Engineering & Design
Calculating the temperature distribution in horizontal vessel saddle supports
The heat-transfer theory of cooling fins is applied
Spiral-wound or kammprofile gaskets?
There appears to be a shift toward the latter, but the choice isn’t always clear. Here’s where best to apply each type.
HP Integration Strategies: Sustainability program management with EAM
Moving to a sustainable manufacturing model requires significant changes throughout the enterprise. Some HPI companies use a top-down approach in which senior managers set targets to which engineers a..
HP Reliability: Eccentric reducers and straight runs of pipe at pump suction
Questions relating to proper reducer application in centrifugal pump suction lines date back many decades. Until his death (at age 84, in 1995), world-renowned pump expert Igor Karassik frequently cor..
HP Water Management: Utility water boot camp for process engineers—Part 1
The refining and petrochemical industries employ a large number of process engineers. Plants often assign newly graduated engineers to the utility water area. Process engineers in each operating unit ..
HP Construction: Garyville refinery major expansion facts
Completed on schedule during the fourth quarter of 2009, the Garyville Major Expansion (GME) units are fully integrated with the original refinery operations. With the expansion, the refinery’s r..
Managing projects in a global environment
What does it take to facilitate projects in several time zones away?
Lummus Technology involved with PDH plant in China
Lummus Technology has a contract with Tianjin Bohua Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit to be built in Tianjin, China.
How the inertia number points to compressor system design challenges
It facilitates predicting compressor system performance
Gas refineries can benefit from installing a flare gas recovery system
Take a look at these environmental and economic paybacks
- Petrovietnam says supertanker with Iraqi oil arrives at refinery port 6/1
- Russia bans aviation fuel exports until November 30 6/1
- Green Fuels Operating breaks ground on $400-MM refinery in Oklahoma (U.S.) 6/1
- SABIC puts 141 lots of industrial assets up for public auction 6/1
- bp sells 5% stake in Australian Browse LNG project to South Korea's GS Energy 6/1
- U.S. gasoline market set for fresh test after near-record stock draws 6/1
