Furnaces
Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production
New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate
Foster Wheeler sending a steam reformer to Bashkortostan
Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by JSC Novo-Ufimsky refinery, a subsidiary of Russian oil company Bashneft, for the engineering and material supply of a new Terrace Wall steam reformer heater and air preheating system for the Ufa refinery in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.
Alfa Laval wins SEK 75 million refinery order in Saudi Arabia
Alfa Laval has received an order for Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a refinery in Saudi Arabia. The order value is about SEK 75 million and delivery is scheduled for 2012.
Minimize carbon footprint from Claus tail-gas units
Reevaluate emissions efficiencies on sulfur-removal operations
Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service
Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach
Convert waste heat into eco-friendly energy
New developments, such as the organic Rankine cycle, help operations go ‘green’
Optimize heat exchanger installations
This case study proves that a systematic approach for thermal design can identify substantial savings in projects
Prevent flow-induced vibration in heat exchangers
New technology can be used in existing tube bundles to enable higher flowrates without risk of tube damage
Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics
Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1
The refining and petrochemical industries employ a large number of process engineers. Plants often assign newly graduated engineers to the utility water area. Process engineers in each operating unit ..

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