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Maintenance & Reliability

Editorial Comment: The materials that advance modern life

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Refineries and petrochemical plants contain some of the harshest environments on the planet.

Stable thermosiphon reboiler operation: With or without a valve in the inlet piping?

Fluor: Kister, H.  |  Van Doorn, E.

A reboiler provides the necessary heat duty for the separation in a distillation tower.

Resolving vibration problems in a crude booster pump

Saudi Aramco: Rinawi, A.  |  Brashler, K.  |  Subaie, E.

The pumps referred to in this article are 2,600-HP vertical pumps utilized as booster pumps for the shipment of crude oil.

Welded plate heat exchangers cut refinery process costs—Part 1

Plate and frame (P&F) heat exchangers were first manufactured 100 yr ago for use in the dairy industry.

Hyper-duplex stainless steel can improve on duplex steel and nickel-based superalloy

Sandvik Materials Technology: Vieira, B.

Duplex materials have been around for a long time.

Fabrication of clad equipment and piping—Part 1

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Panchal, A.
Fluor: Carmona, R. K.  |  Daru, K.  |  Desai, J.  |  Irfan, M.  |  Shargay, C.

For pressure vessels, heat exchangers and piping in corrosive services, the materials in contact with the process are often required to be high alloys to provide a reliable service life.

Turbomachinery: Increase rotating equipment uptime with laser shaft alignment

Nexxis: Silveira, J. D.

The cost of failing to properly align shafts or belts on rotating machinery adds up to more than the need to physically fix damaged machinery.

Reliability: How to deal with time thieves and knowledge parrots

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

We recently corresponded with an engineer-manager who divides his time between managing a highly productive group of product developers and a growing number of callers that are interested in the innovative solutions his company offers.

Business Trends: The case for teaching competence—Part 2

Shea Capability & Compliance Solutions: Brister, D.
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Readers who have had the misfortune of being drawn into debates over the precise definitions of words or terms might agree that much time can be lost in unproductive squabbling.

Analysis of semi-solid “shoe polish” material in a refinery TGTU

Nexo Solutions: Engel, D.

Amine units, and to a lesser extent tail gas treating units (TGTUs), experience occasional “shoe polish” sludge contamination.