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Hot oil pump warm-up system best practices and failure case study

Saudi Aramco: Brashler, K.  |  Alshahrani, Y.  |  Sabban, M.

Many industries utilize pumps in hot applications, including oil and gas facilities.

2022 HP Awards Finalists

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<em>Hydrocarbon Processing</em>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its sixth annual <em>HP</em> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

Choosing the proper regulator configuration can reduce droop

Swagelok Company: Arumpanayil, S.

Many factors go into selecting the proper regulator for your system. One of those factors is sensitivity to changes in outlet pressure as downstream flow fluctuates, which is often characterized as “droop” as illustrated within a regulator’s flow curve.

HRSG water/steam sampling: Do it right or face potential consequences

ChemTreat, Inc.: Buecker, B.
Sentry Equipment Corp.: Powalisz, J.

Many large industrial facilities—including refineries, and chemical and petrochemical plants—are increasingly turning to co-generation for process steam and power production.

The effects of highly corrosive fluids on valves and disasters that can be avoided

ValveMan: Welsford, G.

Some of the highly corrosive fluids in the oil and gas industry contain the following compounds: carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, chlorides and moisture.

Fouling in hydrogen recycle gas compressors

TurboTech Consulting Corp.: Zardynezhad, S.

Hydrogen recycle gas compressors are one of the most significant rotating equipment in oil refineries, petrochemical plants and upgraders.

Use a simple vapor equation for sizing two-phase pressure relief valves

Covestro: Kim, J. S.  |  Li, P.  |  Haines, R. J.
Bechtel: Lopez, J. P.

Pressure relief valves (PRVs) protect process equipment from the hazards of excessive over-pressure.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

The Thermo Scientific Delta Q isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) is a next-generation gas IRMS designed to enable detailed analysis with greater precision and accuracy.

Valves, Pumps and Turbomachinery: Achieving the right installation torque with a virtual calculation

Rembe: Wegener, C.

Determining the required installation torque for a tight flange system is a daily challenge for industrial valve manufacturers and plant operators.

Business Trends: Non-OEM parts—Buyer beware

Emerson: Boyle, B.

What is the harm in wearing a knock-off Rolex watch?