August 2017
Maintenance and Reliability
Carburization inspection robots for radiant tubes inside ethylene cracking furnaces
In an olefins plant, the reliability of ethylene cracking furnaces is one of the deciding factors used to indicate whether or not the plant can be operated at its design productivity.
The Author
Tiyawut Tiyawongsakul is a Furnace Specialist and a Modeling and Simulation Engineer with an emphasis on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and combustion at REPCO, a subsidiary of SCG Chemicals, in Thailand. He has been responsible for furnace reliability improvement and problem solving projects, including research and development of the carburization inspection robot at SCG Chemicals, since 2008. He earned an MSc degree in mechanical engineering, focusing on combustion and emissions reduction technologies, from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Related Articles
- New alternatives for severe service urea letdown valve applications
- Causes and countermeasures for a compressor lube oil system failure due to delayed oil pressure recovery by an auxiliary lube oil pump
- Application of systems engineering principles in a reliability assessment of air-cooled heat exchangers
Comments