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Editorial Comment: The tools advancing the HPI into the digital age

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The HPI has been going through a digital transformation, increasingly adopting digital technologies to improve existing processes and structures to improve performance.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

H2scan has released its latest product in the HY-OPTIMA™ line of sensors.

Safety: Do companies have the right tools to make proactive safety decisions?

Sphera: Brewer, C.

A process safety management/operational risk management survey conducted by Sphera in 2020 polled respondents on the following items.

Improving asset utilization by closing the corrosion window

SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Zurlo, J. A.

Driving profitable refinery operations often requires owner-operators to balance production flexibility and product optimization with asset availability and equipment reliability.

Optimize processes with a spreadsheet

Contributing Editor: Colannino, J.

Hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI)/continuous process improvement (CPI) processes are often characterized by complicated kinetics and simultaneous heat and mass transfer.

How to support condition monitoring with wireless instrumentation networks

Emerson: Cureton, A.

When <i>Wireless</i>HART first hit the market in 2008, most of the native devices using it were process measurement instruments.

Executive Viewpoint: How digital transformation improves safety and reduces emissions

Global Refining and Chemical Programs: Carugo, M.

Digital transformation is a strategy for improving performance by applying technologies for measurement, connectivity, data storage, analytics and visualization

Workforce: Five lessons to get the most out of remote training and tools

T.A. Cook & Partner Consultants: Munson, P.

The past year has been a time of great challenges, and of great opportunities, for people to adapt and overcome the current restrictions on in-person meetings.

Business Trends: Why we value engineering data

Fluor: Jensen, L.  |  Szczepanek, J.

In the 21st century, one cannot escape the concept of data.

Stress qualifications for standard and nonstandard valves in piping systems

Various types of valves are used in refineries, petrochemical plants, fertilizer plants and utilities.