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Global chemical engineering education: paradigms for online technology

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2001
The University of Sydney: Barton, G. W.  |  Choy, B.  |  Romagnoli, J. A.  |  Whitehouse, T.
Process Control / Process Optimization / Equipment

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HP Water Management: What do these corrosivity indices mean?

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2001
MarTech Systems, Inc.: Huchler, L. A.
Process Optimization

Industry has developed several semi-quantitative measures of the corrosive tendency of water. Corrosivity is the tendency to sustain anodic or cathodic chemical reactions. System design..

HP Water Management: What do scaling indices mean?

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2001
MarTech Systems, Inc.: Huchler, L. A.
Process Optimization

Industry has developed several semi-quantitative measures of the scaling tendency of water. System designers and engineers use these empirical indices to predict the scaling from water ..

HP Water Management: Basic cooling water treatment

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2001
MarTech Systems, Inc.: Huchler, L. A.
Process Optimization

Water treatment for cooling systems has three primary objectives: corrosion, deposition and microbiological control. System components with high temperatures on heat-transfer surfaces a..

Control corrosion factors in ammonia and urea plants

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Special Secretary to Government of Kerala, and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers: Nair, M. P. Sukumaran
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization

Processing conditions for ammonia and urea are highly corrosive; using metallurgical advancements can mitigate such forces

Control corrosion factors in ammonia and urea plants Fig 1

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Special Secretary to Government of Kerala, and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers: Nair, M. P. Sukumaran
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization

Fig. 1. Steam-reforming ammonia process. ..

Control corrosion factors in ammonia and urea plants Fig 2

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Special Secretary to Government of Kerala, and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers: Nair, M. P. Sukumaran
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization

Fig. 2. Urea process flow diagram. ..

Control corrosion factors in ammonia and urea plants Fig. 3

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Special Secretary to Government of Kerala, and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers: Nair, M. P. Sukumaran
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization

Fig. 3. Various forms of process corrosion. ..

Control corrosion factors in ammonia and urea plants Fig. 7

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Special Secretary to Government of Kerala, and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers: Nair, M. P. Sukumaran
Environment & Safety / Process Optimization

Fig. 7. Operating limits for steels in hydrogen service. ..

Enhance furnace tube resistance to carburization and coke formation

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Alon Surface Technologies, Inc.: Bayer, G. T.
CONDEA Vista Co.: Kurlekar, A.
Process Optimization / Engineering & Design

Applying diffusion coatings on ethylene furnace tubes may increase run times between decoking