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Maintenance & Reliability

Failure analysis of ethylene cracking heater convection section dilution steam tube

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Gupta, R. P.
IPCL: Moon, P.

Several inspection techniques were required to determine the root cause of the failure

Case 33: Vessels in high-cycle service

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Weld failures can be due to manufacturing defects

HP Reliability: Organizing for continuous improvement

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Our respected colleague and coauthor of a series of books on machinery reliability improvement, Fred Geitner, recently took a look at North American refineries. He wanted to see how they are typically..

Identifying, monitoring and eliminating rotating equipment shaft voltages

Consulting Engineer: Bothwell, J.

Use these guidelines to avoid problems with both static charges and circulating currents

Maximize pump system energy savings

Consultant: Budris, A. R.

The approach saved $2 million per year at one site

Labyrinth compressors improve reliability in low-temperature service

Burckhardt Compression AG: Ernst, P.

Operating experience has been good in several installations

Money-based overall equipment effectiveness

University of Mondragon: Goti, A.
Mantecnologia, Plant Engineering: Juric, Z.
Polytechnich University of Valencia, Department of Statistics and Operational Research: Sanchez, A.

Use this method to identify, prioritize and quantify inefficiencies

HP Reliability: Tackling your seal problems

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

A recent pump reliability improvement issue might serve as a model for tackling sealing issues in modern refineries. This one concerns crude vacuum bottoms pumps and explains a North American refinery..

Estimating corrosion in metallic stacks caused by hydrochloric acid

Centro de Tecnologias Ambientais ISQ--Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade: Gomes, J. F. P.

Simple method can be used to calculate the dewpoint temperature

Case 32: Piping flexibility concerns

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Thermal upsets can cause pump problems due to piping loads