Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Equipment

Consider dividing wall distillation to separate solvents

Koch-Glitsch UK: Spencer, G.

Using an established technology as part of a revamp installation provided new products at lower capital and operating costs than conventional methods

Explicit friction factor correlation for pipe flow analysis

Bayer HealthCare: Goudar, C. T.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Sonnad, J. R.

Use this representation of the universal law of friction to obtain accurate estimates

Avoid pipe corrosion under insulation

Industrial Insulation Group: Whitaker, T.

Keys are proper selection, installation and maintenance

Improve custody-transfer operations

Total Austral: Moldes, R.

Coriolis flowmeters overcome maintenance problems when used in light hydrocarbon service

An effective method for analyzing piping vibration problems

Reliance Refinery: Saha, S.  |  Rastogi, R.
Bechtel India Pvt Ltd.: Bhattachrya, A.

The matching mode shape technique combines field vibration data with natural frequency information

Using creep life assessment of FCCU internals to determine operational reliability

Carmagen Engineering, Inc.: Thornton, D. R.

These guidelines can help avoid failures

Top of line corrosion in industrial wastewater pipelines

SABIC R&T: Babakr, A.  |  Bairamov, A.

Here are the causes and the solution

Generalized gravity flow line calculations

Jacobs Engineering: Yu, F.

These equations handle fittings, instruments, block valves and different pipe sizes

Dynamic analysis of pipe stress

Reliance Refinery: Chowdhary, M. G.
Bechtel India Pvt Ltd.: Bhattachrya, A.
Fluor Daniel India: Varshney, H.

Proper mathematical modeling requires a good understanding of the fundamentals

Reduce risk of vibration-induced pipework failure

Shell UK Exploration and Production: Ballantyne, D.  |  Lewandowski, S.
Shell Global Solutions International BV: Martin, J. T.
ATL Consulting Group Ltd.: Swindell, R. J.

Use these guidelines to help ensure reliability after plant modifications