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Optimize design for distillation feed
Use these steps for enhanced performance
Improve energy efficiency for distillate hydrotreaters retrofit options
Energy conservation is a complex analysis on existing units, but benefits are possible
Rethink planning and scheduling’s role in refinery optimization
New tools improve prediction of unit feed qualities and yields
Fine-tune ethylene unit startups
Advanced modeling methods provide useful information on operating main compressor system and feeds
HP Automation Safety: Is it possible to communicate risk issues successfully?
A safety project has a better chance of being approved if the person making the payback decision understands the concept of “risk cost.” If there is a likelihood of a $1,000,000-cost event h..
HP Reliability: How do you size expansion chambers (assuming it is needed)
Expansion chambers (Fig. 1) are designed to restrict pressure increase in closed volumes. From basic physics, we, of course, know that the pressure in a closed volume increases as temperature goes up...
HP Viewpoint: Why technology choice does matter
These days, the idea of optimizing comes up everywhere. We personally optimize our time, our retirement portfolio, our route to work, our diets, our energy use at home, and a host of other things. In ..
HP Construction: Europe
Evonik Industries has started up a new facility to produce high-purity isobutene at its site in Antwerp, Belgium. The new plant, which involved investment of tens of millions of euros, can produce up ..
EU approves styrenics JV between BASF, INEOS
The EU Commission on Wednesday gave its approval for the Styrolution joint venture between Germany-based BASF and UK-based INEOS.
Linde, Daimler announce infrastructure plans for fuel-cell vehicles in Germany
Car manufacturer Daimler and technology company The Linde Group are pressing ahead with the development of infrastructure for hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles, the companies said on Wednesday.
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