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Consider online monitoring of HF acid when optimizing alkylation operations

Phillips Petroleum Co.: Eastman, A. D.  |  Heald, R. L.  |  Moore, W. P.  |  Randolph, B. B.

In an innovative effort, this refiner improved operations and reduced acid losses by installing an online analyzer to measure HF compositions

Gasoline prices: going up or coming down?

BILL CROWLEY, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com As drivers, we are all worried about high gasoline prices. Some o..

HP Control: Quantifying financial values

Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.

I often read technical and business articles that cry out for a method to more accurately quantify the financial value of dynamic system performance improvements. Such a method has been..

California Independent Oil Marketers Association

Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Many folks know tha..

HP Control: A day with Google

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.

I rarely search the Internet for process control information. It's just too time-consuming (phoning or e-mailing a friend is much quicker). Enter "process control" into a search on most..

Environmental Technology Centre

Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com This month we will ..

Pulse radar for mm-precision in tank gauging

Endress+Hauser: Heim, M.

Systems with a carrier frequency about 6 GHz and an additional phase evaluation offer cost advantages

HP Control: Collaborative manufacturing

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.

I was getting ready to write a report on ARC Advisory Group's Manufacturing Strategies for the E-World Forum, Feb. 19 - 20 in Orlando, when ARC sent a good summary of the meeting to att..

DieselNet

Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Let's focus on an a..

Using wireless technology and the Internet for predictive maintenance

Recent developments in sensors and computational power enable more machines to be monitored inexpensively