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Heat Transfer

Guidelines help energy engineers and managers

Visiting Faculty, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology: Goyal, O. P.

Here are new guidelines, checklists and an integrated approach for a successful energy conservation program

Consider outsourcing energy supplies

Users can avoid capital expenditures and save on steam and electricity costs

Hydrogen—what are the costs?

HPI operating facilities have many choices on how to meet their rising demand for H2; here are several options

Improve condensate recovery systems

Using these fundamental design guidelines, plant engineers can improve the operation and reliability of steam distribution systems

Reduce compressed air costs

There are many practical ways, and all use common sense

Design considerations to prevent heat exchanger failure

Tests show the importance of relief system design and location

Cooling tower fill: the neglected moneymaker

The Burger Cooling Tower Company Inc.: Burger, R.

New designs improve performance and reduce costs

Eliminate air preheater corrosion

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Nayek, S. K.  |  Dingankar, S.

Consider these design options to improve reliability and efficiency

Consider using hydrogen plants to cogenerate power needs

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Baade, W. F.  |  Gagliardi, C.  |  Terrible, J.  |  Shahani, G.
Technip USA: Bredehoft, R.  |  Ralston, M.

Many forces are reshaping the worldwide hydrogen market; refiners have several options to receive steam and electrical power from a hydrogen plant

Refiner uses cogeneration project to revamp for high-sulfur crudes

Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Inc.: Karpenski, M. J.
Petrox SA Refineria de Petroles: Alveal, E. D.

Under a cooperative agreement with partners, a Chilean refinery installed a delayed coker and hydrotreater to improve refining flexibility, produce ?clean' fuels and receive utilities from a cogeneration unit that burns plant waste byproducts