August 2009

This retrofit resulted in a six-fold increase in service life

Follow these guidelines to improve gearing equipment life

A new model has an average error of only 1%

They offer benefits compared to shell-and-tube and welded-plate designs

Improved stepless capacity regulation for reciprocating compressors

Here are important guidelines when considering titanium for exchanger construction

Statistical analysis showed the proposed solution has an average misclassification error of only 1.5%

Technology advances facilitate building integrated chemical complexes based on renewable feedstocks that can cost-effectively process ethylene derivatives

This is the third in a series of three editorials about designing advanced process control (APC) applications for an environment of little to no maintenance. Having lamented for years about APC applic..

Reliability-focused readers know quite a bit about oil mist and many use plantwide oil mist systems for their process pumps and electric motor drivers. In fact, some major grassroots olefins plants us..

Several refiners have recently purchased ethanol plants; here are some insights into the water treatment issues in these plants. The unit operation with the most stringent water requirement is the low..

In the wake of several high-profile industrial accidents, and against the background of an aging installed base and a shrinking workforce, HPI owner/operators should consider upgrading and modernizing..

Words of praise I want to thank you for Hydrocarbon Processing magazine. I consider it one of the most premier, professional and informative trade journals that I receive. Recently, I had a question ..

Pearl will be managing the construction of an expansion project for a gas processing plant in North Louisiana. Pearl is currently executing the engineering for the addition of inlet separation, dehydr..

Hellenic Petroleum has started a new 27,000-bpd fluid catalytic cracking gasoline desulfurization unit in Greece. The unit utilizes CDTECH technologies to produce ultra-low-sulfur gasoline. In additio..

  Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. finalized the plan to award engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the 13 different process packages of its 400,000-bpd ..

INPEX Corp. recently started construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal at the port of Naoetsu in Joetsu City, Japan. The LNG receiving terminal project is estimated to be comple..

A tsunami of change awaits US refiners A tsunami of change awaits US refiners, according to a recent report from Deloitte (www.deloitte.com). Citin..

Mark Finley, general manager of Global Energy Markets for BP America, shared BP's view on future global energy at the Baker Institute Energy Forum. According to the BP Statistical Review of World Ener..

"Recovery is in sight for the US and global chemical industry," according to the American Chemistry Council's mid-year 2009 outlook. At mid-year, expectations for 2009 are stabilizing; the freefall is..

  The International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA) held its 29th Annual International Operating Conference and Trade Show on June 8-10, 2009, in H..

Because there's no such thing as throwing things "away," it's time to get out the white coats and do some serious chemistry. We need to use hydrocarbon molecules in a completely different way. Also, w..