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Maintenance & Reliability

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

Industry initiative addresses 'abnormal events'

Honeywell IAC: Nimmo. I

Research is developing technologies that mitigate unexpected process upsets – the ASM story

Use dry gas seals on cracked gas applications

John Crane Inc.: Delrahim, J.  |  Minges, T.

Olefins operator reduces maintenance costs by installing MACT sealing systems on compressors

Revise aboveground storage tank inspections

The Hendrix Group, Inc.: Hendrix, D. E.

Quick review highlights recent addendums to API 653

HP Reliability: Enhance equipment reliability by applying engineering quality control

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Much has been written about design details, operating guidelines, and maintenance procedures that focus on improving the reliability of individual types of equipment or systems. However, to minimize t..

HP Reliability: Melding preventive and predictive maintenance

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

An effective maintenance program places more emphasis on failure prevention than on correction. Using this approach, the net result is safer operations, stable production, higher service factor and lo..

Control cyanides at source

Process Systems Enterprise Ltd.: Urban, Z.

A refiner develops an action plan to reduce cyanide emissions from FCCU sour water streams