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Process Optimization

Refiner uses cogeneration project to revamp for high-sulfur crudes

Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Inc.: Karpenski, M. J.
Petrox SA Refineria de Petroles: Alveal, E. D.

Under a cooperative agreement with partners, a Chilean refinery installed a delayed coker and hydrotreater to improve refining flexibility, produce ?clean' fuels and receive utilities from a cogeneration unit that burns plant waste byproducts

HP Water Management: Thinking about outsourcing your water system?

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

As water systems reach the end of their service life, facilities must replace or repair these water systems. Sometimes, a plant expansion may necessitate enlarging the water system. A conventional sol..

HP Water Management: Are you properly monitoring your utility water in process units?

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

Almost all petrochemical plants and refineries use water as a utility for heating, cooling or purifying the process stream. The plant often assumes that the water quality is adequate. A lack of attent..

Overhaul process reactors

GTC Technology US, LLC: Gualy, R.  |  Dutta, S.

Several examples utilize a general model to optimize and speedup process upgrades

General reactor model improves HPI applications

GTC Technology US, LLC: Dutta, S.  |  Gualy, R.

Applying new tools, refiners can optimize revamp, and modernize existing process units

HP Water Management: Water Management

Thinking about outsourcing your water system?

Just-in-time engineering speeds design and construction

Raychem Corporation: van Hoorickx, P.

Methodology positively impacts the bottom line by minimizing front-end heat-tracing costs

HP Water Management: Appreciating the power of water

Flint Hills Resources, L.P.: Bloch, K.

You need not look hard within a process plant to find key technical and production personnel who overlook improvement opportunities within industrial water systems. This oversight is often rooted in t..

Strategy for a successful control system renovation

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Dhar, A. K.

Consider these guidelines and lessons-learned when upgrading

Consider a new contractor selection process for a shutdown alliance

Chevron Project Resources Company: McNicholas, T. M.

This formalized quality evaluation can yield company-wide strategic benefits