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Hydrocarbon Processing 2021 Awards WINNERS

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for nearly 100 yr, has announced the winners for its fifth annual <i>HP</i> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

Purchase order, contract or purchase agreement: Which is best for your procurement strategy?

ShureLine Construction: Berg, J.
COIM USA: Parmar, A.
Consultant: Rentschler, C.  |  Shahani, G.

Procuring equipment, materials and services are very important to a project’s financial success.

Hydrocarbon Processing 2021 Awards FINALISTS

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</I>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for nearly 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its fifth annual <i>HP</i> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

Business Trends: How to achieve industrial autonomy in the refining and petrochemical industries

Honeywell Process Solutions: Millette, P.

The process industries are moving from automated to autonomous operations.

Redundant control pilot valve system adds reliability in downstream operation

Emerson: Boltniew, G.

In downstream processing facilities, such as refineries and chemical plants, downtime is a significant source of lost revenue.

Materials management: Data-centric execution to enhance organizational productivity—Part 1

Bechtel Corp.: Wyss, S.

As a veteran of many capital projects once observed, “All projects execute materials management—those that do so without a plan and the appropriate resources just do it very poorly.”

Rigorous modeling of CO2 absorbers using potassium carbonate solutions

Fluor Canada Ltd.: Ha, H. Z.
Fluor Corp.: Mathias, P. M.

As part of the global campaign to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, carbon capture and reduction are receiving increased attention from a variety of process industries, especially power generation and oil and gas exploration and production.

Diagnostics tools and techniques for large-scale operating fluidized beds

Contributing Editor: Jordan, S.  |  Jazayeri, B.

Intrusive and non-intrusive diagnostic tools and techniques for fluidized bed reactors are discussed here, with a focus on chemical synthesis catalytic reactions.

Are furnace emissions proving to be your Achilles heel?

Engineers India Ltd.: Singh, S.  |  Mukherjee, R.

Furnaces, or fired heaters, provide the source of heat required for major industrial processes.

CO2 emissions reduction via a pinch study in a vacuum distillation unit

TÜPRAŞ İzmir Refinery: Dınçer, A. R.  |  Özsağiroğlu, E.  |  Iseri, F.  |  Dogan, G.  |  Yavuz, G. D.  |  Andaş, G. Ş.  |  Aka, O.  |  Mutlu, S.

The project detailed here was carried out on a vacuum distillation unit (VDU) in the TÜPRAŞ İzmir refinery.

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