http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/september-2024/carbon-captureco2-mitigation/retrofitting-co2-capture-in-a-petroleum-refinery/ This article examines the application of solvent absorption-based post combustion capture for refinery/site-specific factors and quantifies the impact this will have on CCS CAPEX/OPEX. This analysis helps to determine the optimum approach for any individual refinery site. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/08/lummus-to-supply-ethylene-technology-to-sillenos-pe-plant-in-kazakhstan/ Lummus Technology announced a contract award from Silleno for an ethylene unit, which will be part of the first polyethylene plant to be built in the Republic of Kazakhstan. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/august-2024/special-focus-plant-safety-and-environment/review-steam-system-designs-to-accelerate-chemical-industry-decarbonization/ Industrial steam systems range from simple systems comprising a low-pressure single steam user to a complex system with multiple pressure levels, multiple generators and multiple users integrated with an onsite cogeneration facility. This article will present the typical CO2 emissions estimates for chemical and petrochemical facilities and describe options available to reduce these emissions through additional heat integration, fuel switching, and the use of heat pumps and electric boilers.  http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/august-2024/refining-technologies/the-attractive-market-opportunity-for-synthetic-graphite-graphite-as-an-energy-transition-material-4/ Given the attractive demand projection, investors must understand the benefits and return on investment for natural and synthetic graphite routes. This article establishes the pros and cons for each, and specifically highlights the emerging opportunity for upgrading and repurposing smaller petcoke units to needle coke units, therefore contributing to fulfilling the rising demand for synthetic graphite. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/08/mitsubishi-chemical-to-conduct-studies-on-chemical-recycling-of-tires-using-coke-ovens/ The Mitsubishi Chemical Group has launched studies to perform chemical recycling of end-of-life (ELT) tires by utilizing the coke ovens at its Kagawa plant (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture). The MCG Group aims to begin marketing sustainable carbon black made from ELTs by March 2026. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/july-2024/sustainability-and-the-energy-transition/decarbonizing-steam-crackers-key-technical-challenges-of-transitioning-from-natural-gas-to-hydrogen/ In the petrochemical industry, olefin crackers utilize significant amounts of heat to crack hydrocarbons into essential chemicals, such as olefins and aromatics. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/07/clearsign-technologies-to-install-26-burners-at-us-gulf-coast-chemical-facility/ ClearSign Technologies will retrofit four process heaters with a total of 26 ClearSign Core™ burners to be installed in a U.S. Gulf Coast chemical facility.     http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/digital-exclusive/digital-exclusive-flare-system-design-liquid-pockets-in-flare-headers/ In this technical article, written by Saudi Aramco and Siemens Energy, the authors focus on areas where major benefits can be achieved early in the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of flare header piping designs. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/lummus-ferroman-partner-to-digitalize-and-decarbonize-petrochemical-furnace-operations/ Lummus Technology and Ferroman announced an agreement for digitalization and decarbonization of petrochemical furnace operations and delivery of high-performance static process equipment. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/05/clearsign-technologies-receives-burner-contract-for-california-us-refinery/ ClearSign Technologies announced the receipt of two purchase orders for detailed engineering of burners for a California refinery.