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Avoid failures with pump power-end upgrades

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Designing-out maintenance and failure risk starts with simple upgrading measures, culminates in re-thinking entire bearing housing configuration

Consider life-cycle costs in specifying control valves

Samson AG: Kiesbauer, J.  |  Vnucec, D.

Latest approach improves sizing valves while also incorporating total ownership investment

Use a new calibration method for gas pipelines

University of Boumerdes: Guemana, M.  |  Aissani, S.
University of Djelfa: Hafaifa, A.

An advanced method improves calibrating orifice flowmeters while reducing maintenance costs

Decrease vibration in piping with reciprocating compressors

Reliance Engineering Group (REG): Choudhury, M. G.
BecRel Engineering Pvt. Ltd.: Tripathi, R.

Case study identifies problems in new compression unit

Pre-engineered solutions drive down advanced control costs

Emerson Process Management: Sharpe, P.  |  Hawkins, G.

Process control can improve quality and operating efficiency

Reevaluate the activity of your catalyst system

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.: Choudary, N. V.  |  Gokak, D. T.  |  Ravichander, N.  |  Voolapalli, R. K.
Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd.: Siddiqui, M. A.  |  Chiranjeevi, T.

Selecting optimum conditions for fluid catalytic cracking requires micro activity testing through an improved method

Limit the damage from a vapor cloud loss

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Energy: Allen, G.

Risk reduction ideas from personal experience

HP Reliability: Reliability pros: Hear what others say about you

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In an editorial “Engineering Better Engineers,” published in the January 2010 issue of Civil Engineering News, John Bachner commented on how lack of innovation has resulted in engineering se..

HP Water Management: Be a saavy buyer of water treatment chemicals

MarTech Systems, Inc.: Huchler, L. A.

Suppliers for water treatment chemicals are a critical part of managing the reliability of utility water assets. In the petrochemical industry, the water treatment supplier provides chemical additives..

HP Integration Strategies: Standard-based interoperability is key for terminal automation systems

ARC Advisory Group: Miller, Paul

The highly complex, dynamic and multi-faceted operational nature of tank farms and petroleum product terminals, combined with the environmental and price sensitivity of the products being handled, req..