http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2023/02/babcock-wilcox-win-14-mm-to-provide-highly-efficient-cooling-systems-for-uk-waste-to-energy-plants/ Babcock & Wilcox's B&W Environmental business segment has been awarded contracts totaling more than $14 MM to design and supply highly efficient dry cooling systems for waste-to-energy plants in the UK. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2019/september-2019/ihydrocarbon-processingi-awards/ihydrocarbon-processingi-awards/ Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its third annual awards. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2015/march-2015/heat-transfer/improve-the-operation-of-fired-heaters/ Fired heaters or “process furnaces” are used extensively by the refining and petrochemical industries. These heat transfer units generate the much needed process energy through the combustio.. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2014/october-2014/columns/hp-petrochemicals-pvc-process-gets-technology-and-control-updates/ KBR has formed an alliance to sell the exclusive license for JNC Corp.’s PVC process technology, which it inherited from CHISSO Corp.’s business, a pioneer in the Japanese chemical industry. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2014/june-2014/refining-developments/which-margin-levers-impact-group-i-and-group-ii-base-stock-competitiveness-part-1/ As much as the lubricants industry might wish it otherwise, base stocks production is becoming more commoditized, and it is intertwined inextricably with mainstream refining operations. The vast major.. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2014/march-2014/process-analyzers/keep-liquid-analysis-invisible-in-refineries/ The hidden heroes of hydrocarbon processing plants are the liquid analyzers, especially the pH and conductivity loops. Unlike their flashier cousins in gas analysis, these analyzers operate behind the.. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2013/october-2013/columns/hp-integration-strategies-could-remanufactured-control-components-place-hpi-plants-at-risk/ The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) must address a number of potentially catastrophic safety issues. One issue, in particular, is the growing use of remanufactured equipment and components from .. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2013/may-2013/special-report-maintenancereliability/investigate-power-limitations-in-a-large-steam-turbine/ An investigation was carried out to rectify power limitations for a steam-turbine driver of a cracked-gas compressor (CGC) in a world-class ethylene plant.DescriptionThe turbine is a nine-stage, impul.. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2013/march-2013/columns/hp-reliability-how-the-best-lubricant-provides-added-value/ In November 2012, a highly competent lubrication engineer and I met again at the ExxonMobil Maintenance and Productivity Improvement Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. We talked about the small, but pes.. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2012/november-2012/columns/hp-integration-strategies-the-energy-water-nexus/ Whether or not you subscribe to the global warming and “peak oil” arguments, it is clear to almost everyone in the industrial world that “business as usual” is not sustainable inde..