Global Refining Summit 2009
27th - 29th April 2009
Achieve operational and strategic excellence
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| Designing vacuum units |
Scott W Golden and Tony Barletta, Process Consulting Services Inc
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2006 / Q2 |
When
designing vacuum units for processing heavy Canadian crudes,
reliability cost can be high if the feedstock's thermal instability is
not fully appreciated. Process design considerations affecting
VGO yield and quality are discussed.
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| Comparing packing efficiencies |
Mark Pilling and Nina Prohorenko-Johnson, Sulzer Chemtech USA Inc
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2006 / Q2 |
In
mechanically demanding applications, grid packing can help control
costs and product degradation. Important parameters such as grid
surface area and its effect on efficiency are discussed.
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| Applying chemical cleaning solutions |
Bruce R Jansen, Refined Technologies
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2006 / Q2 |
The
use of specially formulated cleaning chemistry applied to distillation
columns, heat exchangers, pumps and other key processing equipment can
improve operation margins.
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| Recovering pure aromatics |
Thomas Diehl, Barbel Kolbe and Helmut Gehrke, Uhde GmbH
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2006 / Q2 |
The
recovery of pure aromatics feedstocks such as reformate of pyrolysis
gasoline through solvent-based extractive distillation. The
efficiency, purities and yields of a single-column extractive
distillation configuration based on actual plant results are discussed.
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