August 2000

Use this method to ensure proper operation and minimize operating costs

Due to stringent environmental laws, operators may consider catalytic processes to destroy hazardous pollutants

Depending upon ambient conditions and electricity prices, operating savings can justify the additional cost

Use these guidelines for testing and analyzing new technologies for custody transfer applications

Reduce refinery risks by applying new methods based on information acquired from previous experiences

Approaches range from purely quantitative to highly qualitative

Since not achieving goals from an earlier retrofit, a refiner investigated this column's distillation internals to maximize value creation

Use these techniques to produce and manage a plan for successful execution

Fig. 5. Primary engineering deliverables for all project stages. ..

For quite some time, our columns and bound texts have explained that forward-looking companies are no longer expecting experienced vibration analysts and technical personnel to look for..

If you are a frequent reader of this column, you know that we don't usually recommend company Web sites. This is because there are so many good ones, and we can't cover them all in a on..

Last year, many members of the HPI were anxious over how the new millennium would impact this industry. During the late 1990s, many factors - crude oil prices, global recession (for som..

Fig. 1. Major polyolefins manufacturers. ..

Cooling water chemical treatment programs are designed to control deposition and corrosion. In most systems, there is a trade-off between corrosion and deposition control. When the chem..

There are many questions in the minds of engineers working to meet new safety standards like ANSI/ISA S84.01 and IEC 61508. One question that I have heard quite a bit lately relates to ..

Flo P. Stephens, Editor, Departments/International       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com IBM, White Plains, New York..

BP Amoco plc, Harwell, UK, and AEA Technology-Hyprotech have formed a multimillion-dollar business and technology alliance. Hyprotech Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of AEA Technology plc, is a leadin..

ABB awarded polyTHF plant by BASF ABB has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract by BASF for a plant producing the plastic precursor polytetrahydrofuran (polyTHF). The new polyTHF plant, including s..

Detections are actually declining for MTBE and other constituents of gasoline being found in groundwater, says the Oxygenated Fuels Association (OFA). MTBE has been found in less than 1% of California..

What are the impacts for the petroleum refining industry of UK environmental directives for 2005 and beyond? A recent study by Foster Wheeler on behalf of the UK Environment Agency prov..

The globalization strategies of most leading chemical companies are based on a scenario of the world economy's development until 2010, according to analysts with SRI International, Menl..

The latest Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Responsible Care survey on health, safety and environmental (HS&E) performance during 1999 shows that the association's Responsible Care..

Wendy Weirauch, Managing Editor       Comments? Write: WW@HydrocarbonProcessing.com The who..

HP In Water Management: equation corrections Please direct your attention to "Letters to the editor" appearing in the April 2000 issue of Hydrocarbon Processing (HP) magazine. Informatio..

Bringing real-time information from the plant into business systems is a challenging problem, and it is becoming more important as companies start optimizing their supply chains and adopt agile manufacturing strategies.