Successful fouling control hinges on effective monitoring
09.01.2012
| Price, X. , GE Water & Process Technologies, The Woodlands, Texas; Teran, C., GE Water & Process Technologies, The Woodlands, Texas; Vanhove, A., GE Water & Process Technologies, The Woodlands, Texas; Casanova, J. , GE Water & Process Technologies, The Woodlands, Texas
Keywords:
[energy]
[refinery]
[reliability]
[processing flexibility]
[conservation]
[fouling]
[monitoring]
[KPI]
[exchangers]
Equipment reliability, processing flexibility and energy conservation are key objectives for modern refineries. Refiners today are routinely using lower quality, more difficult to process feedstocks that offer favorable economic incentives. Unfortunately, along with their lower cost, many of these challenging crudes often come with a significant increase in fouling potential.
To continue reading please, log in to hydrocarbonprocessing.com.
Subscribe now for premium access and unlimited access to the site, including archived articles and the process handbooks. Start a free trial to gain access to articles from the current issue of Hydrocarbon Processing.
Already have an account?
Subscribe
Subscribe today and gain unlimited and immediate access to the site. Plus, you'll receive the next 12 issues of the magazine in your choice of print or digital format. Start your subscription today.
Subscribe
|
Free trial
Start a free trial and gain immediate access to the current issue of the magazine plus additional, select content.
30 Day Trial
|