Chemical Engineering Practice

Aqueous Morpholine As a Potential Post-Combustion CO2 Absorption Solution

Nov 1, 2012
Krishna Mohan Jinka
Due primarily to high cyclic capacity and high absorption rates compared to other methods, aqueous amine based CO 2 capture has gained great interest for application to post-combustion CO 2 capture. While aqueous amines have a long history for acid gas removal, challenges remain for the commercial...

Shale Gas Brightens Outlook for U.S. Chemicals

January
2013
Chem Economics
Martha Gilchrist Moore, T. Kevin Swift
The chemical industry will experience moderate annual growth over the next few years — ranging between 2.2% and 4.6% through 2017. The higher growth rate accounts for new investments announced in response to the abundant supply of shale-based...

Optimizing an Organic Rankine Cycle

January
2013
Heat Transfer
Alan Winstead, Ali Bourji, P.E.
An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system can be a cost-effective way to convert waste heat to electricity. The key is finding the best ratio of net power recovery to capital cost.

Implement an Effective Loop Tuning Strategy

January
2013
Back To Basics
Norman Ito, Timothy Olsen
Use these loop tuning guidelines to improve process control and enhance product uniformity Many undergraduate chemical engineering programs teach the Ziegler-Nichols tuning methods, developed by John G. Ziegler and Nathaniel B. Nichols in the 1940s...

Safety in the LNG Value Chain

Dec 12, 2012
Georges Melhem, Henry Ozog

In this webinar, presenters describe and examine potential LNG (liquefied natural gas) hazards and risk-reduction methods for the LNG value chain ― production and consumption.

Dynamic Simulation: Value During LNG Process Design and Beyond

Apr 4, 2012
Kenneth V. Allsford
A contributor to complex/large project management difficulty is uncertainty gaps – gaps between the information required and that readily available within the project organization. Moreover, for large projects, information is generally spread among many professional personnel across multiple...

Hydrocarbons Turnarounds EHS Readiness

Apr 4, 2012
Jon Pucheu
The Dow Hydrocarbons Business has a thorough process for managing excellent EHS performance during Turnarounds. We name an EHS Focal Point for each Turnaround 2 years in advance. A Turnaround EHS Preparation and Execution plan is developed and followed. An EHS Readiness Assessment is conducted with...

Panel Discussion on Turnaround Excellence

Apr 4, 2012
Bobby Vichich
A panel of industry experts will discuss topics of interest to Ethylene Producers with respect to turnaround excellence. Topics will be solicited from session attendees during the paper portion of the session. Prepared discussion topics will include: How are late scope changes handled, Is there...

Design Challenges in Tankage Modernization

Apr 4, 2012
James Kong
In order to comply with regulation requirements, a refinery needs to perform major revamps to produce different grades of Diesel, namely ULSD, Off-road Grade and Regular Diesel. The existing tankage allocation needs to be changed to accommodate the hydrotreater feed components and the new products...

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