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Unusual Corrosion Failures of Transfer Line Exchangers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper describes two case histories of corrosion failures. The first case history describes metal dusting of the tubes and tubesheet from the...

War Strategies to Guarantee Peace Time in a Primary Fractionator

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 24, 2010
Braskem is a Brazilian petrochemicals manufacturer, producing monomers, resins and chemicals specialties. Its ethylene capacity is 2,500 Kty,...

Lessons Learned with Different Transfer Line Valve Designs

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Olefins cracking furnace Transfer Line Valves (TLV's) operate in very demanding service handling high temperature, fouling conditions, high tightness...

Ethylene Unit Hydrocarbon Release and Fire, Sunoco Marcus Hook, PA Refinery

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
At approximately 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2009, there was a sudden and large hydrocarbon release from a main process pipe in the Ethylene Unit...

Progression of GHG Emissions Benchmarking

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
The efforts to measure, regulate, and control the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by the refining and petrochemicals industries have been in...

New Type of Cracking Furnace Radiant Coil Design

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper presents the economical benefits for a new radiant coil design which improves the performance of the thermal cracking furnace. The main...

Ensuring Reliability and Optimum Performance in Antisurge Applications

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
There are several compressors within an ethylene plant, cracked gas and refrigeration compressors are the major ones. These compressors are high...

Ethylene Plant Operations Paper Session

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2009
This session is part of the (2009) 21st Ethylene Producers Conference, which is the premier annual event where those involved in the industry can...

Ethylene Plant Technology - Energy Consumption and Optimization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 30, 2009
Recent upward trends in energy costs combined with focus on emissions of greenhouse gases has led both engineering design companies and operating...

Ethylene Plant Maintenance and Reliability Session

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2009
Fluctuating product demand, along with feedstock and energy prices, has resulted in a challenging environment for operators of Olefin producing...

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