New Catalyst Efficiently Turns Methane into Fuels January 10, 2018Researchers have devised a single-atom alloy catalyst that requires significantly less energy to turn shale-gas methane into hydrocarbon fuels.
Converting Propane and Butane (LPG) in to High-Value Products Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017Shale oil and gas operations in North America generate abundant and low-cost supplies of LPG. At the same time, high production levels of shale oil...
Rapid Hydrotreating Catalyst Lifetime Determination and Deactivation Sensitivity Assay Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017Activity and stability of hydrotreating catalyst is extremely important in hydroprocessing, as it determines how long the reactor can be operated...
Oxide Formed in High Temperature Corrosion By Model Naphthenic Acids Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017Naphthenic acid (NAP) refers to the indigenous carboxylic acid in the crude oil. High-temperature NAP corrosion of steel is one of major concerns for...
Impact of Impurities on Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes for Applications in Olefins Units Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017The separation of olefins from paraffins is important in the petrochemical industry.The current dominant technology, cryogenic distillation, is...
Modeling and Optimization of a Cracked Naphtha Post-Treater Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 28, 2017FCC cracked naphtha is a valuable component of the gasoline pool that, when untreated, is characterized by high olefin and sulfur content. The...
Deep Desulfurization Guardbeds for Hydrocarbon Processing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017Traditionally sulfur removal from hydrocarbon feeds is carried out in a two-step process: hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of the organic sulfur compounds...
Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Jet Fuels from Lignin Fast Pyrolysis and Upgrading Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2015Jet fuels have never been entirely substituted by biomass (viz. bio-jet fuel) due to the absence of aromatic hydrocarbons and cycloparaffins in...
The Effect of Hydrogen-Donor Agent in Catalytic Pyrolysis of Lignin to Hydrocarbons Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 19, 2014The effect of hydrogen-donor agent in catalytic pyrolysis of lignin to hydrocarbons Xianglan Bai 1 , Shuai Zhou 2 , Robert C. Brown 1 1 Department of...
Pyrochlore (A2B2O7) Based Catalysts for Hydrogen Production By Hydrocarbon Reforming Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 18, 2014Pyrochlores are a class of ternary metal oxides with general formula (A 2 B 2 O 7 ) where the A-site is occupied by the large rare-earth metal cation...
Methane to Higher Hydrocarbons By a Non-Oxidative Catalytic Conversion Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014
Conversion of Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuels Via Catalytic Depolymerization and Hydrogenation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 17, 2014Three different solvent systems (sodium hydroxide solution, ethanol aqueous solution and aqueous solution of phosphoric acid) were chosen to study...
Panel Discussion: Are there Major Advancements in the Light Hydrocarbons Industry? Conference PresentationSouthwest Process Technology ConferenceOctober 10, 2014The chemical manufacturing industry is blossoming on the Gulf Coast. Investments are coming from American companies as well as foreign investment,...
Strategic Imperatives for the Hydrocarbon Industries Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 6, 2013As the leading international supplier of catalysts , adsorbents , equipment and process technology for the petroleum refining , gas processing ,...
Removal of Heavy Hydrocarbons from Lean Natural Gas Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2013Removal of heavy hydrocarbons, such as C 6 + from natural gas is essential prior to cryogenic liquefaction in order to prevent freeze-out of these...
Recovery of Hydrocarbons From Froth Treatment Tailings of Oil Sand Bitumen Processing Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 31, 2012Bitumen is separated from surface-mined oil sand ore in a warm water extraction process that produces bitumen froth typically containing 60 wt%...
Dissolved Oxygen Content Measurement in Aqueous and Hydrocarbon Liquids Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Dissolved oxygen in aqueous and organic liquids affects a variety of process operations. Even at trace levels, it can lead to fouling in processing...
Piping Life Extension Through Assured Mechanical Integrity of CUI Prone Piping At Dow Hydrocarbons Plants Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012The purpose of Dow's Global Mechanical Integrity Safety Standard is to ensure that equipment used to process, store or handle chemicals are designed...
Ethylene Unit Hydrocarbon Release and Fire, Sunoco Marcus Hook, PA Refinery Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 23, 2010At 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...
Modeling the National Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Supply Chain and Effects of Disruption Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 21, 2010Chlorinated hydrocarbons represent the precursors for products ranging from PVC and refrigerants to pharmaceuticals. Natural or manmade disruptions...
Yanbu Industrial City Hosts 4th Saudi YPC & AspenTech Workshop on Economic Assessments for Process Engineers December 13, 2016The Saudi YPC organized a technical workshop on the topic of economic assessments for process engineers on November 15, 2016.
Improved Catalyst Promises Energy Savings and Reduced Pollution March 6, 2017A discovery that improves on a commonly used catalytic reaction used to break down methane could lead to significant energy savings and pollution reduction.
Symposia Chair Invites You to the Refining Topical at #AIChESpring & #GCPS March 24, 2017I recently caught up with Ian Glasglow, Symposia Chair for the 20th Topical of Refining at the
Frackers in Permian Basin Upset Saudi Dominance August 11, 2016Once formidable, OPEC is taking a beating from US shale drillers two years after Saudi Arabia flooded the world with cheap crude trying to knock the upstarts out of the oil business.