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Digital Feature: Enhancing ethylene cracker radiant tube integrity through innovative robotic inspection
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/ Automation
/ Corrosion
/ Engineering & Design
/ Equipment
/ Environment & Safety
/ Ethylene
/ Furnaces
/ Heat Transfer
/ Loss Prevention
/ Instrumentation
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Optimization
/ Safety
/ Sensors
Radiant tube failure ranks as a primary cause of unplanned shutdowns in ethylene cracking furnaces. This article examines tube failures via carburization, along with a proprietary technology that provides comprehensive multi-aspect inspection data to mitigate ethylene radiant tube failures.
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction