Petrochemicals

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...

Natural gas has been a co-feedstock to the reformers in the Sasol CTL complex since 2004. A more beneficial way is to re-route natural gas to the cryogenic separation unit and thus only reform the separated methane in the natural gas feed. However, introducing NO x into the cryogenic separation...

To insure a Sustainable Future, CO 2 emissions must be reduced despite strong future growth in demand. “Easy oil” from conventional production will be less abundant, though coal and natural gas, as well as unconventional hydrocarbon reserves will remain in strong supply for decades to come. Carbon...

The U.S. petroleum refining sector consumes large quantities of energy in order to convert crude oil into transportation fuels and other products. According to the Energy Information Administration, the sector consumed 31% of total U.S. industrial energy in 2006, resulting in significant CO 2...

In this session we will review several case studies that will allow you to better understand the importance of process engineering and process safety basics. These examples will show specific pitfalls to avoid but also will open your thinking to properly consider the implications of other...

The CFD model FLACS was recently validated [1] against the 33 experimental data sets included in the Model Evaluation Database [2], which was compiled by the UK Health and Safety Laboratory as part of the Model Evaluation Protocol for LNG Vapor Dispersion. FLACS performed very well in the...

The products of petroleum refining must meet tight specifications, including limits on sulfur, nitrogen, olefins, aromatics, and other contaminants. Hydrotreating removes these contaminants from distilled crude oil fractions and intermediate process streams. Hydrocracking converts heavy oil...

Hydroprocessing or hydrotreating is the key technology to clean, to refine, and to convert crude oils into valuable products, such as gasoline and diesel. It covers a wide range of feed stocks and numerous configurations. The tutorial will discuss process configuration, material selection, and heat...