Environment & Safety
HP Automation Safety: Using the safety life cycle
IEC 61511, Functional safety: Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector, was recently released and is available on the IEC Website (www.iec.ch). This standard is well ..
Effectively guard a complex against a terrorist assault
Turn your facility assets from soft into hardened targets
Human factors analysis for process safety
Apply LOPA-HF to a fired furnace
HP Automation Safety: Beware of trip point negative creep
I recently rediscovered a curious phenomenon that affects SIS shutdown settings: trip points. This malady is particularly problematic for flow measurements in plants that have gone thro..
Noncapital intensive technologies reduce FCC sulfur content – Part 2
Using novel membrane technology, refiners have new solutions to treat gasoline for sulfur and olefins content
Inherently safer design
Implementation challenges faced by new and existing facilities
Refinery hydrogen management – the big picture
Hydrogen network operating decisions affect the bottom line every day, but most refineries do not apply the tools that could dramatically increase profitability
Protect desulfurization catalyst with prefiltration systems
Suspended solids in refinery feeds foul critical desulfurization catalysts and heat exchange equipment and rob refiners of potential profits
The ultimate 'clean' fuel – Gas-to-liquid products
New reforming technology enables converting stranded natural gas into low-sulfur syngas
Consider onsite gas supply to meet processing needs
By outsourcing industrial gas sources, refiners can focus resources – capital and manpower – on upgrading crude oil into higher-value products

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