Refining
Multivariable step testing for MPC projects reduces crude unit testing time
The approach also improves model accuracy without sacrificing process safety
Biodiesel: a renewable and biodegradable fuel
New US specification ensures product identity and quality for biodiesel
Hydrogen desulfurization extends fuel cell life
Using this analytical technique can improve overall performance
HPIn Europe: Another lesson in the physics of the thermobaric bomb
As we rounded the corner, we saw the gasoline tanker crashed into the side of a passenger coach, a person on the ground to the rear of the tanker. A small passenger car was engulfed in flames some fiv..
Consider new methods to debottleneck clean alkylate production
Solid-acid technology enables an inherently safer approach to produce high-octane blending components
Zero tolerance requires faultless around-the-clock operation
Troubleshooter Koenraad Herrebout and his 20-strong expert team, are finding that producing zero-sulphur fuels means faultless 24/7 operation. Here, the Head of Technical Assistance at Europe's larges..
European fuel quality snapshot
Fuel quality legislation in the EU today: In 2006, legislated diesel fuel quality in Europe has the following parameters: minimum cetane of 51, maximum density of 845kg/m3, a 95% distillation point of..
Boutique diesel in the on-road market
E. BENAZZI and C. CAMERON , Axens Worldwide demand for diesel fuel in 2005 is expected to be 22.8 Mbpd: on-road, 12.6 Mbpd and off-road,10.2 Mbpd. The distribution of on-road diesel usag..
Diesel market development 2001–2004
These data represent the latest information on reported diesel sales volumes in the European Union, including 2004 data for the ten new memb..
V-Power and Shell's quest to be a different kind of best
Photo C. Watkins On a wild and wintery afternoon, when it felt as if the Irish sea were about to come through the Stanlow refinery..
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