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Maintenance & Reliability

Quantifying the ROI of an asset performance management program

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
INOVx Solutions: Ayral, T.
Meridium, Inc.: Moran, M.
Maintenance & Reliability

Here's how a typical refinery can obtain nearly $4 million per year in benefits

Repair of subsurface molten sulfur containment structures

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Structural Preservation Systems: Kline, T.
Maintenance & Reliability

Follow these guidelines to improve reliability

Requirements for successful cooling water pumping—lessons learned from a major failure

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Jacobs Canada Inc.: Majumdar, K.
Maintenance & Reliability

Mechanical design of the pump and system design of the installation are both equally important

How FCCU trickle valves affect catalyst losses

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Carmagen Engineering, Inc.: Shaw, D. F.  |  Walter, R. E.
Maintenance & Reliability

Here are the fundamental forces that affect their operation and the pros and cons of various types

Enhancing equipment performance and operating life: an update

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Four upgrade opportunities are presented

Case 38: Extruder wear prediction

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.
Maintenance & Reliability

An analysis can help avoid wear problems before they occur

Your control room may not be in the safest plant location

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Fluor Daniel: Bhullar, R. S.
Environment & Safety / Maintenance & Reliability

Here's how to ensure that operators can provide their peak performance

HP Reliability: Flexible connectors for pumps: points and counterpoints

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2007
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Because flexible piping connectors have their place in industry, many articles in books and trade journals dealing with equipment subjects describe available connector configurations. One of many opti..

Defect analysis of an ammonia storage tank

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2007
International Inspections Centre W.L.L.: Pullarcot, S. K.
Maintenance & Reliability

Here's how the causes of unusual problems with this tank were determined

HP Reliability: How reliability improvements save money

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2007
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Equipment manufacturers and design contractors are often slow to adopt reliability upgrade and energy-conservation components in their standard offers. Fearful that buyers are making selections on low..