Heat Transfer
Alfa Laval wins SEK 110 million refinery order in India
Alfa Laval has received an order for Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to be used in an Indian refinery. The order value is about SEK 110 million and delivery will be finalized during 2011.
Mitigate fouling in ebullated-bed hydrocrackers
New monitoring tools help track and control asphaltene levels and solubility issues in resid products
Improve vacuum tower revamp projects
A ‘balanced approach’ investigates separation of vapor and liquids in the flash zone/wash section design
Mitigate corrosion in your crude unit
Real-time analyzers can provide improved monitoring of chloride levels and enable better corrosion control practices
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports
The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1
The refining and petrochemical industries employ a large number of process engineers. Plants often assign newly graduated engineers to the utility water area. Process engineers in each operating unit ..
Optimize operating parameters of absorbers/strippers in gas plants
Better recovery definition of C3s and C4s from gas absorber/stripper can lower costs
Increase crude unit capacity through better integration
In revamp projects, better energy integration provides more benefits with less capital investment and lower operating costs
HP Innovations: ‘Revolutionary’ new industrial insulation product
Visionary Industrial Insulation recently announced that it has commenced sales as the master distributor what is claimed to be a revolutionary new insulation product (Fig. 2), high-temperature layered..
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