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Differential thermal expansion and welding problems in dissimilar joint of carbon steel to austenitic stainless-steel piping in high-temperature applications

Freelance, Consultant: Choudhury, M. G.
Reliance Industries Ltd.: Tiwari, V. K.
KBR: Ashesh, A.

Joining dissimilar piping materials has found widespread application in various process plant piping, most notably in jacketed piping with carbon-steel jackets and austenitic stainless-steel core piping with stainless-steel end closures that require welding to carbon-steel jacket piping.

Energy comparison for heat pump and bottom flashing schemes for C3 hydrocarbon system

Fluor: Srivastava, A.  |  Bagrola , R.  |  Bist, J.

Propane-propylene splitters are present in significant numbers across petrochemical complex units, such as ethylene crackers and propane dehydrogenation units.

Cleaning procedure for a plate heat exchanger derived from data analysis based on recurrent neural networks

This article presents a new procedure to clean the plate heat exchanger of a diesel hydrotreatment plant.

Beyond sequestration: Changing CO2 from a problem to a solution—Part 1: CO2 as a refrigerant

Fluor: Gould, C.  |  Joyner, R.  |  Deshmukh, A.

As the world continues along its energy transition trajectory, demand for blue hydrogen and reduced carbon emissions will make high-purity carbon dioxide streams available in many process plants.

Riding the dragon: Sulfur plant thermal reactor temperature measurement

Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.: Jensen, D. R.  |  Hatcher, N. A.  |  Bailey, M. D.
Delta Controls Corp.: Coady, M.

Of all the fundamental measured process variables, temperature is perhaps the most reliable.

A simplified dynamic approach for storage tank thermal inbreathing rates

Covestro: Kim, J. S.  |  Haines, R. J.
Bechtel: Lopez, J. P.

Storage tanks that experience sudden heavy rain on what was a hot sunny day can be damaged due to inadequate venting devices.

Technologies helping the petrochemicals/organic chemicals sectors adhere to new flaring regulations

Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Industrial plants, chemical companies, refineries, the coal industry and landfills practice gas flaring as a safety measure to relieve pressure or dispose of excess gases. 

How digital is essential for carbon capture at scale

Aspen Technology: Muñoz, G.

Energy and chemical companies around the globe obtain value from digitalization across all stages of the asset lifecycle, from design to operations.

Flooded condenser vents for pressure control

Contributing Author: Sharma, A.

Of the condensers in process industries such as refineries and petrochemical facilities, many are flooded-type condensers.

Heat exchangers: Understanding the technology and its market

Stratview Research: Patnaik, C.

The laws of thermodynamics include: energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be converted from one form to another; and heat always moves downhill, from hotter objects to the colder objects, unless the direction of heat flow is reversed using external energy.