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HP Control: Control developments at ISA

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.
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The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA) held its annual conference and exhibit September 10 – 13 in Houston. This is always a good show for learning about trends in process cont..

Vertical integration in gasoline supply

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2001
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BILL CROWLEY, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com This month we are going to look at something I call a "white pape..

California Energy Commission MTBE Study

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2001
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Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Last month we looked at gasoline prices. This month we will look ..

Consider online monitoring of HF acid when optimizing alkylation operations

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2001
Phillips Petroleum Co.: Eastman, A. D.  |  Heald, R. L.  |  Moore, W. P.  |  Randolph, B. B.
Process Control / Process Optimization / Equipment

In an innovative effort, this refiner improved operations and reduced acid losses by installing an online analyzer to measure HF compositions

Gasoline prices: going up or coming down?

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2001
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BILL CROWLEY, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com As drivers, we are all worried about high gasoline prices. Some o..

HP Control: Quantifying financial values

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2001
Clifftent Inc.: Latour, P. R.
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I often read technical and business articles that cry out for a method to more accurately quantify the financial value of dynamic system performance improvements. Such a method has been..

California Independent Oil Marketers Association

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2001
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Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Many folks know tha..

HP Control: A day with Google

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Kane, L.
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I rarely search the Internet for process control information. It's just too time-consuming (phoning or e-mailing a friend is much quicker). Enter "process control" into a search on most..

Environmental Technology Centre

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2001
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Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com This month we will ..

Pulse radar for mm-precision in tank gauging

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2001
Endress+Hauser: Heim, M.
Process Control

Systems with a carrier frequency about 6 GHz and an additional phase evaluation offer cost advantages