Process Optimization
Better manage risks of gas-processing projects
All projects contain risks and opportunities; responding to these uncertainties requires a structured approach to risk management
How to choose a ball valve that curbs fugitive emissions
Increasing environmental regulations require better choices for commonly used valves with greater reliability and leak-tight seals
Avoiding plant tests with dynamic simulation
A model-predictive controller based on models derived from first-principles dynamic simulation as an alternative to empirical models identified from plant test data is presented
Optimize steam system control with dynamic simulation
Dynamic simulation was used to evaluate two control schemes of a steam utility system
Consider options to lower benzene levels in gasoline
New regulations further limit this aromatic from the refinery blending pool
Increase diesel recovery
New approaches fine-tune methods to separate more diesel as product stream
Use of 3D scanning safely saves time, money for a Louisiana plant retrofitting
The technology facilitates design by enabling interference checking, accurate parts prefabrication and visualization of results
Cracking in C3 cut/propylene Horton spheres
Here's how the problem was diagnosed and solved
Analysis of pressure increase during filling of pressurized LPG storage systems
Use this method to determine when a vapor handling system is needed
Increased plant safety puts focus on tank gauging
Safety integrity level requirements are now being incorporated
- New Emerson industrial AI platform delivers enterprise-scale AI 5/11
- Worley to deliver FEED for Dow’s Path2Zero cogen project in Canada 5/11
- L&T awarded EPC contract for BCGCL's coal-to-ammonium nitrate project in India 5/11
- Loop Chemicals licenses chemical looping ammonia technology from Sandia National Laboratories 5/11
- LanzaTech selects North Sea Port, Ghent as site for Europe’s first commercial alcohol-to-jet SAF facility 5/11
- ControlAir releases new signal operated back pressure regulators 5/11
