Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Process Optimization

Consider advanced catalysts for Claus units

Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Semnan University: ZareNezhad, B.

This evaluation explores the most influencing parameters regarding catalyst selection for sulfur recovery units

Improve calculating cetane numbers

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Dhar, A. K.

An empirical formula simplifies estimating cetane values for different diesel fuel specifications

Improve refinery reformate yields

LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas: Argirov, G.  |  Shishkova, I.  |  Stratiev, D.  |  Tsingov, T.

This refiner installed a hybrid catalytic reforming unit to raise octane of the gasoline blending pool

Tower pressure relief calculation

Petrofac Engineering & Constructions: Rahimi Mofrad, S.

A practical, less-complicated method for different emergency cases

Employing chemical engineers to make more money in refineries

Proconsul Services Ltd.: Alevizos, G.

Help these technical professionals in your plant establish the basics of a continuous improvement process

Increase gasoline production—a case study

Bandar Abbas Oil Refinng Co.: Behroozi, A.  |  Beitari, H.  |  Ghorbanipoor, M.  |  Nasrabadi, A. M.

Adjusting naphtha product cuts from the crude unit increased gasoline production without a major revamp

Rethink the handling of acid gases

Oil Industry Safety Directorate: Chakravorty, S. L.

Consider these guidelines to improve management of hydrogen sulfide in your refinery

Is nitrogen really inert as a blanketing medium?

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Luckwal, K.  |  Mandal, K. K.
Gujarat Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited: Ramakumar, K. R.

New investigation finds that this gas is soluble in hydrocracker feed

HP Water Management: Could ultrafiltration or microfiltration replace my gravity clarifier?

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

 Ultrafiltration(UF) and microfiltration (MF) are membrane-based technologies that remove suspended solids, but virtually no dissolved contaminants, from aqueous streams. There are two configurat..

LNG technology—The next chapter

KBR: Caswell, C.  |  Durr, C.  |  Kotzot, H.

Technical challenges of new plants will involve the sizing of trains, construction cost controls, onshore vs. offshore, energy efficiencies and environment