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Process Optimization

Proven methods to lower costs and boost safety in gas distribution operations

Swagelok: J. DEWITT

Gas distribution systems exist in a multitude of applications, including laboratories, test centers and industrial sites. A crucial element of proper system function is ensuring gases are transported safely, keeping critical processes in place. 

Emulsion breaker increases refinery profitability and treating performance

Reliance Industries Ltd.: J. SUTARIYA
Honeywell UOP: E. COCO  |  A. TRIPATHI  |  Trucko, J.

This article details a novel emulsion breaker that was used at Reliance Industries Ltd.'s Jamnagar refinery in India.

Process safety management in transfer and stockpiling operations—Part 1

Petrobras: Da Silva, M. W.

The stockpiling of assets requires a significant amount of energy that can be stored in tanks and pipes. Because of this, the most adverse scenarios related to process safety can occur in the transfer and stockpiling areas. 

Uniper, thyssenkrupp Uhde partner to build large-scale ammonia cracker in Germany

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Uniper are entering into a strategic partnership to bring a key technology for global hydrogen trading to industrial maturity: the large-scale ammonia cracker. In a first step, a demonstration plant with a capacity of 28 tpd ammonia will be built at Uniper’s Gelsenkirchen-Scholven site in Germany.

trinamiX and BASF showcase new technologies for polyamide 6 recycling: An approach to circularity in the textile industry

trinamiX showcased its mobile solution for reliable textile identification, including the new handheld spectrometer trinamiX PAL Two, and BASF presents loopamid®, the recycled polyamide 6 based entirely on textile waste

Bureau Veritas grants AiPs for IMODCO’s portfolio of jetty-less solutions for new energies transfers

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV)  issued Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for a portfolio of jetty-less solutions to offshore transfer large-volume ammonia.

Emerson’s ‘Project Beyond’ to modernize and seamlessly integrate the industrial automation technology stack

Global industrial technology leader Emerson is pioneering a new software-defined enterprise operations platform – dubbed Project Beyond – that will fundamentally change today’s approach to industrial automation.

Neste starts SAF production at its Rotterdam refinery

A major Technip Energies project has come to fruition with the start of production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by Neste at its modified refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

hte and Heraeus Precious Metals collaborate on catalytic ammonia cracking

hte and precious metals specialist Heraeus Precious Metals signed a R&D service agreement. The main focus of this collaboration is the screening of different materials for catalytic ammonia cracking in order to obtain hydrogen.

Nuberg EPC, EDL sign technical collaboration agreement across several industries

Nuberg EPC and EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (a Pörner Group Company) have signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement to explore engineering and sustainable development opportunities across industries including fuel oil refineries, petrochemical industries, green hydrogen derivatives and sustainable process technologies to accelerate technological excellence and environmental responsibility.