Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Corrosion

It’s not double trouble—it’s digital twingenuity

MAVERICK Technologies: Henn, J.

Much ink has been spilled over the concept known as the “digital twin.”

Maintenance and turnaround planning critical to successful ejector vacuum system operation

Graham Corp.: Johnson, E.

Steam ejector vacuum systems are generally considered to be reliable and require little maintenance.

Viewpoint—Industry 4.0: Demystifying the next big thing in oil and gas

PAS Global: Habibi, E.

Until a few years ago, the term Industrial Revolution referred to the significant technological changes that began in the late 1700s with the advent of the steam engine, leading to the mechanization of work and the unprecedented economic growth and prosperity that followed.

The benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles in plant inspection services

Spitfire Aerial Services: Smith, M.

As the technology surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones (FIG. 1), continues to advance, so too do the ways they are used.

Methodology for model-based, real-time prediction of corrosion in heat exchangers

Prozess Optimal CAP GmbH: Holzer, G.  |  Jeitler, E.

In the chemical and process industries, gases or vapor mixtures must be cooled to temperatures near the water dewpoint in a variety of thermal unit operations.

Building blocks of process safety

Nayara Energy Ltd.: Dutta, H.

Major incidents continue to strike the oil and gas industry at regular intervals.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the winners for its second annual awards.

Corrosion impact of the mixture of butanol-blended gasoline

Saudi Aramco: Nagu, M.  |  Al-Ajwad, H.  |  Al-Jabran, A.  |  Al-Malki, A.  |  Shaik, K.  |  Zhu, X.

The role of octane boosters on the corrosivity of petroleum products for gasoline/diesel engines has attracted more attention in the auto fuel market due to the depletion of fossil fuels in the world’s feedstock.

Additive solutions to SOx emissions in FCCUs

Tüpraş: Genç, M.  |  Dalgıç, E.  |  Karani, U.  |  Emiroglu, I.  |  Er, I.  |  Gül, A.  |  Avcilar, S.
Johnson Matthey Process Technologies: Ventham, T.

Sulfur oxide additives are typically based on hydrotalcite or magnesium aluminate spinel-type structures. Magnesium alumina is the pickup agent present in the most effective SO<sub>x</sub> additives on the market; therefore, to optimize SO<sub>x</sub> reduction, it is critical to maximize the amount of the critical magnesium component in the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) in an efficient and cost-effective way.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Carboline has released Carboquick® 200, a high-build, one-coat, quick-drying polyaspartic coating that can be applied directly to metal.