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Heat Transfer

Bottomless refinery: Improve refinery economics

GE Energy: McKenna, P.  |  Sheikh, F.

Integrating gasification process with residue upgrading can produce high-value multiproduct streams while decreasing total refinery emissions

Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports

The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied

HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1

MarTech Systems, Inc.: Huchler, L. A.

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 ..

Optimize operating parameters of absorbers/strippers in gas plants

Bantrel Co.: Nava, J.

Better recovery definition of C3s and C4s from gas absorber/stripper can lower costs

Increase crude unit capacity through better integration

Gulf Advanced Process Technologies (GAP-Tech): Amin, M. S.  |  Ibrahim, M. S.  |  Aseeri, A. S.

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

HP Innovations: ‘Revolutionary’ new industrial insulation product

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

Visionary Industrial Insulation recently announced that it has commenced sales as the master distributor what is claimed to be a revolutionary new insulation product (Fig. 2), high-temperature layered..

Finetune boil-off gas generation from refrigerated storage facilities

Sazeh Consultants: Jari, Kalat  |  Gorji, A. H.

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

Furnace tubes-enhancing safety and efficiency with infrared thermography

Thermal imaging offers advantages over thermocouples

Troubleshooting waste-heat boiler poor heat transfer

Saudi Aramco: Yeh, G. J.  |  Al-Babtain, I.  |  Al-Zahrani, S.
PetroRabigh: Al-Ghanemi, N.

Analytical results showed that potash leached from the catalyst, refractory powder, corrosion products and, to a lesser extent, catalyst fines resulted in tube fouling

Heat-exchanger failure analysis in a naphtha cracking unit

University of Tehran: Mazuchi, M.  |  Monemian, S. A.
Shahid Chamran University: Sababi, M.

This case history analyzed the failure and makes recommendations to prevent future failures