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Consider high-fidelity online motor fuel characterization

Yokogawa Corp. of America: Trygstad, M.

Motor fuels are complex products. Various diesel fuel and gasoline grades are prepared from a large range of individual blending components whose individual properties may be extremely variable over t..

Maximize LNG carrier efficiency through integrated optimization

Eniram: Guillemin, P.

Officers and engineers aboard an LNG carrier are busy. They require real-time, user-friendly data derived from the vessel’s systems, as well as accurate individual metrics.

HP Reliability: Things to know and do before starting new initiatives

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

HP editors frequently attend technical conferences to keep informed on the many factors impacting the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). The focus of these conferences often differs. However, one ..

HP Automation Strategies: HPI demands higher availability of rotating equipment

ARC Advisory Group: Spada, S.

The performance and uptime of heavy rotating equipment play an important role in business profitability in a wide range of industries, including upstream and midstream gas processing and downstream re..

HP Project Management: What skills will project managers need in the next decade?—Part 1

Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University: Badger, W.

The next decade could well be that of the project manager (PM), who is at the core individual of every successful project. It is the PM’s competence and professionalism on which the construction ..

HP Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Global energy markets are reaching a new equilibrium, according to Wood Mackenzie analysts. As demand shifts to the East, it will expand to extraordinary proportions. However, the world finds itself i..

What is the ‘refinery of the future’?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

For years, technology experts and engineers have discussed the elements and operations that will define the refinery of the future. The refining industry has made great progress from the early days. H..

Use crowdsourcing to boost process simulation

Schneider Electric: Brown, S.

There are many ways to enhance the user experience of next-generation simulators by borrowing concepts from crowdsourcing, data mining and related fields.

HP Reliability: Normalization of deviance can kill

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51-L) broke apart just 73 seconds after launch. The seven-member crew of the shuttle lived until 3 minutes and 58 seconds after launch, w..

HP Automation Strategies: Working toward a more profitable model-based control technology

ARC Advisory Group: de Leeuw, V.

Last November, the European Union (EU) Autoprofit project held a workshop near Amsterdam for academia, users, and suppliers. The workshop organizers presented the results of the soon-to-be-completed m..