Rotating Equipment
Consider ceramic bearings for screw compressors
This retrofit resulted in a six-fold increase in service life
Understanding and maintaining an effective lubrication system
Follow these guidelines to improve gearing equipment life
Predicting liquid hold-up in horizontal stratified two-phase flow
A new model has an average error of only 1%
Improve gas compression systems with all-welded shell-and-plate heat exchangers
They offer benefits compared to shell-and-tube and welded-plate designs
A retrofit of this system at a refining company provided a payout in less than a year
Improved stepless capacity regulation for reciprocating compressors
A support vector classification method for regime identification of slurry transport in pipelines
Statistical analysis showed the proposed solution has an average misclassification error of only 1.5%
Explicit friction factor correlations for turbulent fluid flow in noncircular ducts and polymeric fluids
New equation provides highly accurate estimates
New explicit friction factor equation for turbulent flow in rough pipes
It is more reliable and accurate than existing equations
Fine-tuning demercaptanization process: A case study
Optimizing caustic concentrations and reactor temperatures improved acidic compound removal without installing new equipment
Auxiliary pumps and support systems for process machinery
Proper system design and operation are critical to plant uptime and reliability
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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
