October 2021

Catalytic reforming processes produce olefin contaminants in aromatics streams via paraffin dehydrogenation side reactions.

The project detailed here was carried out on a vacuum distillation unit (VDU) in the TÜPRAŞ İzmir refinery.

Furnaces, or fired heaters, provide the source of heat required for major industrial processes.

Intrusive and non-intrusive diagnostic tools and techniques for fluidized bed reactors are discussed here, with a focus on chemical synthesis catalytic reactions.

As part of the global campaign to reduce CO₂ emissions, carbon capture and reduction are receiving increased attention from a variety of process industries, especially power generation and oil and gas exploration and production.

Process monitoring is an indispensable practice to keep track of key performance indicators (KPIs) of the hydrogen (H₂) plant.

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

As a veteran of many capital projects once observed, “All projects execute materials management—those that do so without a plan and the appropriate resources just do it very poorly.”

Continuous catalytic reforming (CCR) is a general reforming process used in the petroleum refining industry.

Many heavy industrial plants, such as refineries and petrochemical facilities, require steam for numerous processes, including powering turbines, providing energy for a variety of unit operations and even heating buildings in some locations.

The objective of this article is to demonstrate the benefits of optimizing the pumping system through pump recycle line evaluations.

In pneumatic valve automation systems, it is common to hear the following terms for valve positions: “fail open (FO),” “fail close (FC)” and “fail last (FL)”.

In downstream processing facilities, such as refineries and chemical plants, downtime is a significant source of lost revenue.

For the past several years, Hydrocarbon Processing has recognized the top refining and petrochemical projects of the year.

A professionally presented course in pump fundamentals caught our eye recently.

During a heavy rainstorm, flooding occurred at a plant location that had never before flooded.

For many years, emissions were an unavoidable consequence of industrial development.

We live in a world increasingly driven by data scenarios for advanced analytics, predictive modeling and machine learning (ML), but how reliable is this for large oil and gas assets where safety and reliability are of paramount importance?

Ransomware has become an epidemic, and critical infrastructure is in the crosshairs.

On October 28, Hydrocarbon Processing will announce the winners of the 2021 HP Awards during a virtual streaming event.