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May some one give his line of thoughts (with references- quoting Unit design capacities) about potential (may be intermittent or continuous) Waste Water (liquid) effluent composition from Post Carbon capture Unit (PCC) using secondary amine as CO2 absorber and it's way of disposal (May be Waste Water Treatment Unit or Thermal Oxidizer or any better way)
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I'm a senior at a university majoring chemical engineering and I'm facing an interview with an oil refinery. I'm looking for materials that describe the structure and principles of the entire oil refinery and petrochemical production facilities. Please recommend articles or books that collect information on the level of college students to graduate students.
Our SRU is keep generating a white smoke from the incinerator, what might be the reasons and why?
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What new FCC stripper technologies are available that can deliver higher efficiency and optimised heat and pressure balance?
What optimal mass transfer/product separation configurations benefit the integration of catalytic reforming and aromatics complexes?
What incentives and technology are needed to make refinery-based cogeneration of electricity and steam profitable?
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How can smaller refineries compete in an industry dominated by mega-refinery/petrochemical facilities?
What strategies can be considered to meet the expanding paraxylene market?
In what situations do advanced catalyst formulations and technical support affect/benefit downstream product investment, such as when separating olefins?
To what extent is pretreatment needed to protect hydrotreaters/hydrocrackers from impurities when upgrading WPO to petrochemical feedstocks?
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Can you discuss your experience with using CFD for hydroprocessing reactor troubleshooting?
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How is contamination of FCC catalysts being resolved to increase yields and cycle length?
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What evolving methanol-to-olefins configurations are feasible for SAF production?
The chlorides level in amine cycle of our gas sweetening plant have reached up to 1800 mg/L, what can be the probable causes and their solutions, also suggest vendors for the suitable systems.
I wanted to know the possible problems and consequences of processing high acidity crude oil (HIGH TAN) and what is the solution? Isn't it better to process these types of crude oil in Delayed Coker or Visbreaker units?
How much silicon is critical in SMR catalysts?
What process and operational areas have refiners demonstrated a positive ROI in the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning strategies?
What FCC and hydrotreater modifications are needed to increase refinery coprocessing of renewable feedstocks?
How can the FCC unit be upgraded to benefit petrochemical integration?
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What type of flexibility can be built into a hydrocracker to quickly shift from naphtha to diesel output?
What are the optimal pathways towards increasing naphtha and LPG production (for petrochemical feedstocks)?
What is a latest technology for C2+ RECOVERY & FRACTIONATION PLANT shall be designed to Produce C1, C2, C3, C4 AND C5+ as PRODUCTS ?
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC), Flue Gas Scrubber SO3 break through. We are facing with Wet Gas Scrubber (FGSU) outlet stack dense plume issue. It is taking longer to disperse and getting landed in nearby area causing eye irritations. As per licensor, this dense plume is due to SO3 breakthrough. Stack outlet analyzer only measures SO2 and and values are within limit. These phenomena happening during Heavy Sulphur feed processing and issue gets aggravated during winter season. We tried to limit the excess Oxygen in flue gas. Also maximized the circulating water. But no noticeable changes occurred Is any refinery facing the same issue and what are the troubleshooting activities have been carried out to resolve this issue? Will SO2 breakthrough occurs first before SO3, which not happening in this case? Flue gas composition: SO2, SO3, CO2, O2, N2.
How to decide the turndown of plant during design phase?
We have low PH (3 to 4) in the CDU overhead but in same time we have low chloride values ( 3 to 10 ) and already we injected high values of neutralizing amine and corrosion inhibiter. What is the reason that causes this drop in PH value?
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I would like to know which are de main strategies (related to WABT of the beds) for operating an hydrocracker unit in order to minimize the catalyst deactivation and extend as much as possible the catalyst life. The unit has three beds: the first one with pretreating catalysts, the second one half preatrating half hydrocracking catalysts and the last one with 2/3 of hydrocracking catalyst and the other 1/3 with isodewaxing catalyst. There are 2 quenches between bed 1 & 2 and bed 2 & 3.
How can I calculate the salt point in an atmospheric crude distillation tower to avoid the precipitation of salts, what literature recommends.
(Cómo puedo calcular el punto de sal en una torre de destilación atmosférica de crudo para evitar la precipitación de las sales, que literaturas recomiendan)