Whitepapers

Test methods for measuring sulfur content, like ASTM D4294 and ISO 8754, have become critical for assessing the value of crude oil. The blending of crude oils has become more commonplace within the industry to meet specifications for the classification of sweet crude oil. Throughout this whitepaper, we will discuss the following application studies:

• Avoid Sulfur Measurement Bias from Particulate Settling in Crude Oil
• S, Ni, V, and Fe Analysis of Crude Oil Using HDXRF®
• Total Sulfur in Hydrocarbons by ASTM D4294

Combustion processes are an integral operation in refineries and petrochemical plants across the globe. Rising fuel costs and increasing competition are driving plants to adopt new techniques for measuring combustible gases with the goal of optimizing their combustion processes. This white paper explains how the new generation of tunable diode laser (TDL) oxygen and carbon monoxide analyzers not only offers exceptional fuel costs savings, but eliminates the need for process side purge gas.

Gain new insights into your production and operate more successfully with Pervasive Sensing™ strategies. Get white papers from Emerson featuring the latest innovations in sensing and analytics that deliver actionable information and help transform plant performance. Learn more about wireless applications and technologies for refining, chemical processing and more.

More and more environmental regulations are requiring electronic monitoring of pressure relief devices (PRDs) and valves. Find out how Emerson’s wireless PRD monitoring solutions give you continuous electronic monitoring for identifying pressure releases, recording the time and duration, and notifying operators immediately that a pressure release has occurred.

The difference between whether projects are on-time and on-budget or late and over-budget often comes down to strategies. Transforming capital project execution requires new strategies and taking best practices from successful projects. This interactive ebook showcases actual successful capital projects and how companies across countries and industries are combining best-in-class project strategies and automation technologies to transform capital project execution.

Imagine a plant that is no longer at risk of a random shutdown. Imagine not worrying about losing a year’s worth of hard-fought optimization value in just two to three days due to a maintenance emergency. Through the science of maintenance, historical and real-time operational data combine to predict when a breakdown will occur with months — not just days — of advance notice. Learn more in this executive brief from AspenTech President and CEO Antonio Pietri.

This paper will explain how, by selecting the CANSOLV SO2 Scrubbing System for substantially cutting the SO2 emissions from its FCC unit off-gas rather than using a more conventional caustic scrubbing system, a Chinese refiner has unlocked a series of benefits. Its evaluation found the capital cost of the two solutions to be comparable, but it has avoided the costs associated with treating large amounts of liquid effluent, which are inevitable with caustic scrubbing, and improved its margins through the recovery of marketable sulphur.

In petrochemical plants and refineries, tunable diode laser (TDL) gas analyzers are becoming an increasingly common sight. Their high reliability and low maintenance has made them the gas analyzer technology of choice for many companies. Installing a cross-stack TDL directly in a process pipe or vessel creates some installation and operational challenges and limitations which need to be considered carefully before considering their deployment. This white paper examines influences on the light beam and alignment of typical cross-pipe TDLs and contrasts that with the versatility of folded-path TDLs.