Broad, R.
Robert Broad is a charted chemical engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in the UK, and a member of both the International Register of Professional Engineers and the European Federation of National Engineering Associations. Mr. Broad has worked more than 20 yr with compact heat exchangers, focusing on process optimization to reduce energy usage. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK.
Refinery revamp opportunities with welded plate heat exchangers
Environment & Safety
/ Carbon Management
/ Catalysts
/ Distillation
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Heat Transfer
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Loss Prevention
/ Reactors
/ Safety
The plate-and-shell (P&S) heat exchanger has three significant advantages over the shell-and-tube (S&T) type traditionally used in refinery processes.
Welded plate heat exchangers cut refinery process costs—Part 2
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Construction
/ Crude oil
/ Distillation
/ Economics
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Heat Transfer
/ Loss Prevention
/ Management
/ Natural Gas
/ Products
Plate-and-frame (P&F) heat exchangers were first manufactured 100 yr ago for use in the dairy industry.
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Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
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