Engineering & Design
Maximize value for refinery 'orphan' products
Midsize US refiner outsourced managing and marketing of benzene to focus on its core business of gasoline and diesel production
Consider advanced catalysts for Claus units
This evaluation explores the most influencing parameters regarding catalyst selection for sulfur recovery units
Improve calculating cetane numbers
An empirical formula simplifies estimating cetane values for different diesel fuel specifications
Improve refinery reformate yields
This refiner installed a hybrid catalytic reforming unit to raise octane of the gasoline blending pool
Employing chemical engineers to make more money in refineries
Help these technical professionals in your plant establish the basics of a continuous improvement process
Increase gasoline production—a case study
Adjusting naphtha product cuts from the crude unit increased gasoline production without a major revamp
Rethink the handling of acid gases
Consider these guidelines to improve management of hydrogen sulfide in your refinery
Is nitrogen really inert as a blanketing medium?
New investigation finds that this gas is soluble in hydrocracker feed
Use of 3D scanning safely saves time, money for a Louisiana plant retrofitting
The technology facilitates design by enabling interference checking, accurate parts prefabrication and visualization of results
Quantifying the benefits of virtual plant modeling
As with any new and significant development, plant managers may eventually wonder how they were able to effectively perform their work before this technology existed
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