Production requirements for more valuable refined products and/or increased refining flexibility are increasing due to new regulations.
What are the latest advancements in HPI technologies? This month’s Innovations section details the tools and technologies that are optimizing plant operations.
A conversation with a long-time colleague at an industry trade show inspired me to think about one of the most confounding problems that occur in boilers and furnaces: vibration.
When WirelessHART first hit the market in 2008, most of the native devices using it were process measurement instruments.
Since the 1940s, the present form of the Claus sulfur recovery unit (SRU) has been successfully applied in the refining and gas processing industries.
India, which is the third-largest economy in the world, is home to nearly 18% of the world’s population (nearly 1.4 B).
Site utility leads, engineers and other professionals in the hydrocarbon/chemical processing industries (HPI/CPI) are facing a perfect storm of increasing demineralized water demand, end of life of existing demineralized water plant equipment, changing source water quality, corporate directives to diversify water sources, and pressure from regulators and community stakeholders to minimize the volume of waste generated from water treatment.
The sulfur recovery unit (SRU) separates sulfur from sulfur compounds.
Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its third annual awards.
Much has been written in recent years about the need for refineries to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).