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Pumps

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Flowserve Corp., a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has released its SIHI® Boost UltraPLUS dry-running vacuum pump.

C3, splitter revamp case study emphasizes importance of balancing in four-pass trays to achieve separation efficiency and capacity

Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc.: Krishnamoorthy, S.  |  Summers, D. R.
Sulzer Chemtech Middle East W.L.L.: Kale, V.
Saudi Kayan, SABIC: Shahare, D.  |  Khawdah, M. A.

The C<sub>3</sub> splitter in an olefins plant is one of the most important and critical pieces of equipment: it separates polymer-grade propylene from propane.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Rockwell Automation has reinforced new capabilities in emulation and support with its first expansion of FactoryTalk® Logix Echo.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

For organizations to secure their operations and reduce cyber threats, a successful cybersecurity strategy requires solutions to secure endpoints—any device that is connected to a network outside of its firewall, including laptops, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), switches, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and more.

Real-time monitoring of creep damage for fired equipment tubes, employing advanced web platforms

ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co.: Lindblade, M.  |  Ray, C.  |  Lee, H. S.

Within the petrochemical industry, fired heater tubes and boilers experience high tube metal temperatures (TMTs) for extended periods of time.

Variable-speed pumps and minimum flow control valves: Design and implementation

Dialog E&C Sdn Bhd: Lemmers, S. P. B.  |  Hau, Y. F.  |  Tan, P. C.

Within hydrocarbon storage terminals, product pumps are the most vital rotating equipment for terminal operations and maintenance.

Business Trends: Optimize pump systems to save electrical energy

British Pump Manufacturer’s Association Ltd. (BPMA): Schofield, S.

Given the global rise in energy costs, there has never been a better time to review and assess the efficiency of pumping systems—whatever their size, complexity or sphere of operation.

Valves, Pumps and Turbomachinery: Calculate flowrate through valves, fittings and pipe under a laminar flow regime

University of Cienfuegos: Garcia, I.
Kuraray America Inc. EVAL Plant: Garcia, A.

Calculating flowrate through long, straight pipe under laminar flow regime is easy using standard equations of fluid mechanics.

Amarinth wins order from ADNOC for API 685 OH2 and VS4 Magnetic Drive pumps

Amarinth, a world-leading, net-zero designer and manufacturer of low lifecycle cost centrifugal pumps and associated equipment, primarily for the offshore and onshore oil & gas industries; nuclear and renewable energy generation; defense; desalination; process and industrial markets, has won an order from ADNOC for API 685 OH2 and VS4 Magnetic Drive pumps that will be used on the Ruwais NGL trains, United Arab Emirates.

The effect of viscosity on centrifugal pumps and predicting performance for different fluids

ADNOC Refining: Dominic, A.

Centrifugal pumps are used for a wide range of applications and services in the refining industry. In today’s dynamic scenario, changes in pumped fluid characteristics are common, especially for transfer/loading pumps.