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Centrifugal Process Compressors - the Basics of Performance and Rerate

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
This work provides a brief overview of the thermodynamics of centrifugal compressor performance. A discussion of what terms are used to describe...

Use of Process Simulation In Ethylene Plant APC and Dynamic Optimization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
Showa Denko owns and operates a large Ethylene plant in Oita, Japan. Depending on the economic environment, plant objective is a combination of...

Bahx Repair

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
Abstract: Repair of brazed aluminum heat exchangers requires specialized knowledge. While repairs can be done successfully, improper procedures can...

Cracked Gas Compressor Control Tutorial

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 15, 2011
The market conditions over the couple of years has prompted many end-users to review antisurge control design to help lower their energy index. A...

Compressor Train Performance - Evaluation and Monitoring (Part 1)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
Utilization of Equipment Health Management system tools has allowed end users to monitor, protect and manage the critical rotating machinery in an...

Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO) : First Commercial Demonstration Unit Begins Operations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO TM ): First Commercial Demonstration Unit Begins Operations Michael J. Tallman and Curtis N. Eng, KBR and Sun Choi...

Cooling Water Issues – Cause and Solutions to Microbiologically Induced Corrosion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 14, 2011
In the 2007 turnaround at the BASF FINA PETROCHEMICAL L.P. Ethylene Steam Cracker, severe damage was discovered in the cooling tower to process...

Impact of New Industrial Boiler and Process Heater Air Regulations on the Chemical Industry

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
The US EPA is obligated to develop national emission standards for hazardous air pollutant (NESHAP) for industrial boilers and process heaters. These...

New Flare System VOC Regulations & Reduction Control Options

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 13, 2011
As this abstract is written, there will be flare system emission testing in a controlled environment underway that will likely pave the way for new...

Loss of Downcomer Seal on a Depropanizer During a Plant Start up

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 16, 2011
The bottom C4’s product specification could not be met on the Depropanizer tower during a plant start up. The olefins unit had been started with a...

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