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Mitigating Risk: A Commercializing New Catalyst Technology in a World Scale Ethylene Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Bringing a new ethylene plant on stream and to full capacity quickly and smoothly is a tremendous undertaking. This is especially true in ethylene...

Novel Energy-Efficient Configurations of LNG Cascade Refrigeration Cycles Based on Structural Modifications

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 2, 2019
Complex and energy-intensive cascade refrigeration cycles are employed for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The cost of the shaft work...

Multi-Variable LNG Optimization Using Parallelized Simulator with Integrated Optimizer

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 1, 2019
LNG liquefaction is an energy-intensive process, and thus lends itself to optimization. Our work highlights the propane/mixed refrigerant (C3MR)...

Improve Refinery Profitability with Modus Technology

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 1, 2019
Improve Refinery Profitability with Modus TM Technology Catalytic Cracking (FCC) and Coking are the two key conversion processes in a petroleum...

Design & Engineering Implementation of Pressure Relieving System of Cryogenic Carbon Dioxide Pilot Facilities

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 1, 2019
As easy gas resources around the world are depleting; high Carbon Dioxide (CO2) gas fields are thrust into the spotlight to become new candidates for...

Smart Equipment Integration for Improved Process Yield

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 25, 2018
A process design is presented where integration of key equipment within a hydrogen production unit produces increased process benefit. A utility...

High Capacity Concept for an Efficient Gas Expander FLNG Process

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 25, 2018
LNG plants with small-to-medium capacity rely frequently on refrigeration via work expansion of light gases. In many cases nitrogen is used as...

Hybrid Heat Pipe Screw Dryer: A Novel, Continuous and Highly Energy-Efficient Drying Technology

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 25, 2018
This work investigated a novel type of screw conveyor dryer (SCD) equipped with a passive heating provided by an annular heat pipe, termed â...

Improving Plant Economics By Upgrading Low Value Hydrocarbon Stream By Enrichment of C9+ Compounds Using Divided Wall Distillation Columns

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
The shift towards lighter feedstock’s for Poly Olefins production, due to lower feedstock price and higher profit margin, has...

Project Changes in Gas Monetization: Pitfalls or Success

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
Looking at potential Gas Monetization projects can be a daunting task. What can make them more daunting is the prospect of changes in the development...

Improving Catalytic Reformer Heaters Duty Using New Technologies

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
Catalytic Reformer Units are one of the most important units and are always being run at the maximum capacity. The multi stage heater used in the...

The Day a Three Mile Island Event Did Not Happen

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
In 1986, while I was a new engineer at a nuclear power plant, the plant experienced a total loss of feedwater event when multiple systems and...

Numerical Study of Bund Overtopping after Catastrophic Tank Failures

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
Gas and petroleum products are stored in a large quantity using tanks. Impoundment systems, such as bund or dike, are put in place to control the...

Automation Strategies for Crude Feedstock Optimization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018

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