Petrochemicals
The role of biofuels uncovered
More processing to reach tighter fuel specifications and Europe's growing appetite for diesel means that carefully selected biofuels will have to bear the weight of efforts to reduce fuel-chain CO2 emissions
Fine-tune catalyst addition rates
Simple method dynamically optimizes E-catalyst activity in fluid catalytic crackers
Rethink column internals for improved product separation
Installing feed chimney and distribution trays increased packed column efficiency for a gas plant
Redesign crude preheater train for efficiency
Over design of heat exchangers sourced to fouling problems
Improve naphtha quality for olefins cracking
Integrating an economy-of-scale extraction unit can yield naphtha suitable for ethylene production
Methanol: a global review
The world of methanol is very complex; so what is the future of this commodity product?
Reduce revamp costs by optimizing design and operations
Combining process and equipment analysis with vendor solutions can minimize capital spending
Upgrade treatment operations for aromatics units
New catalytic pretreatment process removes troublesome olefinic materials, thus improving quality of aromatic streams
Optimize terephthaldehyde reactor operations
Korea's largest chemical company uses innovative modeling techniques to design high-performance reactors
Proactive automation maintenance cuts engineering hours, averts process problems
Some suppliers are automatically issuing control system updates and other important notifications
- Allied Biofuels signs PIA with Uzbekistan to advance $6-B biofuels refinery project 4/10
- Nufarm strengthens strategic collaboration to support long term growth in biofuels production 4/10
- Pertamina and CRecTech sign MoU to explore pilot biogas-to-biomethanol facility in SEZ, Indonesia 4/10
- Shell Chemicals and Syensqo partner to deliver low-carbon ethylene oxide solutions 4/10
- HAMR Energy’s nationally significant fuel projects selected for Australian Government’s Investor Front Door Pilot 4/10
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries builds world's first ammonia-powered vessel 4/10
