Over the past five years, the industrial evolution has been propelled by the same technologies that have dramatically changed our private lives.
In the practice of engineering, we sometimes wish for better hindsight or foresight.
By universal agreement, the safety and reliability of facilities in the hydrocarbon processing industry—and most other industrial plants—are of highest importance.
Failure of a piping section at the outlet of pressure safety valves (PSVs) and control valves—where significant differential pressure exists (particularly in gas processing industries)—is a common problem in industries.
The volatile impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit at the same time the petrochemical industry was entering a downcycle.
Where process fluid must be maintained within a certain operating temperature window, the piping will likely require the application of a thermal maintenance system.
Centrifugal compressors are designed with different suction nozzle orientations and impeller layouts in casing.
A critical objective of engineers who design an automatic protection system is to lower the false trip rate and to lower a key metric called average probability of failure on demand (PFDavg).
Sour water stripping is a common process in petroleum refineries and other processes where hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is present.