June 2025
Process Optimization
Improve sour water stripper unit performance via feed sour water preconditioning
Sour water stripper (SWS) units in refinery operations are often exposed to several challenges, such as corrosion, low efficiency, decreased capacity, solids fouling and equipment plugging. This article explores some of those challenges.
The Authors
Dr. Engel has more than 25 years of industrial experience in a variety of areas of business development and technology innovation for chemical engineering, material science and chemistry. David is the inventor in more than 20 United States Invention Patents and author of over 100 technical and scientific papers, and conferences. David has worked in several business and technical capacities for a number of companies such as Eastman Kodak, Eli Lilly, General Electric among others. David has recently specialized in process optimization, renewables and new technology development. Dr. Engel is the Managing Director for Nexo Solutions and business divisions. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. David is 6-Sigma certified and is member of several industrial committees and company board of directors.
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