July 2002

Use these guidelines to reduce the impact of cyberterrorism

Users can improve energy efficiency, start / stop motors repeatedly, plus reduce maintenance costs and noise levels

Continuous monitoring can increase plant revenue and minimize downtime

The project presented several technical, logistical and environmental challenges

Preparing water for plant applications is a fine science that involves many complex steps

Here's a review of core activities for initiating the 'right way to manage'

Use these guidelines to help ensure reliability after plant modifications

Processing hydrocarbons is a risky business. Yet, HPI companies daily use systems that manage potentially hazardous chemicals with the utmost safety and produce high-value products

About five years ago, Invensys introduced what we considered to be an innovative online process analyzer based on nuclear magnetic resonance technology (see "HP Innovations," March 1998) which it call..

An appropriate column heading might have been, "Conditioned bids and the value of post-installation service." After all, we simply want to illustrate sound and experience-based reasons..

At the very end of the oil and gas industry supply chain is the gas station or convenience store. You know, that friendly corner spot where we get our gasoline or diesel and our bread ..

Due to drought conditions in the northeastern U.S., many manufacturing facilities are strongly motivated to consider water conservation and reuse options. Compliance studies are typica..

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Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP's (CPChem) polyethylene (PE) units and PE laboratory at its Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas, are receiving ISO-9002 certification for their quali..

Synchronous motor soft start Unlike other electric motors, synchronous motors require special design consideration for critical motor characteristics such as transient startup oscillating t..

Sandvik Steel supplying heat exchanger tubes to China Sandvik Steel Co. is supplying Luzhou Natural Gas and Chemical plant (LTH) Sandvik 2REG69 stainless steel heat exchanger tubes. The..

Shaft couplings, instructions and engineering data International CD-ROM catalog from Lovejoy, Inc. details 11 categories of shaft-to-shaft power transmission couplings, with separate m..

Ethanol pollution concerns raised by EPA. In a letter to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), EPA states, "Recent testing performed at several ethanol production facilities indicates emissions of vo..

China became a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Dec. 12, 2001. Its government finally released on May 1, 2002, a detailed import quota for refined products for the year (Table 1). ..

Polypropylene (PP) is the fastest growing commodity polyolefin other than linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). So says a new report researched by SRI International Co., Menlo Park, California. How..

A world ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG) analysis from CMAI examines major issues confronting both EO/EG producers and consumers over the coming years. After what should turn out to be a r..

Upcoming revisions to API specifications will greatly simplify specifying integrally geared (IG) compressors (in fact, all centrifugal / axial compressors) for all services. So says Carl Schwarz, mech..

Worldwide demand for rigid styrenic polymers (including polystyrene, ABS, SAN and various specialties) amounted to about 16.5 million metric tons (MMton) in 2001. So estimates global consulting compan..

Nitrogen-based fertilizer producers, specifically ammonia and urea manufacturers, have experienced dramatic declines in product pricing over the past year and have also had to contend with high natura..

In the past two years, over 22,000 MW of new coal-fired generations has been announced, planned or begun the permitting process. Almost all of this capacity will use existing technology in its product..

Fuel-cell-powered vehicle completes endurance trek across the U.S. In early June, DaimlerChrysler achieved a milestone in fuel-cell technol..

Bearing upgrades I appreciated your "HP In Reliability" columns (Sept. 2001 andMay 2002) dealing with bearing upgrades. I am assuming thatoil flood lubrication means the bearing has "sump lubrica..

Edward M. Marsza, Contributing Editor One of the biggest problems in implementing safety instrumented systems (SISs) is poor definition of the safety instrumented function (SIF). More t..

Stephany Romanow, Senior Process EditorComments? Write:romanows@gulfpub.comU.S. history students recognize the title as an excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address presented on Nov. 19, 1863...