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Increase crude unit capacity through better integration

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2010
Gulf Advanced Process Technologies (GAP-Tech): Amin, M. S.  |  Ibrahim, M. S.  |  Aseeri, A. S.
Process Optimization / Refining / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Boilers / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Distillation / Economics / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Europe / Furnaces / Gasoline / Heat Transfer / Middle East / Naphtha / Octane

In revamp projects, better energy integration provides more benefits with less capital investment and lower operating costs

Finetune boil-off gas generation from refrigerated storage facilities

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2010
Sazeh Consultants: Jari, Kalat  |  Gorji, A. H.
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Process Optimization / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Heat Transfer / Loss Prevention / Natural Gas / Piping

Improved estimation methods accurately calculate vaporized product for LNG and LPG storage and transfer systems

Discover new trends in oily wastewater reclamation

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2010
Refinery Water Engineering & Associates: Kujawski, D.
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization / Refining / Crude oil / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Loss Prevention / Utilities

Refiners can find profits by ‘upgrading’ treatment and recycling process water

HP Reliability: Not ready for 29-year-old pump packing

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2010
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Environment & Safety / Maintenance & Reliability / Process Optimization / Corrosion / Engineering & Design / Environment / Equipment / Loss Prevention / Pumps / Rotating Equipment / Safety

In 2009 we were informed about “a nuclear plant that was never commissioned after its original construction. This plant has been sitting idle for 29 years and is only now starting up.” The o..

Solve liquid-hammer problems

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2010
Dalan Farayand Engineering Co.: Salehi, F.
Maintenance & Reliability / Process Optimization / Equipment

Here are several options

New explicit friction factor equation for turbulent flow in smooth pipes

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2010
Bouali Sina Petrochemical Company: Sasan-Amiri, A.
Process Optimization / Equipment

A simple, explicit and high-accuracy equation is presented

A support vector classification method for regime identification of slurry transport in pipelines

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2009
National Institute of Technology: Ghanta, K. C.  |  Lahiri, S. K.
Process Optimization / Equipment / Rotating Equipment

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

Estimate water hammer loads in steam piping

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2009
Reliance Refinery: Darji, P.  |  Saha, S.
Maintenance & Reliability / Process Optimization / Equipment

The problem is more complicated because of the two-phase flow

Explicit friction factor correlations for turbulent fluid flow in noncircular ducts and polymeric fluids

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2009
Bayer HealthCare: Goudar, C. T.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Sonnad, J. R.
Process Optimization / Equipment / Rotating Equipment

New equation provides highly accurate estimates

New explicit friction factor equation for turbulent flow in rough pipes

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2009
Bouali Sina Petrochemical Company: Sasan-Amiri, A.
Process Optimization / Equipment / Rotating Equipment

It is more reliable and accurate than existing equations