Process Optimization
HP Water Management: How are you treating your condensate? – Part 2
Recovering and recycling steam condensate does offer economic incentives. Proper management of recovered condensate quality is crucial when protecting major equipment such as boilers. ..
Are you receiving the best value from your chemical water-treatment supplier?
These three categories of service can help you evaluate your chemical-treatment suppliers’ performance
Optimize energy efficiency of HRSG
With a better understanding of temperature profiles, plant engineers can increase steam production and minimize losses
Balance hydrogen consumption
Atomic, molar and energy-based models can improve refinery operation
HP Automation Safety: How are you treating your condensate?—Part 1
Condensed steam, i.e., condensate, is valued for its heat contentand purity. To minimize operating costs, condensate should berecycled back to the boiler feedwater system. Equally important, itshould ..
Enhance air-cooled heat exchanger performance
Here are ways to improve heat transfer for ACHEs
HP Water Management: How corrosive is demineralized water?
In petrochemical facilities, the most common application of demineralized water is for makeup feed for high-pressure boilers. For example, ammonia, methanol and hydrogen are several processes that req..
Improve direct hydration processes
Technology enhancements increase yields and decrease capital costs of making alcohols
HP Water Management: Oxidizing biocides: How about bromine?
Recent environmental restrictions on the usage of chlorine and new alkaline-based chemical treatment programs have increased the application of bromine-based biocides in industrial cooling systems. Fo..
Optimum console design promotes control room efficiency
New features can enhance traditional functionality, reduce operating costs and foster worker safety
- Chevron Technology Ventures' Catalyst program selects RapiCure 7/15
- GEA promotes more sustainable refinery processes with energy-efficient high-performance decanters 7/15
- Ariel Green pays claim for plastic recycling facility, demonstrating protection for clean energy projects 7/15
- China taps deeper into oil inventories despite biggest drop in refining on record 7/15
- China's Sinopec establishes four business units in major overhaul 7/15
- Japan refiners to diversify crude sources, explore support for Hormuz bypass routes 7/15
