Alfa Laval has introduced wide-opening design plates in its Packinox heat exchangers.
In a refinery or petrochemical plant, certain equipment can create “gray areas” between process engineers and instrument engineers.
The pumps referred to in this article are 2,600-HP vertical pumps utilized as booster pumps for the shipment of crude oil.
Within a refinery, four main utilities are considered essential to operations: electricity, natural gas, water and compressed air.
Steam ejector vacuum systems are generally considered to be reliable and require little maintenance.
Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals’ olefins plant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria is designed to produce 300,000 tpy of polymer-grade ethylene and 126,000 tpy of polymer-grade propylene through the pyrolysis or thermal cracking of natural gas liquids (NGL).
Overall energy management and operational conservation have become crucial factors for profitability in today’s refining segment.
Ross Systems and Controls (SysCon) recently completed the qualification to self-certify its touchscreen purged panels as meeting the rigorous standards of Underwriters Laboratories’ UL-698A Code and the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA-496 Code.
Ethane production in North America (NA) has expanded dramatically with the onset of shale production and associated hydraulic fracturing. Ethane concentrations in fractured shale gas are typically 10% or higher vs. a traditional range of 4%–7% in associated gas.