Many tray designs have been complicated by the hunt for the “perfect distillation tray” design.
In late June, Hydrocarbon Processing announced the finalists for its third annual awards.
Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with senior-level executives of Merichem Company, Cyndie Fredrick (CF) and Kathy Young (KY), Senior Vice Presidents and General Managers of Merichem’s two business units, to discuss the state of the downstream industry, where it is heading in the future and how their company is helping operators meet their sustainability goals.
Oil refineries and petrochemical plants rely on steam systems to maintain utility and process unit operations.
Relief calculation is one of the most discussed aspects of chemical engineering design.
Process industries across the globe grapple with producing dozens or even hundreds of different products.
The plate-and-shell (P&S) heat exchanger has three significant advantages over the shell-and-tube (S&T) type traditionally used in refinery processes.
Much has been written in recent years about the need for refineries to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
The energy transition is gathering momentum as pressure from society leads policy makers and investors to demand faster and deeper cuts to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from all industrial sectors.