Environment & Safety
Better manage vacuum on gas systems
A systematic approach estimates optimum conditions to prevent air ingress for flares
HP Automation Safety: Value of failure data
A good instrumentation failure tracking system can provide many benefits; most are linked to saving money and to increasing plant performance. So, why isn't this common practice? Many companies in the..
Tower pressure relief calculation
A practical, less-complicated method for different emergency cases
Consider gasification to meet electrical power needs
Conversion of refinery bottom-of-the-barrel products can provide hydrogen and power requirements cost-effectively
Accurately predict viscosity of syncrude blends
An evaluation for mixing rules uncovers potential errors in fluid transportation of bitumen-based feeds
Large-scale, coal-to-chemicals production nears reality
China's utilization of well-established gasification technology turns low-rank and waste coal into valuable feedstocks for high-demand products
FOUNDATION technology: solution for plant safety instrumented functions
Here are the considerations for applying this fieldbus in these applications
Competency framework for refinery process engineers
A new method can be used to create a learning curriculum, provide career guidance and build a knowledge repository
HP Automation Safety: Accounting for process connections in SIS design
 Many safety instrumented system (SIS) designers understand what happens when the process connection to a pressure transmitter gets plugged. The transmitter output will likely get very sluggish a..
What are the market opportunities for carbon dioxide?
Recovery of greenhouse gases has potential positive economics benefits
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- Technimont attends ground-breaking ceremony of Tengiz Gas separation Complex in Kazakhstan 11/20
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