Reactors
Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production
Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Americas
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/ Biofuels
/ Cetane
/ Construction
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
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/ Distillation
/ Economics
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/ Octane
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New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate
Innovation drives new catalyst developments
Petrochemicals
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/ Refining
/ Americas
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/ Asia/Pacific
/ Biofuels
/ Catalysts
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
/ Diesel
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
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/ Ethers
/ Europe
/ Gasoline
/ Hydrocracking
/ Hydrogen
/ Hydrotreating
/ Middle East
/ Naphtha
/ Natural Gas
/ Octane
/ Polymers
/ Reactors
/ Safety
Future challenges in environment and product specifications involve more sophisticated catalyst systems
Rare earth dilemma forces catalyst changes
Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Catalysts
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
/ Diesel
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Europe
/ Gasification
/ Gasoline
/ Hydrocracking
/ Hydrotreating
/ Middle East
/ Naphtha
/ Octane
/ Polymers
/ Reactors
The success from catalysts depends on its structure and composition. Tremendous research has been devoted in fine-tuning the melding of structure and raw material makeup to provide efficient catalyst ..
Improving pH control mitigates corrosion in crude units
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Optimization
/ Project Management
/ Refining
/ Acid Gas Removal
/ Americas
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/ Construction
/ Corrosion
/ Crude oil
/ Diesel
/ Economics
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/ Europe
/ Heat Transfer
/ Management
/ Middle East
/ Piping
/ Reactors
Equipment and pipe failures can be avoided through better desalting practices and inhibitor injections
Avoid brittle fracture in pressure vessels
Maintenance & Reliability
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Key points identify effects from auto-refrigeration on steel vessels
Case 61: Pressure loss in a reactor
Maintenance & Reliability
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/ Reactors
Much information is available from a simple analysis
Slurry-phase hydrocracking—possible solution to refining margins
Environment & Safety
/ Process Optimization
/ Project Management
/ Refining
/ Acid Gas Removal
/ Alcohols
/ Americas
/ Aromatics
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Biofuels
/ Carbon Management
/ Catalysts
/ Cetane
/ Construction
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
/ Diesel
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Ethers
/ Europe
/ Gasification
/ Gasoline
/ Greenhouse Gases
/ Hydrocracking
/ Hydrogen
/ Hydrotreating
/ Loss Prevention
/ Management
/ Middle East
/ Naphtha
/ Octane
/ Reactors
/ Treating
Opportunity crudes require more hydrogen addition to upgrade orphan product streams into higher-value ‘clean’ products
Convert bottom-of-the-barrel into diesel and light olefins
Environment & Safety
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Acid Gas Removal
/ Alcohols
/ Americas
/ Aromatics
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Biofuels
/ Carbon Management
/ Catalysts
/ Construction
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
/ Diesel
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Ethers
/ Europe
/ Gasification
/ Gasoline
/ Greenhouse Gases
/ Hydrocracking
/ Hydrogen
/ Hydrotreating
/ Loss Prevention
/ Middle East
/ Naphtha
/ Octane
/ Reactors
/ Treating
Integrating residue hydrocracking operations with advanced fluid catalytic cracking optimizes upgrading of heavy crude oils
How to fabricate reactors for severe service
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Construction
/ Corrosion
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Europe
/ Hydrocracking
/ Middle East
/ Reactors
/ Safety
Many critical factors are involved in the design and welding of hydrocracking reactors
Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports
Environment & Safety
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/ Americas
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/ Corrosion
/ Engineering & Design
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/ Heat Transfer
/ Loss Prevention
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/ Reactors
The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction
