Equipment
Double-suction centrifugal compressor in ethylene plant inlet piping design
Centrifugal compressors are designed with different suction nozzle orientations and impeller layouts in casing.
Optimizing failure data analysis
A critical objective of engineers who design an automatic protection system is to lower the false trip rate and to lower a key metric called average probability of failure on demand (PFDavg).
Getting the most out of your process burner tiles
It is often incorrectly assumed that the burner tile is simply a piece of refractory or firebrick. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Specifying internals in sour water strippers—Part 2
Sour water stripping is a common process in petroleum refineries and other processes where hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S) is present.
Fuels and chemicals: Finding the right refinery configuration for a less predictable world
The refining industry links the upstream production of crude oil with the end markets for fuel products, as well as for the petrochemical/chemical industry.
Specifying internals in sour water strippers—Part 1
A sour water stripper (SWS) system is a common process in petroleum refineries and other processes where hydrogen sulfide is present.
Successes and challenges installing the first proprietary closed-coke slurry system
The authors’ company<sup>a</sup> licensed a two-drum delayed coking technology process unit to Grupa LOTOS in Gdansk, Poland.
Innovations
Cowan Dynamics has made advancements to its “C-PAC Module” Pneumatic Manifold and launched the C-PAC store.
Smart manufacturing standardization: Driving global interoperability for enabling factories of the future
Smart manufacturing is a topic that has generated considerable discussions within industry and standards organizations.
Unlock margin by interconnecting refinery optimization silos with closed-loop AI
Refineries and chemical processing plants are complicated to model, control and optimize.

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