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Minimize carbon footprint from Claus tail-gas units

Linde AG: Heisel, M.
WorleyParsons: Rameshni, M.

Reevaluate emissions efficiencies on sulfur-removal operations

Avoid these risks concerning combustion control in fired heaters

Servomex: Jenkins, R.

Tuneable diode laser analyzers offer diagnostic benefits

Circumvent design issues when adding new hydrotreating units

A-Evangelista, S.A.: Marchetti, M. H.

Follow these guidelines for substantial capital cost savings with existing flare systems

HP Control: Inferential control model input selection

Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

It is not a secret that I prefer to base inferential models on engineering principles, rather than on regression. Having said that, the use of regression is widespread, and being a consultant in the f..

HP Reliability: Alignment choices have consequences

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Optimists tell us about steady industry trends toward reliability-imparting procedures and work processes, while realists continually make us aware of pressures to reduce expenditures. As outside obse..

HP Integration Strategies: Data historians provide effective decision support in near real time

ARC Advisory Group: Avery, Allen

Plant data historians are moving beyond their traditional role as a tool for collecting and archiving data to better understand past plant performance, to becoming a powerful tool that can be used to ..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded a seven-year engineering and maintenance services contract (EMC) to Wood Group–CCC, a joint venture set up to provide operations and maintenance servi..

HP Impact: Team overcomes obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ..

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

Siemens expands anaerobic- digestion product offeringSiemens Water Technologies has acquired the JetMix hydraulic mixing system from Liquid Dynamics Corp. This proprietary system agitates sludge withi..

Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service

Fluor Canada Ltd.: Grande, M.  |  Gutscher, M.

Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach