Equipment
Engineering Case Histories: Case 100—Was sloshing the cause of a failure?
Some situations in failure analysis demand an understanding of the wave motion of a liquid wave in a tank, called “sloshing.”
Reliability: Guidance for a lube sampling program
Suppose your manager asked you to be involved in setting up a lube sampling program.
Measuring steam flow to flares
Refinery flare stacks are designed to combust all manner of unrecoverable hydrocarbon gases and vapors to avoid putting them into the atmosphere in their original form.
How pipeline management becomes part of a plant safety strategy
A typical refinery or chemical plant contains miles of pipelines.
Optimize your insulation to reduce costs
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a common problem that is shared by the oil and gas (onshore and offshore), refining, petrochemical, power and manufacturing industries.
Establishing a plastics processing sector in NE India—A short analysis
The Assam gas cracker project was proposed as a part of the implementation of the Assam Accord, which was signed on August 15, 1985.
Energy losses from the radiant firebox wall of pyrolysis furnaces
The steam cracking unit is highly energy demanding, requiring high-severity pyrolysis furnaces to break the carbon-carbon bonds, as well as high pressure for the purification of its products.
Innovations
Hawk Measurement Systems has announced a new OptioLaser S300 that can be used for the detection of all types of liquids, regardless of their dielectric properties.
Business Trends: Rejuvenating the contract “spine” of megaprojects—Part 1
Business executives and project managers are grappling with challenging business environments and a 20-yr legacy of failing megaprojects.
Digital: Operational excellence index—Part 2: The digital transformation
Without a doubt, digitalization is the engine fueling the growing adoption of operational excellence (OE) in hazardous industries.
- From corn fields to cargo ships, ethanol gains early traction as marine fuel 6/12
- Indonesia raises price of widely used fuel by 32%, adds to cost-of-living concerns 6/12
- Technip Energies, Safran, Airbus, Tereos to form green jet fuel venture in France 6/12
- Saipem awarded €900-MM gas compression plant project in Saudi Arabia 6/12
- Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada hits full capacity two years after upgrade 6/12
- MB Energy and Zaffra sign MoU to advance commercialization of eSAF in Europe 6/12
