Process Control
Consider online monitoring of HF acid when optimizing alkylation operations
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?
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
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
Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Many folks know tha..
HP Control: A day with Google
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
Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com This month we will ..
Pulse radar for mm-precision in tank gauging
Systems with a carrier frequency about 6 GHz and an additional phase evaluation offer cost advantages
HP Control: Collaborative manufacturing
I was getting ready to write a report on ARC Advisory Group's Manufacturing Strategies for the E-World Forum, Feb. 19 - 20 in Orlando, when ARC sent a good summary of the meeting to att..
DieselNet
Bill Crowley, Contributing Editor Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Let's focus on an a..
Using wireless technology and the Internet for predictive maintenance
Recent developments in sensors and computational power enable more machines to be monitored inexpensively
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