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| Catalysts for maximising middle distillates |
Ruben Miravalles, Tamara Galindo, Repsol
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2012 / Q1 |
Collaboration in catalyst development and application, from laboratory scale to commercial operation, enabled a refiner to achieve production objectives.
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| Using cold boiler feed water for energy recovery |
Alisan Dogan, Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation
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2012 / Q1 |
Feeding membrane deaerated cold boiler feed water to appropriate units will enable waste heat to replace substantial steam duty in a refinery
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| Cost estimating for turnarounds |
Gordon Lawrence, Asset Performance Networks
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2012 / Q1 |
Cost estimates for refinery turnarounds can lack accuracy, but lessons learned from capital project estimating could improve matters
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| Abatement of hydrogen sulphide in asphalt |
Jennifer Draper and Joseph Stark, Baker Hughes
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2012 / Q1 |
Risks of exposure at asphalt loading platforms require reliable monitoring of H2S levels and a programme of abatement using effective chemical scavengers.
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| Oxygen enrichment in desulphurisation |
Shivan Ahamparam and Stephen Harrison, Linde
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2012 / Q1 |
Oxygen enrichment technology is a viable and cost-effective solution for significantly increasing sulphur treatment capacity.
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| Green retarder technology for the styrene industry |
Lisheng Xu, Javier Florencio, Vincent Lewis and Christopher Morrison, Nalco Ana Guzman, Carmen Monfort and Ana Olivares, Repsol Quimica Tarragona
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2012 / Q1 |
Increased environmental and safety awareness in the styrene industry has led to the development of more acceptable alternatives to toxic nitrophenolic retarders
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| Energy recovery with compact heat exchangers |
Marcos Matsufugi, Alfa Laval
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2012 / Q1 |
Compact heat exchangers are used for heat recovery applications where high efficiency is vital, space or weight constraints apply, or exotic materials are required
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| Low rare earth catalysts for FCC operations |
Yen Yung and Ken Bruno, Albemarle Corporation
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2012 / Q1 |
Features including high zeolite and matrix stability and high accessibility architecture characterise a family of low rare earth FCC catalysts
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| Catalyst additives reduce rare earth costs |
Ray Fletcher, Intercat
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2012 / Q1 |
Catalyst additive technologies help to control rare earth costs in fresh FCC catalyst additions and in SOx capture
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| Consolidation of refinery control rooms |
Eric Jan Kwekkeboom, Yokogawa Europe & Africa
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2012 / Q1 |
Migration of a refinery's DCS provided an opportunity to reconfigure and consolidate the control rooms and operations management system
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| Integrated monitoring for optimising crude distillation |
Gregory Shahnovsky, Tal Cohen and Ronny McMurray, Modcon-Systems Ltd
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2012 / Q1 |
On-line process analysers in crude distillation units prevent lost throughput caused by non-conforming process conditions and crude oil switching
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| Crude oil vapour pressure testing |
Hannes Pichler and Klaus Hense, Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of Ametek
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2012 / Q1 |
Vapour pressure testing is an important safety check in the transport, storage and blending of crude oil
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| Optimised hydrogen production by steam reforming: part I |
Sanke Rajyalakshmi, Kedar Patwardhan and P V Balaramakrishna, Larsen and Toubro
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2012 / Q1 |
Modelling optimisation of process and design parameters for minimising natural gas consumption in hydrogen production by steam reforming
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| Improved catalytic reforming |
Anthony Poparad, Beatrix Ellis, Bryan Glover and Stephen Metro, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
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2012 / Q1 |
Catalyst solutions help to improve the profitability and reliability of reforming units
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| New crude oil basket for hydrogen savings |
Rajeev Kumar, Prashant Parihar and Ravi K Voolapalli, Corporate R&D Centre, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, India
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2012 / Q1 |
The processing requirements of opportunity crudes are considered for the operations of the Indian refineries
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