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Maintenance & Reliability

Oil flushing benefits and optimization

Wattco: Toledano, I.

Oil flushing has a direct impact on the performance and lifespan of industrial equipment.

Cloud-based condition monitoring solutions optimize reliability of rotating equipment

India Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative, Phulpur: Mishra, G.
Nanoprecise Sci Corp.: McClatchie, D.  |  Vedula, S.

Hydrocarbon processing (HP) companies are seeking opportunities to improve productivity, optimize equipment availability and increase process uptime.

Four key benefits of an integrity operating window (IOW) implementation

PinnacleART: Addington, F.  |  Folse, J.

In today’s operating facilities, it is critical to have robust mechanical integrity (MI) programs that provide the capability to understand the various parameters that affect asset integrity so that inspections can be planned accordingly.

Equipment reliability: Critical to protecting margins in a volatile environment

ExxonMobil: Donlon, A.

For any hydrocarbon processor, margin is king.

Industry Perspectives: The evolution of the downstream

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In Hydrocarbon Processing’s April issue, the editorial comment focused on advancing ideas in the downstream processing industries.

Power: Temporary power tips for turnarounds and maintenance activities

Aggreko: Smith, B.

Maintenance activities and turnarounds often prove challenging to a facility’s electrical power system.

Executive Viewpoint: A vision for the refinery of 2030

Aspen Technology Inc.: Beck, R.

The refining business needs to change dramatically over the next decade.

Editorial Comment: Sustainability: The latest creation in advancing ideas

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past few months, Hydrocarbon Processing’s editorial staff has traveled thousands of miles to attend numerous conferences, events, users’ groups, groundbreakings, etc.

Applying industry standards to address cybersecurity risk

ARC Advisory Group: Cosman, E. C.

Cybersecurity standards and related practices contain valuable information for both asset owners and solution suppliers.

Coke drum and blowdown system overpressure protection design—Part 2

ExxonMobil Rotterdam refinery: Geronimo, G. DI
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.: Ceary, P. J.  |  Markham, N.

The blowdown (BD) system in delayed coking units (DCUs) receives waste streams generated during the coke drum (CD) decoking process to recover valuable hydrocarbons and water.