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Process Optimization

HP Water Management: Proper pH measurement

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

Proper pH measurement is critical to control corrosion and deposition in water systems. The parameter pH is defined as the opposite of the logarithm (base 10) of the concentration of hy..

Improve haze removal for FCC gasoline

Pall Corp.: Wines, T. H.
Pall Europe, Saint Germain-en-Lage: Darde, T.
Mol-RT Refinery: Katona, A.

This refinery used advanced coalescer techniques to separate very stable emulsions and dispersions by mechanical means

Anatomy of a capacity increase, maintenance project for an ethylene unit

Technip Upstream: Girodet, F.

Revamp work is achieved both cost-effectively and safely

Hydrogen generation – a brief review

Consultant: Khanna, V. K.

Project manager discusses vital design features

HP Water Management: What are the guidelines for boiler feedwater, boiler water and steam quality?

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

Several industrial guidelines address the quality of boiler water and steam. These standards were developed to provide guidance to designers and operators of steam-generating equipment...

Developments in the ammonia process

To meet rising demand, producers seek methods to conserve energy and increase plant efficiencies

Developments in the ammonia process Fig 1

Fig. 1. Typical ammonia process flow sheet for a gas-reforming unit. ..

Determine the optimum crude intake level - a case history

Consultant: Hartmann, J.C.M.

When using LP models, users must be fully aware of what data is important and discard the rest

Improve tray operations

CH2M Hill: Sloley, A. W.

How failure occurs from blowing and what can be done to prevent it

Predict contaminant concentrations in deaerator-vent emissions

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Baade, W. F.  |  Kunz, R. G.

Here is a tool to estimate maximum concentrations of contaminants in hydrogen-plant condensate