Webcasts

Sponsored by: Lummus Technology

The global polymers industry is transitioning from a linear to a circular industry to address increasing consumer demand for products based on sustainable material solutions. One pathway includes the use of renewable feedstock, such as bio-ethanol, to produce virgin polymers of the same quality as polymers made from traditional routes, providing a drop-in solution for converters.

Similarly, the refining and aviation industries are addressing various decarbonization and environmental mandates. Conversion of bio-ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and to sustainable alkylate offer solutions to achieve these goals.

Join us for a virtual introduction of Lummus Technology’s bio-ethanol derived polymer and fuel technologies.

This webcast will cover:

• Industry observations around renewable polymers and fuels
• Lummus’ Verdene^™ suite of technologies for production of bio-based PE, PP and super adsorbent polymers
• Lummus’ bio-ethanol-based routes to SAF and sustainable alkylate
• Environmental benefits and economics
• Commercial experience and insights

Sponsored by: AspenTech

Accuracy in cost estimation is crucial for the success and feasibility of capital projects. Yet cost estimates often involve uncertainty and unforeseen circumstances that can negatively impact the project timeline and budget.

Join experts from PETRONAS as they share their experience using Aspen Capital Cost Estimator™, which enabled the company to:  

• Streamline cost estimation and risk analysis processes
• Obtain and benchmark reliable contingency values
• Reduce manual intervention and save >1500 man-hours per cost engineer

Gain valuable insight on PETRONAS’s success story and learn how you can achieve similar results.

Sponsored by: Honeywell UOP

Fluid catalytic crackers (FCCs) have cyclones as catalyst retention devices in reactors and regenerators. The FCCs often face unplanned shutdowns due to catalyst loss issues. A significant contributor to catalyst loss is the erosion or deterioration of the abrasion resistant lining (ARL) within the cyclones. Monitoring erosion rate of these ARL is challenging due to the difficulty in accessing it for direct measurements, often leading to its oversight until discovered during a turnaround. This unexpected discovery typically extends the turnaround period due to the unplanned repairs required for the ARL. Presently, the industry lacks accurate methods to estimate reliability of cyclones based on the estimated remaining ARL’s thickness, leaving them unable to predict the extent of cyclone repairs needed during turnarounds. Our work focuses on developing an approach to estimate ARL thickness loss over time in the cyclone inlet and then predicting remaining useful life using piece wise linear projections.

Sponsored by: AspenTech

With ever-changing operating conditions—including different feedstock—today’s process plants are challenged to meet growth and sustainability targets as many critical KPIs cannot be measured on a real-time basis. While process simulation models can be deployed online to provide operators real-time visibility to optimize performance, there is a common misconception in the industry that this approach is complicated and difficult.

Join AspenTech experts as they bust this myth and share best practices in deploying rigorous Aspen HYSYS® models online, creating a digital twin and enabling you to: 

• Optimize operations and planning, improve production
• Leverage economic feedstock
• Debottleneck and troubleshoot operations—anytime
• Maximize energy efficiency and minimize emissions

A Q&A session will follow so please come prepared with your questions.

Sponsored by: Clariant

Catalysts make chemical processes more economical, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable across diverse industries and applications. Commercial manufacturing of catalysts is not easy, and scaling up requires specialized expertise.

Clariant's team of catalyst experts partners closely with customers to transition their catalyst formulations from lab-scale recipes to commercial manufacturing. Leveraging extensive expertise and assets, this process enables catalyst manufacturing at an industrial scale within Clariant's global production facilities. Clariant's comprehensive capabilities ensure a seamless path from innovative catalyst R&D to reliable high-volume production tailored to each customer's requirements.

The webcast will cover:

• An Introduction to Clariant and Custom Catalysts
• How catalysts are scaled up, and the various unit operations used
• Selected case studies highlight the challenges of taking recipes from the lab to the commercial scale:

• Filtration & washing
• Kneading & extruding
• Metal deposition techniques

Sponsor: Axens

As many operators explore the potential to capture and sequester or utilize CO₂ from their facilities, some are realizing the complexity of developing those projects from a technical, economic, execution, and permitting perspective.

This presentation will introduce the process steps typically required from the moment of CO₂ generation to its eventual sequestration or utilization, including challenges, solutions, and industrial project experience. 

Axens has a full range of CO₂ solutions including CO₂ capture, flue gas pretreatment, and CO₂ conditioning (dehydration, deoxygenation, H₂S elimination) and CO₂ utilization, which can be deployed in pre combustion and post combustion CO₂ capture scenarios.

We will focus on Axens innovative DMX^™ process for post combustion carbon capture. We will share the latest feedback after 2 years of operation at our post-combustion CO₂ capture demonstration plant located at the ArcelorMittal Steel Mill in Dunkirk, France.

Sponsored by: AspenTech

Process simulation, cost estimation and 3D models are crucial to engineering projects, leading to better, more accurate designs. Now imagine seamlessly integrating these disciplines into one concurrent workflow for real-time collaboration that dramatically saves time and reduces costs.

Join experts from Tekfen Engineering as they share experiences using AspenTech’s Concurrent Engineering solution, enabling the company to: 

• Achieve significant cost savings and improve efficiency
• Accelerate early engineering stages
• Optimize CAPEX and prevent construction issues

Learn more about Tekfen Engineering’s success stories and how you can achieve similar results.

Sponsor: Lummus Technology

With an ever-increasing global demand for energy, dimethyl ether (DME) is emerging as a promising option in the renewable energy landscape and offers a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels with significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. As technology and infrastructure continue to evolve, renewable DME (rDME) may become a key component of a more sustainable energy future.

Join Lummus Technology’s clean fuels and etherification experts for a discussion of their rDME technology and gain valuable insights into building an energy strategy that fits your facility and goals.

The webcast will cover:

• Features and benefits of Lummus’ rDME
• Production flexibility of bio-driven feedstocks
• rDME’s sustainability profile and potential