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Maintenance & Reliability

Economics of ‘world-class’ turnarounds

HSB Reliability Technologies: Roup, J. P.

Understand the principles and substantially reduce costs

Use equipment failure statistics properly - Fig 1

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Consultant: Geitner, F. K.

Fig. 1. Life spans of machinery commponents and ..

Use equipment failure statistics properly - Table 1

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Consultant: Geitner, F. K.

 Table 1. Machinery availability / reliability.Industry covered: HPI Basis:8,760 hr/yrYear: 1996 DowntimeForced outage     IMR&O,Forced DT,Proactive Mtc.,MTBF,I..

Keep your partner supplier alert, cooperative

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Relax, I'm only kidding. Call off the inquisition task force. This is only a hypothetical story and would never happen to you or your company, certainly not in America! But suppose, for the sake of ..

HP Reliability: Machinery reliability starts with clean lubricants

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In their quest for improved machinery reliability, many companies have rightly turned their attention to such opportunities as synthetic hydrocarbon lubricants, dry sump oil-mist lubrication and autom..

Prevent overpressure failures on heat exchangers

The M. W. Kellog Co.: Cassata, J. R.  |  Dasgupta, S.  |  Feng, Z. J.  |  Samways, R.

Dynamic modeling predicts pressure wave effects and consequences during a tube rupture

HP Reliability: Use impact-echo techniques to determine foundation soundness

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Major machinery foundations suffer from occasional cracks and other defects that detract from achieving industry's reliability goals. In a recent case, a petrochemical company in the Midwestern U.S. o..

HP Reliability: Just not getting the point

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Earlier this year, I was teaching a course in "Reciprocating Compressor Reliability Optimization and Improvement" to a group of engineers and senior technicians at a U.S. oil production location. Reco..

How much safety is enough?

ioMosaic Corp.: Melham, G. A.
Arthur D. Little Inc.: Stickles, R. P.

Using a risk-based approach on processing systems, engineers can cost-effectively meet required safeguards without compromising operating safety

Design a safe, in-compliance relief valve

Process Engineering Associates: Leeah, C. J.

A workable scheme can satisfy management, plant personnel and regulating agencies that the system is properly designed and maintained