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Environment & Safety

HPIn SHE: Environmental protection

ility Engineering: Whetton, Chris

We talk a lot about "environmental protection" – sometimes, we even do something about it. However, we tend to forget that the adjective environmental means concerning the environment. Conse..

Control coking for olefins plants

Westaim Surface Engineered Products: Fisher, G.  |  Wysiekierski, A. G.
Schillmoller Associates: Schillmoller, C. M.

A combination of metallurgy and surface-coating materials mitigate coke formation on furnace tubes

How effective is your plant safety and loss control system?

Consultant: Weiss, W. H.

Comprehensive policy defines what management and employees are to do and how to do it

HP Insight: MTBE – a chemical under fire

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Not too long ago, MTBE was the rising petrochemical star of the HPI. Unfortunately, controversy surrounds this oxygenate. MTBE gained national prominence under the clean fuels program from the CAAA. T..

HPIn SHE: Making pictures

ility Engineering: Whetton, Chris

Long ago, I used to write "appreciations" (i.e., informed guesswork) about likely technology developments of the Evil Empire. Surprisingly to an outsider, there was great emphasis on honesty. Our depa..

Protect vessels from overpressure

Kvaerner Process, BV: Rao Rayavarapu, S.S.

Use caution when installing relief valves and rupture disks on processes handling hazardous compressible fluids

HP Insight: Never a dull moment in the HPI

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

The past few weeks of this year have been full of news and change. Several late-breaking developments will impact the petrochemical / refining industry. In the area of ethylene technology, an operat..

HPIn SHE: Wham! Zap! Pow! – Did we overlook static electricity?

ility Engineering: Whetton, Chris

In Finland, it's zap season; low temperatures (i.e., anything below –10°C) are accompanied by low humidity. Add thick-soled boots and a down-filled coat made of synthetic fiber with fur trim..

Prevent overpressure failures on heat exchangers

The M. W. Kellog Co.: Cassata, J. R.  |  Dasgupta, S.  |  Feng, Z. J.  |  Samways, R.

Dynamic modeling predicts pressure wave effects and consequences during a tube rupture

HP Insight: Technology update

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

ISA held its international exhibition and conference in Houston, Oct. 19–22, 1998. As with most international technical forums, four days was too short to cover the entire show. But why should pr..