The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is a high-energy-consuming business. After cost for feedstocks, energy is the next largest operating expense for an HPI facility. Since the first oil embargo ..
The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is a high-energy-consuming business. After cost for feedstocks, energy is the next largest operating expense for an HPI facility. Since the first oil embargo in the 1970s, HPI companies have endeavored to control and improve energy efficiency for processing facilities (Fig. 1).
FIG. 1. HPI unit operations are high-energy consumers.
Energy efficiency is a multi-faceted program
Many factors can be followed to control energy consumption and optimize energy recovery (conservation) from process and product streams. The HPI uses chemical reactions to manufacture transportation fuels, petrochemicals and other refined produ
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