Refining
Growth of Indian petroleum refining industry
Emerging from India's 'hydrocarbon vision' are opportunities for refinery projects, as well as options to augment the domestic crude oil supply
Consider adopting next-generation refinery scheduling
An opportunity exists to redefine the way planning is done, involving the key groups more in a strategic supply-chain management role
Improve cloud points for 'clean' diesel
Innovative additives help refiners blend for ultra-low-sulfur diesel
Minimize furnace tubes carburization
Following a failure during a routine startup, engineers discovered two problems that compromised tube service life
Upgrade your furnace for clean fuels
Reliability and environmental issues were key goals for this revamp of an existing reforming unit
Analyzing the value of first-principles dynamic simulation
Use it to test new control schemes before implementing them in a plant
Consider catalyst developments for alkylation production
Catalyst service-life determines the economic viability of solid-acid alkylation processes
New developments accelerating catalyst research
Computational chemistry with fundamental reaction kinetics streamlines innovative catalytic discoveries
HPIn Europe: Still searching for Buncefield answers
The independent group set up last December to investigate the terminal explosion and fire at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, UK, has uncovered fundamental problems with planning and emergency prepar..
Consider the 'inside-out' approach to optimize distillation operations
Economic value can be obtained by involving heat exchanger and tower internal experts in the initial design development
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