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Energy losses from the radiant firebox wall of pyrolysis furnaces

Braskem S.A.: Bueno, A.  |  Regueira, V.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Leite, L.

The steam cracking unit is highly energy demanding, requiring high-severity pyrolysis furnaces to break the carbon-carbon bonds, as well as high pressure for the purification of its products.

Business Trends: Rejuvenating the contract “spine” of megaprojects—Part 1

Energy Contract Solutions Pte. Ltd.: Crossley, B.
Chevron: McLeod, G.

Business executives and project managers are grappling with challenging business environments and a 20-yr legacy of failing megaprojects.

Digital: Operational excellence index—Part 2: The digital transformation

Petrotechnics: Lehmann, S.

Without a doubt, digitalization is the engine fueling the growing adoption of operational excellence (OE) in hazardous industries.

Viewpoint: Digitalization is key to increasing the process industry’s productivity

Neste Engineering Solutions: Tuomaala, P.

Consumers are continuously looking for healthier, safer and more environmentally sustainable products.

Preventing wire wooling journal bearing failure

Saudi Aramco: Brashler, K.

This work details the operation of a 21,000-HP, five-stage barrel pump utilized for seawater injection service.

Dynamic simulation of integrated syngas, O2 and steam networks for a gasification complex—Part 2

Reliance Technology Group, Reliance Industries Ltd.: Dadhich, V.  |  Karvekar, N.  |  Mathew, T.
Honeywell Automation India Ltd.: Bhattad, G.  |  Saxena, M.  |  Kodolikar, P.

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) operates the world’s largest refinery complex, with a combined crude processing capacity of 1.24 MMbpd that is split between two refineries: a Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) refinery and a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) refinery in Jamnagar, India.

Combating normalization of deviance within your organization

Contributing Writer: Caudill, J.

NASA’s 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster investigation brought the term “normalization of deviance” into the spotlight.

How the “LLF” condition monitoring technique can improve manufactured product profitability

Bahrain Petroleum Co. (Bapco): Das, S.

Technological advances have allowed predictive maintenance (i.e., condition-based maintenance) to overtake preventive maintenance in plant operations. “Look, listen and feel (LLF)” is a condition monitoring technique that improves the reliability of equipment and machinery in manifolds.

Metallurgy solution to prevent polythionic acid stress corrosion cracking in hydroprocessing

Honeywell UOP: Hoehn, R. K.  |  Bradley, S. A.  |  Mucek, M. W.
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp.: Anada, H.  |  Osuki, T.

Hydrotreating is a staple process found in nearly every refinery. The process removes undesirable feed contaminants, such as sulfur, nitrogen and metals, and saturates olefins and/or aromatics to produce high-quality products.

Dynamic simulation of integrated syngas, O2 and steam networks for a gasification complex—Part 1

Reliance Technology Group, Reliance Industries Ltd.: Dadhich, V.  |  Karvekar, N.  |  Mathew, T.
Honeywell Automation India Ltd.: Bhattad, G.  |  Saxena, M.  |  Kodolikar, P.

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) operates the world’s largest refinery complex, with a combined crude processing capacity of 1.24 MMbpd that is split between two refineries: a Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) refinery and a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) refinery in Jamnagar, India.