventional, steady-state and dynamic simulation techniques are compared in a study of relief loads for failure modes applied to a distillation colum ...
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Optimising safety relief and flare systems
Apr-2011
Understanding the behaviour of refinery units by dynamic modelling of emergencies enables the prediction of realistic relief loads
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How dynamic pressure can affect vacuum column readings
Jun-2016
Computational fluid dynamics confirmed field measurements to explain a vacuum unit’s poor quality HVGO and was used to redesign the tower internals
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Troubleshooting vacuum unit revamps
Jul-1998
While vacuum unit revamps increase gasoil yield, management is pushing the intervals between turnarounds to four or five years
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Rigorous hydrotreater simulation
Apr-2002
The authors describe an integrated approach to dealing with the complexities of producing ultra low sulphur diesel, involving analytical support and process ...
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Simulating optimal tank farm design
Apr-2005
Development of a computerised model incorporating Monte Carlo operational risk simulation with the optimisation power of linear programming
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Proper interpretation of freezing and hydrate prediction results from process simulation
Mar-2006
This paper focuses on the modelling of solid phase behaviour in systems that are frequently encountered in natural gas processing. The ability to perform ...
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Apr-2006
When designing vacuum units for processing heavy Canadian crudes, reliability costs can be high if the feedstock’s thermal instability is not fully ...
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Mar-2007
In amine sweetening units, the heat of absorption and VOC and BTEX solubility have been found to vary significantly with acid gas loading, as well as with ...
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Optimising petrochemical operations
Jan-2008
Substantial increases in profit can be achieved in refinery/aromatics operations using methodology and modelling tools that incorporate multiple degrees ...
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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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Composition variety complicates processing plans for US shale gas
Oct-2008
This article reviews which gas processing technologies are appropriate for the variety of US shale gas qualities being produced and planned to be prod ...
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Hydrocracker parametric sensitivity study
Apr-2009
Product yields and hydrogen consumption were predicted using a discreet lumping model. The model was used to study unit responses to changes in operating ...
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An evaluation of general “rules of thumb” in amine sweetening unit design and operation
Mar-2010
Many “rules of thumb” are widely used in the design and operation of amine sweetening units. These rules have been developed over the years and most ...
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Estimation of steam losses using a predictive tool
Jul-2010
A predictive mathematical tool estimates condensate flow rate and flow correction factor to obtain steam losses in steam traps
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Protection analysis in refining
Jan-2011
Independent pilot plant testing can serve as an independent protection layer to reduce the technical risks of new process technology
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Value of monitoring exchanger networks
Oct-2012
A rigorous exchanger simulation model can be used to calculate the true cost of fouling in crude preheat networks
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Advances in engineering and design technologies
Jul-2013
3D technology is moving out of the design office to transform the entire 
asset lifecycle
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Business value of hydrocarbon production accounting
Jan-2015
The gains that a refiner made by implementing an enterprise-wide hydrocarbon accounting system were both financial and cultural
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Troubleshooting a C3 splitter tower Part 2: Root cause and solution
Jan-2015
Distillation trays are prone to channelling and multi-pass maldistribution in large diameter towers. Multichordal gamma scanning is used for solving such ...
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Determining safety distance in process design
Jan-2015
Safety distance determination is a key design issue that may have a dramatic impact on a refinery construction project
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Air emissions modeling advances for oil and gas production facilities
Oct-2014
Hydrocarbon processing systems and storage tanks are a significant source of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the United States.
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Oct-2014
When natural gas was to be added to a refinery’s fuel gas system, detailed dynamic simulation of the new system ensured stable operation and a shorter ...
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Overcoming tight emulsion problems
Oct-2014
A refiner’s trials of a membrane coalescence mechanism were scaled up to plant level and delivered significant product recovery from tight aqueous e ...
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Predicting reactive heavy oil process operation
Oct-2014
Characterisation of feed and product yields through component structures for better understanding and prediction of operations
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Oct-2014
A review of benefits, best practices and emerging opportunities in laser-enabled revamp projects
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Is your radial turbomachinery operating at optimum?
Sep-2014
Bryan Research and Engineering, Inc. (BRE) has developed an online, equipment performance monitoring application for radial turbo-machinery in cryogenic ...
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Economic alternative for remote and stranded natural gas and ethane in the US
Aug-2014
The recent abundance of natural gas in widespread locations of the US has resulted in many resources being remote or stranded, creating the need for economical ...
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Design developments for construction projects
Jul-2014
Software products enable the principles of lean manufacturing to be applied to refinery construction projects
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Predicting corrosion rates in amine and sour water systems
May-2014
A chemistry-based predictive model predicts corrosion rates in specific processing conditions. Corrosion is a ubiquitous problem in gas treating in the ...
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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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Protecting compressors with dynamic simulation
Apr-2014
Dynamic simulation supports reliable operation of compressor installations to deliver maximum plant availability and productivity
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Virtual commissioning of a gas 
handling system
Apr-2014
Gas reliquefaction units were designed by means of stationary and dynamic process simulation models
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Revamping the hydrogen generation unit
Apr-2014
Hydrogen plants can be modified for higher production by employing innovative process schemes
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Predicting severity, viscosity and yields 
in fuel oil visbreaking
Apr-2014
Neuro-fuzzy technique is used to predict product properties in a 
commercial visbreaker
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Accurate prediction of tower relief
Apr-2014
A comparison of conventional and dynamic simulation methods applied to a project to debottleneck a deisobutaniser
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Troubleshooting refinery equipment with multiphase CFD modelling
Jan-2014
Computational fluid dynamics is a useful and increasingly practical tool for improving the design of and increasing the understanding of common process ...
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Field experience with a Claus furnace checker wall
Jan-2014
A new design of Claus furnace checker wall delivers improved mechanical performance and process flow characteristics.
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Optimising distillation column 
product quality
Jan-2014
Process simulation and random sampling were used to optimise product targets for a propylene splitter unit
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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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New process arrangements for upgrading heavy oils and residua
Jan-2014
Simulation studies reveal increased gasoline and diesel production from extra-heavy oil by means of RFCC and hydrocracking units with a mild hydrogenation ...
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Consider multivariate statistical modelling to maximise FCC unit profitability
Nov-2013
Process models(a) and simulation(b) can be used to simulate the fluidised-bed catalytic cracking (FCC) unit process, kinetic or multivariate statistical ...
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Using APC in refinery energy systems — develop your own solutions
Oct-2013
Advanced Process Control (APC) has been used extensively to assist in operating refinery and petrochemical processes smoothly, safely and profitably.