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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 76, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedUse these techniques to accurately identify and quantify sulfur in fuel gases Reducing S[O.sub.2] emissions has become a major driving force for improving laboratory and online analyzer sulfur measurement...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedUse automated drum switching and safety interlocks to increase safety and reliability Delayed cokers are manpower-intensive units that require a great deal of operator attention. Refiners that have delayed cokers...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 76, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis is what the World Wide Web and the information highway is all about. I call this a "Eureka site," because I yelled for joy when I found this one. This search engine is not your typical Internet robot and it is...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedComparisons are made for eight fluids Compressible fluid (gas or vapor) flow in a line is common in any plant or pipeline. Two ways calculate its pressure drop in line: isothermal or adiabatic conditions. Either...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 76, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedRecently, the HPI has implemented many modifications, but more changes are forecast as the next millennium approaches. Numerous drivers - environment, safety, product diversification, economics, etc. - have propelled...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedLoss prevention is a great cost reduction and environmental strategy Prevention can be the best tool to reduce economic losses and mitigate environmental liabilities. Typically, refineries lose 0.8% to 1.2% of the...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 73, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedWhen designing steam reformers, important parameters help to define optimum capital cost for the amount of hydrogen produced and the types of feedstocks and fuels available. These parameters include: * Pressure *...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedDevelop checklists to identify control areas for operations and maintenance departments Controlling plant emissions mitigates environmental problems, but also improves the facility's economic/profitability condition....
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedMethodology positively impacts the bottom line by minimizing front-end heat-tracing costs Designing and constructing a hydrocarbon processing plant is not only a complex and costly endeavor, but it can also be...
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From:Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (Vol. 58, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA mobile exposure and air pollution measurement system was developed and used for on-freeway ultrafine particle health effects studies. A nine-passenger van was modified with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedIn spite of remarkable advances in control systems, multivariable control algorithms, intelligent field devices, process modeling techniques, information system integration and user experience,[1] quantifying control...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedHas the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) met all its environmental goals? Have all compliance objectives and tasks been completed? Is everything done? Amazingly enough, some folks believe that environment as well as...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 77, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedHydrocarbon Processing sponsored its second annual Process Optimization Conference, March 25-27, 1998, in Houston. As with the first technical meeting, HP created this technical forum to investigate improving, optimizing...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 76, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedOver the past few years, the HPI has agonizingly spent considerable resources - time, manhours and money - on environmentally driven projects. Looking back, many milestones were accomplished such as minimizing solid...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedUse histograms to transform a flood of data into valuable information Aside from the issue of data storage - a matter of warehousing - the challenge that refiners face in the Information Age is what to make of the...
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From:LC-GC North America (Vol. 19, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedREAGENTS, SOLVENTS AMINO ACIDS Aerbio Ltd American International Chemical Amresco Inc AnaSpec Inc Atomergic Chemetals Corp BACHEM Bioscience Inc Beckman Coulter Inc Life Science Research 800-742-2345 Biophex Reed...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 76, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedJoint user/vendor teams promote mutual success for automation projects Many hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) companies have a long history of partnering with major suppliers and equipment vendors. These...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 78, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe technology is capable of handling process nonlinearities and uncertainties Incorporating a simple fuzzy gain scheduling algorithm in the PI controller considerably improves performance. This has been demonstrated...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 74, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedA new method to calculate nonfluidized flow of solid particles accounts for varying void fractions and angle of internal friction for different particle types. Thus, it is more accurate and flexible than existing...
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From:Hydrocarbon Processing (Vol. 75, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedThe long wait is over. EPA has a final rule for Risk Management Program (RMP), 40 CFR Part 68. The Clean Air Act (CAA) required that EPA develop regulations to prevent accidental release of hazardous chemicals that...