Amine units, and to a lesser extent tail gas treating units (TGTUs), experience occasional “shoe polish” sludge contamination.
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 processing industry consumes significant amounts of resources, such as materials and energy, to produce valuable goods for society.
Readers who have had the misfortune of being drawn into debates over the precise definitions of words or terms might agree that much time can be lost in unproductive squabbling.
Disregard for following detailed procedures at a petrochemical plant in Illinois proved costly.
The Buncefield explosion was the worst post World War 2 fire/explosion incident.
Within a refinery, four main utilities are considered essential to operations: electricity, natural gas, water and compressed air.
Gupta, A.,
Daggupati, S.,
Bisht, H.,
Mandal, S.,
Das, A. K., Reliance Industries Ltd.
The delayed coking unit (DCU) is the technology of choice for the upgrade of heavy hydrocarbon residues—i.e., bottom-of-the-barrel upgrading.
Steam ejector vacuum systems are generally considered to be reliable and require little maintenance.
Dr. Kheng Lau, BP, presented the keynote address on using high-fidelity simulators for training on day two of Hydrocarbon Processing’s International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) Americas.