Engineering & Design
Converting a petroleum diesel refinery for renewable diesel
As refiners consider renewable, low-carbon alternatives, renewable diesel—refined from agricultural products using petroleum refinery processes—is gaining traction.
Business Trends: A perspective on new technology impacts on the chemical processing industry
Over the past five years, the industrial evolution has been propelled by the same technologies that have dramatically changed our private lives.
Industry Perspectives
The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is steadily advancing through the energy transition.
Executive Viewpoint: Interconnected neural networks drive breakthrough optimization
We have all learned that technology alone will not improve our operations.
Engineering Case Histories: Case 111: Predict the cause of cracks in gear teeth and time to failure
In the practice of engineering, we sometimes wish for better hindsight or foresight.
Editorial Comment: Petrochemicals: Changing technologies and configurations to satisfy future demand
For nearly a decade, capital investments in new petrochemical capacity have skyrocketed. This
Down with downtime: Repair complex petrochemical components with selective electroplating
The volatile impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit at the same time the petrochemical industry was entering a downcycle.
Strategies to minimize piping thermal maintenance system cost without compromising performance
Where process fluid must be maintained within a certain operating temperature window, the piping will likely require the application of a thermal maintenance system.
Double-suction centrifugal compressor in ethylene plant inlet piping design
Centrifugal compressors are designed with different suction nozzle orientations and impeller layouts in casing.
Optimizing failure data analysis
A critical objective of engineers who design an automatic protection system is to lower the false trip rate and to lower a key metric called average probability of failure on demand (PFDavg).
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- Stamicarbon awarded technology licensing contract for new urea plant in Eastern China 12/19
- Ford takes $19.5-B writedown on EV business 12/19
- Babcock & Wilcox awarded $40-MM contract for advanced wet gas scrubbing technology at Canadian petroleum refinery 12/19
- Aarti Industries secures methanol and toluene feedstock supply through multiple long-term contracts 12/19
- bp picks first outsider CEO Meg O'Neill after abrupt Auchincloss exit 12/19
