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| Wastewater treatment at Conoco refinery |
David E Smith, Hyder Consulting
Geoffrey Vickers, Conoco Ltd, Humber Refinery |
1998 / Q3 |
A case study of new wastewater treatment facilities at Conoco's Humber refinery, in the UK, which has won two environmental awards. An integrated approach to the development of the scheme is described, including waste minimisation and pilot scale studies.
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| Biological clean-up of hydrocarbon pollution |
Alica Eszenyiova, Gabriela Polakovicova, Vladimira Bilska, Helena Rajnohova, Slovnaft VURUP Inc
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2000 / Q4 |
A project to decontaminate soil polluted by hydrocarbons, using bioremediation, has proved to be an efficient and cost effective treatment which, in the case reported here, has resulted in savings of 70 per cent over landfill.
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| Refinery upgrade meeting environment standards |
Gerarde Downing, Irish Refining plc
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2000 / Q4 |
An account of the resurgence of an oil refinery, shut down because of over capacity and then re-emerging as a country's major supplier of petrol, diesel and kerosene while upgrading to European environmental directives.
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Gerarde Downing, Irish Refining plc
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2000 / Q4 |
An account of the resurgence of an oil refinery, shut down because of over capacity and then re-emerging as a country's major supplier of petrol, diesel and kerosene while upgrading to European environmental directives.
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| Improved predictions for amine sweetening facilities |
Gavin D McIntyre, Vicente N Hernandez-Valencia, Kevin M Lunsford, Bryan Research & Engineering Inc
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2001 / Q4 |
A wide-ranging review of the work that has been done towards avoiding the severe problems that benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and some other hydrocarbons can impose on sulphur recovery assets.
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| Refinery CO2 challenges |
R Michiel Spooor, KBC Process Technology Ltd
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2006 / Q1 |
How much CO2 can a refinery release into the atmosphere? This is just one of the many challenges facing refineries now and in the future when it comes to reducing CO2 emmisions.
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| Verifying VOC emissions |
David Furry and Joshua Furry, Leak Surveys Inc
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2007 / Q1 |
Infrared technology, based on a passive infrared camera system, can be
used to detect VOC emissions and hydrocarbon leaks. The use of optical
imaging of emissions clouds in the petrochemical and pipeline industry
is discussed.
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| SO2 scrubbing in refinery applications |
Rich W Birnbaum, Cansolv Technologies
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2009 / Q1 |
Emissions control and by-product capture can add value from flue gas streams generated by FCCU, process heaters, sulphur plants and spent acid regeneration units. Process flow sheet information and utility consumption guidelines are presented for an SO2 scrubbing system.
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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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