Process Optimization
Enhance mercury removal from naphtha
Improved activated carbon provides adsorption of various mercury species
Avoid failures in waterside utility systems
Use these preventive steps to improve operations and reliability of process water treatment units
Optimize operations of demineralization units
Better selection of resins and operating practice improve operation of this water treatment method
Improve oily wastewater treatment
Innovative methods meet challenges to pretreat and dispose of process wastewater properly
Understand reverse osmosis as a vital water treatment
Normalizing plant data reveals true condition of membrane systems
HP Water Management: Reduce risk of feedwater oxygen corrosion
The most critical asset for reliable boiler operation is the deaerator. Most plants do not routinely monitor or inspect these units because there are few early warning indications of poor performance...
Consider using flowsheet simulators for reactor system design
Rigorous simulation methods assist engineers to develop accurate material/ energy balances for hydrotreating operations
Industry developments
Robust growth throughout HPI sectors
Consider the 'inside-out' approach to optimize distillation operations
Economic value can be obtained by involving heat exchanger and tower internal experts in the initial design development
Sarbanes-Oxley impacts plant personnel, too
This US regulatory act governing accounting policies also applies to process design and operations
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