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Maintenance & Reliability

Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery reduces FCCU turnaround risk

CPFD LLC: Blaser, P.  |  Pendergrass, J.
Viva Energy Australia: Gabites, J.  |  Brooke, A.

Change involves risk. Many fluidized catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) can be operated more profitably, but changes to achieve more efficient operations can be risky.

A game-changing approach to furnace safeguarding

Phillips 66: Mickity, D.

This work is a follow-up article to “Automate furnace controls to improve safety and energy efficiency,” which was published in the June 2014 edition of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing.</i>

Additive solutions to SOx emissions in FCCUs

Tüpraş: Genç, M.  |  Dalgıç, E.  |  Karani, U.  |  Emiroglu, I.  |  Er, I.  |  Gül, A.  |  Avcilar, S.
Johnson Matthey Process Technologies: Ventham, T.

Sulfur oxide additives are typically based on hydrotalcite or magnesium aluminate spinel-type structures. Magnesium alumina is the pickup agent present in the most effective SO<sub>x</sub> additives on the market; therefore, to optimize SO<sub>x</sub> reduction, it is critical to maximize the amount of the critical magnesium component in the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) in an efficient and cost-effective way.

Industry Perspectives: The latest advancements in refining/petrochemical technologies on display

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

From September 25–26, Hydrocarbon Processing will bring its International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) back to the US.

Digital: Improve chemical production with the IoT

If chemical companies want to remain competitive and move forward in a changing world, they must rapidly adopt innovative technologies.

Reliability: Better pumps and seals for HF service

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In mid-2017, we received a well-written request from a young reliability engineer.

Attaining TCO nirvana with outcome-based services

Honeywell Process Solutions: Linton, S.

The industrial manufacturing sector is grappling with an unprecedented number of challenges.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.

Stability analysis of debutanizer columns with hot-vap or bypass pressure control

IHS Markit: Nagpal, S.

A debutanizer column was experiencing unstable operation, with frequent pressure swings and product composition fluctuations from the column overheads system.

Six considerations for turbomachinery control upgrades

Rockwell Automation: Egbuna, C.

Increasing competitive pressures in process industries, including oil and gas, are driving dramatic changes in the operational needs of process plants, utilities and pipelines.