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Europe’s refiners, through their industry organization Fuels Europe, have set out their long-term ambitions in a new program called Vision 2050.
In the wake of Hurricane Florence, businesses across the US had another reminder of how unpredictable and unavoidable disasters are when they strike.
In today’s business and regulatory environment, controlling a refinery or other high-hazard processing plant is increasingly demanding.
During an engineer’s career, many interesting questions come up that may not have a ready or good answer.
Refineries and petrochemical plants contain some of the harshest environments on the planet.
Large capital projects continue to be challenged by budget issues.
Refineries cannot afford a sudden boiler failure (FIG. 1). Regularly assessing the condition of boilers is vital.
The pumps referred to in this article are 2,600-HP vertical pumps utilized as booster pumps for the shipment of crude oil.
Radatz, H.,
Schembecker, G., TU Dortmund University;
Raffray, G.,
Sellis, D., The CoSMo Company SAS;
Boto, F.,
Echeverria, Z., Fundación Tecnalia Research and Innovation;
Carrion, A.,
Herce, C.,
Oto, F., Fundación CIRCE—Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos;
Gil, A., University of Zaragoza;
Arias, A.,
Borrego, R., DOW Chemical Co.;
Romero, J., Fertinagro Nutrientes S.L.;
Jacinto, J. T., Petróleos de Portugal
The European TOP-REF research consortium has developed and applied a methodology to improve the resource efficiency of industrial production processes.