Engineering & Design
How to efficiently plan a grassroots refinery
To select the best processing configuration and investment decision, this refiner used LP modeling, plant cost estimation and IRR analysis to find the optimum solution
How to efficiently plan a grassroots refinery Table 2
Table 2. Possible refinery configurations Configurations Process units 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ..
Minimize NOx emissions cost-effectively
Use this tutorial to evaluate available control technologies and install exactly what you need for current and future NOx reductions
Increase VCM output
Using multivariate statistical techniques, this VCM operator raised productivity by more than 10% without revamping cracking furnaces
Enhance furnace tube resistance to carburization and coke formation
Applying diffusion coatings on ethylene furnace tubes may increase run times between decoking
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Evaluating liquid distributors in hydroprocessing reactors
Quickly assess catalyst utilization of various tray designs and estimate the benefits of an internals revamp
Industrial applications of safety information management systems
A new computer-aided system reduced accidents by 60% in one year
Optimize EO/EG operations Fig. 6
Fig. 6. Simple process flow diagram of EO process. ..
Optimize EO/EG operations
To raise plant capacity, the design team investigated several options that increased oxygen supply
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