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BlueFire turns to MasTec for Mississippi ethanol facility

BlueFire Renewables, Inc. has finalized and signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi.

Increase your margin by 25%

Advanced Industrial Modeling Inc.: Korchinski, W.
Chevron: Beerbaum, A.
PREP Consulting Inc.: Geddes, D.

Here’s how to make sure that the planning LPs always match the plant

Improve exploration, production and refining with ‘add-at-will’ wireless automation

Chevron Corp.: Laframboise, G.
Emerson Process Management: Karschnia, B.

After the technology was validated, a wireless infrastructure was installed blanketing 80% of a US refinery

Advanced process control in the plant engineering and construction phases

Bechtel Corp.: Sakizlis, V.  |  Vakamudi, K.
Honeywell Process Solutions: Coward, A.  |  Mermans, I.

Testing MVC performance using a dynamic model offers several benefits

Building and installing a reliable industrial Ethernet infrastructure

Belden: Shuman, B.

Here are six practical guidelines to consider

How to have a successful data reconciliation software implementation

INOVx Solutions: Ayral, T.
Inlibra Software Solutions Corp.: Won, H.  |  Cho, W-S.
FertiNitro: Samad, I.

Follow these guidelines to ensure success

Troubleshoot silicon contamination on catalysts

Braskem S.A.: Britto, J. M.  |  Reboucas, M. V.  |  Bessa, I.

What are the sources, impacts and possible solutions to controlling this problem in your hydrotreater?

Mitigate fouling in ebullated-bed hydrocrackers

Neste Engineering Solutions: Kunnas, J.
Baker Hughes: Ovaskainen, O.  |  Respini, M.

New monitoring tools help track and control asphaltene levels and solubility issues in resid products

Cost optimization in mechanical seal applications

Reliance Engineers Associates Ltd.: Chaware, D. K.  |  Shukla, D. K.  |  Swamy, R. B.

Real-life case studies prove it is possible to make more informed choices that often lead to cost savings

HP Control: Process control practice renewal 2010—performance

Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.

In August 2010, I followed Allan Kern’s “Continuous Improvement or Core-Competency editorial”1 with a review of the purposes of process control and IT in the HPI. After 50 years, it is ..