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Engineering & Design

Maximize value for refinery 'orphan' products

The Plaza Group: Velarde, R. E.

Midsize US refiner outsourced managing and marketing of benzene to focus on its core business of gasoline and diesel production

Consider advanced catalysts for Claus units

Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Semnan University: ZareNezhad, B.

This evaluation explores the most influencing parameters regarding catalyst selection for sulfur recovery units

Improve calculating cetane numbers

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Dhar, A. K.

An empirical formula simplifies estimating cetane values for different diesel fuel specifications

Improve refinery reformate yields

LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas: Argirov, G.  |  Shishkova, I.  |  Stratiev, D.  |  Tsingov, T.

This refiner installed a hybrid catalytic reforming unit to raise octane of the gasoline blending pool

Employing chemical engineers to make more money in refineries

Proconsul Services Ltd.: Alevizos, G.

Help these technical professionals in your plant establish the basics of a continuous improvement process

Increase gasoline production—a case study

Bandar Abbas Oil Refinng Co.: Behroozi, A.  |  Beitari, H.  |  Ghorbanipoor, M.  |  Nasrabadi, A. M.

Adjusting naphtha product cuts from the crude unit increased gasoline production without a major revamp

Rethink the handling of acid gases

Oil Industry Safety Directorate: Chakravorty, S. L.

Consider these guidelines to improve management of hydrogen sulfide in your refinery

Is nitrogen really inert as a blanketing medium?

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Luckwal, K.  |  Mandal, K. K.
Gujarat Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited: Ramakumar, K. R.

New investigation finds that this gas is soluble in hydrocracker feed

Use of 3D scanning safely saves time, money for a Louisiana plant retrofitting

Trimble: Ahern, B.

The technology facilitates design by enabling interference checking, accurate parts prefabrication and visualization of results

Quantifying the benefits of virtual plant modeling

INOVx Solutions: Ayral, T.  |  Lanza, C.

As with any new and significant development, plant managers may eventually wonder how they were able to effectively perform their work before this technology existed