February 2017
Process Optimization
Use the right model to unlock utility system potential
Although we have entered a new era of low energy prices, energy still represents one of the largest, but most easily managed, operating costs in the hydrocarbon industries.
The Authors
Juan Gómez-Prado is a senior consultant at KBC Process Technology in the UK. He holds a chemical engineering degree from Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela, and an MS degree and PhD from the University of Manchester in the UK.
Doug Hutton is a principal consultant at KBC Process Technology in the UK. He holds a first-class honors degree and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Edinburgh in the UK. Dr. Hutton has 20 years of industry experience, including leading projects to develop corporate energy strategies and energy management systems for refining and petrochemicals companies.
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