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Specifying internals in sour water strippers—Part 2

Trimeric Corp.: McIntush, K.  |  Farone, J. P.  |  Piggott, B. D.  |  Beitler, C. M.

Sour water stripping is a common process in petroleum refineries and other processes where hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S) is present.

Fuels and chemicals: Finding the right refinery configuration for a less predictable world

Bechtel India: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Singh, R.

The refining industry links the upstream production of crude oil with the end markets for fuel products, as well as for the petrochemical/chemical industry.

Specifying internals in sour water strippers—Part 1

Trimeric Corp.: McIntush, K.  |  Farone, J. P.  |  Piggott, B. D.  |  Beitler, C. M.

A sour water stripper (SWS) system is a common process in petroleum refineries and other processes where hydrogen sulfide is present.

Successes and challenges installing the first proprietary closed-coke slurry system

LOTOS Asfalt: Kaminski, M.
Chevron Lummus Global: Heeswijk, B. V.
TRIPLAN GmbH: Graeter, F.  |  Knuedel, S.

The authors’ company<sup>a</sup> licensed a two-drum delayed coking technology process unit to Grupa LOTOS in Gdansk, Poland.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Cowan Dynamics has made advancements to its “C-PAC Module” Pneumatic Manifold and launched the C-PAC store.

Smart manufacturing standardization: Driving global interoperability for enabling factories of the future

ABB: Singh, S.

Smart manufacturing is a topic that has generated considerable discussions within industry and standards organizations.

Unlock margin by interconnecting refinery optimization silos with closed-loop AI

Imubit: Cohen, G.

Refineries and chemical processing plants are complicated to model, control and optimize.

Improve reliability and reduce maintenance with advanced analytics

Seeq Corporation: Buenemann, A.

A common misconception in largescale process manufacturing is that minimizing downtime by increasing reliability is the key to increasing profitability.

Data historian-based machine condition monitoring

Brüel & Kjær Vibro A/S: Hastings, M.

Machine condition monitoring has been playing an increasingly important role in industrial asset healthcare for many years.

Benefits of using a master station for actuator supervision and control in metering skids

AUMA: Loth, S.

Valve automation in metering skids for the oil and gas industry is a challenging task.