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| The future for hydrocracking: part 1 |
Patrick Christensen, Amy Hearn and Thomas Yeung, Hydrocarbon Publishing Company |
2017 / Q4 |
Hydrocracking technology faces challenges and opportunities amid diesel emission scandals, low sulphur marine fuels, and the growing position of electric vehicles
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| Converting two columns into one |
Manish Bhargava, Roomi Kalita and Joseph C Gentry, GTC Technology |
2017 / Q4 |
Dividing wall column technology can be tailor-made to meet specifications for product quality with less utility consumption and lower capital costs
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| Catalyst technologies for improved FCC yields |
Carl Keeley, Vasilis Komvokis, Alexis Shackleford, Melissa Clough, Sabeeth Srikantharajah, Benjamin O'Berry and Bilge Yilmaz, BASF Refining Catalysts |
2017 / Q4 |
Boron based nickel passivation enables refiners to reduce contaminant hydrogen and coke production and improve FCC yields
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| Meeting emission targets with potential savings |
Rik Schuffelen and Lydia Singoredjo, Shell Global Solutions International |
2017 / Q4 |
New solvent and catalyst technologies deliver a step change in tail gas treating performance for green- and brownfield sites
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| Debottlenecking an FCC gas concentration unit |
J Rajesh and Pawan Gupta, Essar Oil Limited
R Madhavan and Sandeep Yadav, Koch-Glitsch
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2017 / Q4 |
Component trapping by physical carry-over of water can cause capacity bottlenecks that are not easily predicted
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| High efficiency coalescers for gas processing operations |
Thomas H Wines, Pall Corporation
Saeid Mokhatab, Gas processing consultant
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2017 / Q4 |
High efficiency coalescers reduce running costs and shutdown time by removing contaminants in feed streams to each gas processing step
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| Plant optimisation: leveraging data analytics and modelling |
Gopi Sivasubramanian, Arivergy |
2017 / Q4 |
More advanced modelling skills are needed at the design stage to realise the promise of better optimisation
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| New technologies for operator training |
John J Roffel, Honeywell Limited
Martin J Ross, Honeywell Control Systems
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2017 / Q4 |
Advanced technologies including cloud hosting and virtual reality can enhance the effectiveness of operator training simulators
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| Oxidation catalysts for VOC reduction |
Mike Shao, Clariant |
2017 / Q4 |
How destruction of volatile organic compounds at lower temperatures is positioning catalytic oxidation systems for the future
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| Meeting low sulphur diesel challenges |
Timothy Carmann, DuPont Clean Technologies |
2017 / Q4 |
Liquid stream hydroprocessing technology enabled a refiner to meet fast-changing diesel sulphur specifications and process a wide variety of feedstocks
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| Preventing ammonium salt fouling and corrosion |
Berthold Otzisk, Fausto Magri, Jelle Achten and Sander Halsberghe, Kurita Europe |
2017 / Q4 |
Best practices and opportunities to reduce the risk of salt deposition and damage
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| Wastewater treatment for challenging crudes |
James Kiolbassa, Baker Hughes, a GE Company |
2017 / Q4 |
A new organic polymer treatment has enabled refiners to more effectively process a variety of opportunity crudes
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| Oil recovery from tank sludge |
Marcello Ferrara and Cristina Ferrara, ITW |
2017 / Q4 |
Thorough tank cleaning means removing all of the sludge and restoring the vessel's full storage capacity
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| Processing schemes for shale gas liquids recovery |
S D Radia and Marco Grande, Fluor |
2017 / Q4 |
The energy efficiency and liquids recovery of processing schemes employing propane refrigeration improve with additional fractionation
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| Full conversion of bitumen |
John Petri, Honeywell/UOP |
2017 / Q4 |
A line-up featuring ebullated bed hydrocracking delivers full conversion of bitumen, including production of premium diesel fuel
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