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Engineering & Design

Design optimization of an HVAC system in a petrochemical plant’s controls building

CTCI Corp.: Zengjun, Y.

Since petrochemical plant control buildings are usually designed to be blast-resistant without external windows, convection ventilation cannot be carried out, leading to poor air circulation. As a result, there are higher requirements for indoor air quality, and it is necessary to optimize the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system design scheme to improve air quality.

Use advanced thermal insulative coatings to improve safety, maintain access and protect against corrosion

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine: Wilds, N.  |  Dammen-Brower, E.  |  Daum, J.

Throughout refineries, petrochemical plants and offshore oil and gas platforms, personnel are often required to work near equipment that operates at high temperatures. Protecting those workers from skin-contact burns has typically involved two approaches: implementing physical barriers and covering the hot assets with insulation and cladding. This article details how thermal insulative coatings can be used to improve safety and guard against corrosion.

Dow, Ambipar partner to promote plastics recycling in South America

This partnership aims to create an effective platform for plastic recycling and boost the recycling and waste management system in Brazil.

Hygenco selects Topsoe as technology provider for green ammonia production

Hygenco has chosen Topsoe as technology licensor for the first phase of a planned 750-tpd green ammonia complex Gopalpur, Odisha, India.

KBR to provide technology for mega-scale ammonia plant in Angola

KBR will provide a technology license, proprietary engineering design, equipment and catalyst solutions for AMUFERT’s 2,300-tpd ammonia plant in Soyo, Angola.

Hexagon collaborates with Microsoft to enhance industrial operations

Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division has announced its collaboration with Microsoft, using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to host the recently launched HxGN SDx2 solution.

Clean Hydrogen Works awards McDermott FEED contract for Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) project

Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW) and McDermott announced that CHW has awarded McDermott the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) project.

Solvay uses waste wood to power soda ash and bicarbonate plant in Germany

Solvay announced the official inauguration of the second biomass boiler at its Rheinberg soda ash and bicarbonate plant in Germany, phasing out the use of thermal coal for energy use at the site. With the commissioning of this new boiler, Rheinberg became the world’s first soda ash plant powered by locally sourced waste wood.

Aramco, Rongsheng Petrochemical sign framework agreement for SASREF petrochemicals expansion project

Aramco, Aramco affiliate Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF), and an affiliate of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng Petrochemical) have signed a Development Framework Agreement in Beijing, China, that paves the way for an expansion project at SASREF in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

INEOS, GNFC sign MoU to build a new world scale acetic acid unit in India

INEOS Acetyls and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the feasibility to build a new world scale, 600,000-tpy acetic acid plant at GNFC's site in Bharuch, Gujarat, India.