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Maintenance & Reliability

HP Reliability: How reliability improvements save money

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

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..

Case 37: Can you tell me how long it will last?

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Troubleshooting differs from design

Failure analysis of a steam–hydrocarbon reformer

Northern Regional Institute of Management: Nath, B. K.

Catalyst and tube performance should be monitored to prevent problems

HP Reliability: HPIn Reliability

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Deviations add up to become exponential failure risks

Improve vertical reboiler piping analysis

Reliance Refinery: Chowdhary, M. G.  |  Darji, P.
Reliance Industries Ltd.: Sharma, R. K.

Vertical reboilers (shell-and-tube heat exchangers) are widely used in the petrochemical industry for performing the necessary vaporization function for various types of distillation columns/separatio..

Optimum specification and quality requirements for pressure vessels

International Inspections Centre W.L.L.: Pullarcot, S. K.

Most pressure vessels are custom designed because of the specific requirements of the process. Depending on the service conditions, some of these vessels will fall under the category of lethal service..

HP Reliability: When is a good practice a bad practice

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

For years, it has been our contention that root-cause failure analysis (RCFA) is a skill that must be taught, absorbed and consistently practiced. We certainly concur with the CEO of an RCFA training ..

Case 36: Pipe bowing stresses due to thermal differences

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

A pipe partially filled with a hot cycling fluid can cause weld failures

Selecting turbine oil filtration systems

Kaydon Custom Filtration Corp.: McNeil, B.  |  Mills, T.

Follow these guidelines to improve reliability

HP Reliability: Win or lose – it's the customer's choice

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

This January marks the 30th anniversary of the article on eliminating cooling water from general-purpose pumps and drivers.1 The article documented why, in the early and mid-1970s, many of the world's..