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Process Optimization

Are you handling sulfur safely?

Amine Best Practices Group: Amine Best Practices Group

Through open and frank discussions, refiners and industry consultants endeavor to resolve problems and questions commonly encountered with sulfur recovery units

Consider physical solvents to treat natural gas

Fluor: Mak, J.  |  Nielson, D.  |  Wierenga, D.  |  Graham, C.

New solvent systems cost-effectively remove high-CO 2 concentrations from natural gas to meet pipeline specs

Visualize facility storage tank capacity

Chongqing Logistic Engineering University: Qin, Z.

Maximize your ability to safely store products

Consider a utility-savvy refinery to reduce capital investment

JGC Corp.: Ogawa, A.
Insight Engineers, Inc.: Tashiro, N.

New refining concept encapsulates future capacity expansion for developing markets with least cost

Successful multivariable control without plant tests

Enterprise Products Co.: Conroy, R. J.
Techwrite Associates: Mathur, U.

First-principles dynamic simulation models can be used instead

Optimize sour water treatment

John M. Campbell & Co.: Armstrong, T.

This checklist details several common problems associated with sour-water strippers and the workarounds to correct them

Crude oil blend scheduling optimization: an application with multimillion dollar benefits – Part 1

Honeywell Process Solutions: Kelly, J. D.  |  Mann, J. L.

The ability to schedule the crude oil blendshop more effectively provides substantial downstream benefits

Duplex versus triplex architectures for process control systems

There is no significant availability difference when the impact of field devices is considered

Generalized gravity flow line calculations

Jacobs Engineering: Yu, F.

These equations handle fittings, instruments, block valves and different pipe sizes

HP Water Management: Understanding alkalinity

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

Alkalinity is naturally present in raw water and is an important control parameter in boilers with softened water make-up and cooling water systems. Understanding alkalinity requires underst..