Engineering & Design
Treat a drawings update program as a healthy investment
Having access to detailed, current engineering designs is essential for the safety and efficiency of process plants
Improve benzene production from refinery sources
A new cracking route reduces cost of benzene while coproducing ethylene
Improve direct hydration processes
Technology enhancements increase yields and decrease capital costs of making alcohols
Optimum console design promotes control room efficiency
New features can enhance traditional functionality, reduce operating costs and foster worker safety
Improve desalter operations
Applying a polymeric dispersant, this refiner increased daily throughput by 5% and increased run lengths
Consider genetic algorithms to optimize batch distillation
Alternative simulation tool calculates best reflux conditions to separate binary mixtures
Improve NGL plant performance
Process engineers troubleshoot unstable process circuits
Improve haze removal for FCC gasoline
This refinery used advanced coalescer techniques to separate very stable emulsions and dispersions by mechanical means
Hydrogen generation – a brief review
Project manager discusses vital design features
Developments in the ammonia process
To meet rising demand, producers seek methods to conserve energy and increase plant efficiencies
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