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Maintenance & Reliability

Pumps handicapped by not using best available technology

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Pump lubrication deficiencies are often denied, and the outstanding reliability performance of oil mist is vastly underreported.

Editorial Comment: Embracing uncertainty for a better tomorrow

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The downstream processing industry is changing.

Measure and predict torsional vibration in rotating equipment

Elliott Group: Pettinato, B.  |  Wang, Q.

Excessive torsional vibration in rotating equipment trains can result in damage to, or failure of, equipment, leading to emergency shutdowns and costly downtime.

An evolving approach to digitalization

Emerson Automation Solutions: Wyatt, T.  |  Fleissman, R.

Much has been written in recent years about the need for refineries to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Adapting and prospering in the energy transition

Yokogawa Corp. of America: Hasegawa, K.  |  Shire, T.

The energy transition is gathering momentum as pressure from society leads policy makers and investors to demand faster and deeper cuts to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from all industrial sectors.

FCC metal trap additives to process more residue

Tüpraş: Genç, M.  |  Gül, A.  |  Avcilar, S.

Most refiners frequently need metal trapping or bottoms cracking additives for residue operations.

To reduce security vulnerabilities in downstream facilities, try unikernels

NanoVMs: Eyberg, I.

Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, oil and gas facilities have joined financial, government, hospitality and other companies as tempting targets for cybercriminals.

Advanced crude management by NIR spectroscopy combined with topology modeling

Topnir Systems Co.: Lambert, D.  |  Saint-Martin, C.  |  Benkhelil, K.  |  Ribero, B.
Val Innovation: Valleur, M.

Crude characterization is critical for refinery optimization.

Executive Viewpoint: Trends in the global process furnace market

Axens: Grimaud, T.  |  Mustafa, N.

Whether it is heating process fluids to achieve enough temperature in crude atmospheric and vacuum distillation units, or reaction temperatures inside furnace tubes to produce ethylene, vinyl chloride monomer, synthetic gas and continuous catalytic reformer reactors, or simple process heating (thermal fluid), process furnaces play a critical role in refineries and petrochemical complexes.

Engineering Case Histories: Case 107: Weld failures in vibrating equipment

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Vibrating equipment can be machines, such as vibrating screens, conveyor pans or a combination of both, that are designed to transport, sort or dry materials.