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Revamp your hydrotreater for deep desulfurization

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2002
Fluor Corp.: Bharvani, R. R.  |  Henderson, R. S.
Environment & Safety / Refining / Gasoline

Retrofit projects involve defining the limits on existing equipment, understanding the costs for replacement and optimizing unit design parameters

Reliability design concepts for the future clean fuels era

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2002
Conoco Inc.: Nelson, D. K.
RonaMax LLC: Vesier, C.
Environment & Safety / Refining / Gasoline

The effects of storage capacity and interaction losses must be considered simultaneously with unit size

Consider online sulfur measurement for clean fuels

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2002
Siemens Applied Automatin: Gokeler, U.
Siemens AG: Muller, H.  |  Offermanns, U.
Environment & Safety / Refining / Gasoline

A new analytical method can increase process optimization and regulation compliance

Consider new technologies to replace MTBE

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2002
Kvaerner: Kolodziej, R.  |  Tsai, M. J.
Environment & Safety / Refining / Gasoline

Processing methods enable using 'stranded' MTBE facilities and feedstocks for high-octane applications

Diagnostic alarm – to trip or not to trip

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2002
Environment & Safety

A number of requirements in the International Functional Safety Standard IEC 61508 sound as if an operating company must set up a safety instrumented system (SIS) to automatically trip the process whe..

Improve flaring operations

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2002
BP p.l.c.: Balcar, M.  |  Bergeron, B.
John Zink Co. LLC: Kodesh, Z.  |  Schwartz, R. E.
Environment & Safety

Consider using an acoustic monitor to supervise pilot status for your flare

Behavior-based technology is the next step to operations excellence

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2002
Behavorial Science Technology, Inc.: Hodson, S.  |  Spigener, J.
Environment & Safety / Project Management

This approach can increase productivity and reduce errors to optimize output

HP Insight: The next ‘golden age’ of refining

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2002
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany
Environment & Safety

Yes, we can actually dream of the next Golden Age for the refining industry. This will definitely be change, considering the pain and agony of the last decade. The '90s were not "golde..

HP Automation Safety: A new year

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2002
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

Each year I spend a little time reflecting on the past year and planning strategic activities for the next. I think about my personal, business and professional goals. The year 2001 wa..

HP Automation Safety: Types of equipment certification

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2001
exida LLC: Goble, W.
Environment & Safety

It is clear that field equipment manufacturers are focusing development and marketing energy on the safety instrumented systems (SIS) market. The number of new product certification announcements in t..