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HP Flashback: Excerpts from the 1960s: Petrochemicals rise in prominence and new know-how in refining processes

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Petrochemicals rise in prominence and new know-how in refining processes

Cleaning mud oil incineration offgases

Elessent Clean Technologies: Herssens, Y.  |  Safariyeganeh, S.

The sustainable management of petroleum exploration and refining requires appropriate treatment and disposal of the oily waste generated.

Gas-side fouling effects on transfer-line exchangers

Alfa Laval Olmi SpA: Manenti, G.

Transfer-line exchangers (TLEs) are specific shell-and-tube heat exchangers installed out of hydrocarbons steam cracking furnaces for olefins production.

Sustainability through efficiency: A plan for the refining industry

Emerson Automation Solutions: Carugo, M.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions will decrease through 2050 in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (OECD), which includes the U.S.<sup>1</sup>

Advanced methods for controlling boiler tube corrosion and fouling—Part 2

ChemTreat, Inc.: Kraetsch, K.  |  Buecker, B.

In Part 1 of this article, the authors covered techniques for minimizing corrosion and contaminant ingress from condensate return and feedwater to industrial steam generators.

Hydrocarbon Processing 2021 Awards FINALISTS

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</I>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for nearly 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its fifth annual <i>HP</i> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

Are furnace emissions proving to be your Achilles heel?

Engineers India Ltd.: Singh, S.  |  Mukherjee, R.

Furnaces, or fired heaters, provide the source of heat required for major industrial processes.

Getting the most out of your process burner tiles

John Zink Hamworthy Combustion: Baukal, C.  |  Johnson, B.

It is often incorrectly assumed that the burner tile is simply a piece of refractory or firebrick. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Reasons for vibration issues in boilers and furnaces

XRG Technologies: Webster, T.

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.

Optimize the selection of sulfur unit blocks and process technology combinations

Kuwait Oil Co.: Park, G. W.

Since the 1940s, the present form of the Claus sulfur recovery unit (SRU) has been successfully applied in the refining and gas processing industries.