Browse Editions : 2012 / Q2
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Optimizing pumparound reflux for zero-cost energy savings

 Ahmet Bebek and Sule Seda Ay, Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation

2012 / Q2

By increasing pumparound ratios in principal units, refinery engineers were able to recover energy for process heating and reduce stack emissions

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Crude preheat fouling control helps reduce CO2 emissions

 Andre Vanhove and Alain Pothuaud, GE Water & Process Technologies

2012 / Q2

Modelling key performance indicators quantifies the impact of fouling in the hot preheat train and helps to identify the benefits of a planned treatment programme

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A novel investiation approach linking to risk assessment

 Robin Pitblado and Mark Fisher, Det Norske Veritas

2012 / Q2

A novel incident investigation approach provides information on both management system and risk barrier failures.

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Improved heat recovery from a hydrotreater

 Peter Ellerby, Cal Gavin

2012 / Q2

A Russian refinery aimed to reduce the load on a hydrotreater's fired heater by increasing the performance of the feed/effluent exchanger

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Column preheat improvement to debottleneck furnace operation

 Said Al Zahrani, Samit Roy and Edwin Bright, Saudi Aramco

2012 / Q2

Simulation helped to identify and mitigate the root cause of a furnace bottleneck to maximise the removal of light ends in the feed to a preflash column

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Useful tips for fired heater optimisation

 Nikki Bishop and Barbara Hamilton, Emerson Process Management

2012 / Q2

Model predictive control that is native to the regulatory control processor provides high-speed, redundant and robust control for process fired heaters

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High-Purity propylene from refinery LPG

Ed Palmer, Ian Glasgow, Sachin Nijhawan, Debra Clark and Lambert Guzman, Mustang Engineering

2012 / Q2

A case study and financial analysis show that investment opportunities for refiners exist with the expected future high price of propylene

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Assessing the impact of carbon pricing on refinery profitability

Joris Mertens, KBC Process Technology

2012 / Q2

The carbon cost to the European refining industry arising from EU policy will depend on the carbon price and on the refinery's carbon footprint

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Carbon capture options for refiners

Suzanne Ferguson and Mike Stockle, Foster Wheeler

2012 / Q2

An outline methodology identifies the most appropriate way to achieve a refinery's carbon capture goal

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High-performance trays alone do not guarantee performance improvements

Sounho Lee, GTC Technology US

Libor Hojsik, GTC Technology Europe

Myunghyun Kim and Daeyoung Jung, Hyundai Oil Bank

2012 / Q2

A high-performance tray does not itself determine the effectiveness of the whole column.  Other distillation equipment plays a vital role in a successful column revamp.

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Combination mechanical slurry conditioning and filtration

 Barry Perlmutter, BHS-Filtration

2012 / Q2

 A novel definition of combination filtration provides process engineers with a framework for analysing operating bottlenecks

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Optimise hydrocracker operations for maximum distillates

 Prashant Parihar, Ravi K Voolapalli, Rajeev Kumar, Srinivasulu Kaalva, Biswanath Saha and P S Viswanathan, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, India

2012 / Q2

Estimation of an accurate operating window for a hydrocracker enables refiners to minimise yields of light ends and maximise diesel production 

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Optimised reactor internals for a hydroprocessing unit

 Tai-Sheng Chou, H2Adance

2012 / Q2

Optimised distributor and quench box design can improve catalyst performance and unit reliability

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Accurate quality checks in catalyst regeneration

Atul Dave, Consultant

2012 / Q2

A method based on density measurement delivers fast and repeatable analysis of chlorination agents used in catalyst regeneration

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