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Process and catalysis factors to maximise propylene output

Takuya Amano, Jack Wilcox and Carel Pouwels, Albemarle Corporation

Takakazu Matsuura, Taiyo Oil Co

2012 / Q3

Catalyst selection and process design enable a new RFCC unit to maximise propylene production from a range of feeds
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Challenges and opportunities of 10 ppm sulphur gasoline: part 1

Delphone Largeteau, Jay Ross, Marc Laborde and Larry Wisdom, Axens

2012 / Q3

Prospect of a worldwide standard for ULSG and the challenges of increased heavy crude supplies demand careful considerationa and selection of refinery configuration
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Natural gas fuels the integration of refining and petrochemicals

Tanmay Taraphdar, Praveen Yadav and M K E Prasad, Technip KT India

2012 / Q3

Maximising the use of natural gas in a refinery-petrochemicals complex offers higher margins and lower carbon emissions
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Offline tools for on-site control implementation

Ken Allsford, Bhaskar Iyer and Aric Tomlins, Advanced Solutions, Honeywell International

2012 / Q3

Application of productivity tools and work process changes can expedite advanced control projects and reduce effort in refining applications
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APC2: aligning people with control

Raymond Coker, BP Texas City refinery

2012 / Q3

A lead practitioner explains how refinery-wide involvement of people underpins a major advanced process control programme
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Alarm floods and plant incidents

Dustin Beebe, Steve Ferrer and Darwin Logerot, ProSys Inc

2012 / Q3

Alarm floods and their contribution to industrial incidents can be controlled succesfully through all process states
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Minimise corrosion while maximising distillate

Brandon Payne, GE Water & Process Technologies

2012 / Q3

Reducing atmospheric fractionator overhead temperatures to maximise middle distillate production requires a full understanding of resulting corrosion mechanisms
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Reliable design of sour water strippers

Nathan Hatcher and Ralph Weiland, Optimized Gas Treating

2012 / Q3

A simulation model aims to raise confidence in the reliability of sour water stripper design
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Monitoring and treatment to maximise light cycle oil

Greg Savage, Nalco

2012 / Q3

Fouling control, simulation software and tower scanning can improve operations and reliability when maximising middle distillate and propylene production
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Monitoring and diagnostics for reciprocating compressors

Jost-A Anderhub, Prognost Systems

2012 / Q3

A guide to the purpose and terminology of monitoring systems than ensure effective operation of reciprocating compressors
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Catalyst stripper improves FCC unit performance

Rama Rao Mari and Dalip Soni, Lummus Technology, a CB&I Company

2012 / Q3

Stripper internals with improved mass transfer characteristics improve the performance of an FCC unit
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Gasifying coke to produce hydrogen in refineries

Tek Sutikno and Kevin Turini, Fluor Enterprises

2012 / Q3

Coke gasification to produce hydrogen for hydroprocessing is more capital intensive than steam methan reforming, but not so vulnerable to natural gas price variations
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High-quality products from heavy sour crudes

Maria Aldescu, KBC Advanced Technologies

2012 / Q3

Application of current and emerging technologies will determine the potential of poor-quality crudes as sources of high-quality products
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Removing fines from gas scrubbing liquids

Barry Perlmutter, BHS- Filtration

2012 / Q3

Think cake candle filter technology can be applied to a range of refining and gas processing applications to remove fines from circulating scrubbing liquids
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