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Index
001. Texas Refiner expands aromatics capacity 20% with staged revamp
002. Engineering Fundamentals for Operators
003. Safety Results Mirror Expectations at New Grassroots Ethylene Plant
004. Environmental Concerns Addressed in the Design of a New Ethylene Plant
005. Cooling Tower Monitoring and Environmental Compliance006. Resolving Distillation Equipment Problems
007. Ethylene Unit Test Run Planning and Execution
008. Ethylene Unit Saturator and Dilution Steam Generators Challenges
009. Troubleshooting Practice in the Refinery
010. Ethylene Unit Operations Management Concepts011. Practical Distillation Fundamentals
012. BTX Extractive Distillation Capacity Increased by Enhanced Packing Distributors
013. Ethylene Unit Pyrolysis Furnace Opportunities & Strategic Improvements
014. Increase Fractionation Efficiency: Propylene Fractionation Example
015. Molecular Sieve Applications016. Ethylene Unit Cracked Gas Compressor Case Studies on Fouling
017. Flare Safety Overview
018. Flow Phenomena in Staged and Non Staged Distillation Equipment
019. Advances in Cracking Furnace Technology
020. FCC Catalyst Selection021. Refinery Catalyst Workshop
022. Revising an Ethylene Unit Feed Saturator
023. Career Guidelines for Young and Old Graduates
024. Pyrolysis Furnace Technical Overview
025. Benchmarking a Waste Water Treatment Systems026. Improving the Reliability of High Heat Flux Reboilers
027. The Design and Performance of a Packed Benzene Toluene Splitter
028. Anti Fouling Tray Technology
029. Use of Process Simulation for Distillation Design
030. The Importance of Thermodynamics on Process Simulation Modeling031. Lower FCC Catalyst Resistivities raise Precipitator Efficiencies
032. Refiners have several options to overcome FCCU opacity limitations
033. Communicating Effectively Among Engineers
034. Design Guidelines for Distillation Columns in Fouling Service
035. Waste-heat recovery: Weighing in the environmental Factor036. Spiral Heat Exchangers Preheat High Solids Black Liquor Without plugging
037. Targeting East Asian Markets038. Analysis of NOx Reduction Techniques
039. Partial Catalytic Hydrogenation of Acetylene
040. Production of Polyethylene Using Gas Fluidized Bed Reactor
042. Allowances and Credits: Components of a Sound NOx Reduction Strategy
043. Radioisotope Technology - Benefits & Limitations in Packed Tower Diagnostics
044. Designing Distillation Columns for Vacuum Service
045. Fractionation Technology for the Ethylene Industry
046. Advanced Fractionation Technology for the Oleo Chemical Industry
047. Physical separation devices for Ethylene Plants
048. Revamp Strategies in Oleo Chemical Plants
049. Fractionation Technology for the Petroleum Refining Industry
050. Harmonic Vibrations Cause Distillation Tray Damage
051. Extractive Distillation for the Separation of Benzene and Cyclohexane Mixture
052. Performance Diagrams -all your tray hydraulics in one place
053. Targeting the Minimum Water Rate Using Water Cascade Analysis Technique
054. High Performance Trays increase Column Capacity
055. Enhanced V-Grid Trays increase Column Performance
056. Distillation Tower Dry Tray Pressure Drop of Valve and Fixed Valve Trays
057. Improve EB/SM Plant Distillation
058. Properly Designed High Performance Trays
059. Commercial Distillation Column Tray Design Methods and Software
060. Design and Operation of Multi-Pass Trays
061. Overview on C2 and C3 Selective Hydrogenation in Ethylene Plants
063. Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning
064. Distributed Distillation with Heat Integration
065. Optimize Distillation Column Design for Improved Reliability in Operation and Maintenance
066. Energy Optimization of Cryogenic Distillation
067. Strategies of Successful Distillation Revamps Part 1
068. An Overview of Oxygenates in Ethylene Units
069. Chemical Engineering Review Paper
070. Best Practices in Prevention and Suppression of Metal Packing Fires
071. Design Guidelines for Distillation Columns in Ethyl-benzene and Styrene Monomer Service
072. Retrofit of a H2S Selective Amine Absorber Using MellapakPlus Structured Packing
073. Radioisotope Technology - Troubleshooting Packed Beds in Vacuum Distillation
076. Guidelines for BTX Revamps
077. A DESIGN REVIEW OF STEAM STRIPPING COLUMNS FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE
081. Succeed at Plant Debottlenecking
082. Measure and Access Maldistribution in Industrial Packed Towers
083. Distillation FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
084. Utility Management for Process and Power Industries
085. Hydrogen Production Optimization in Industry
086. Strategies to Measure Implementation of Health Programs
087. Ethylene Plant Safety Incidents
088. Energy Savings in Steam Systems
089. Integrate Process Simulation and Process Synthesis
090. Engineering Education Goals; Building Tomorrow’s Leaders
092. Design Guidelines for Utilizing Distillation Simulation Software in the Field
093. Setting Targets for Water and Hydrogen Networks using Cascade Analysis
094. SYNTHESIS OF MASS EXCHANGE NETWORKS FOR BATCH PROCESS SYSTEMS. PART 3
095. Resource Conservation and Waste Minimization for Property Networks
096. Water Minimization by Pinch Technology
097. Synthesis of mass exchange network for batch processes—Part I: Utility targeting
098. Synthesis of mass exchange network for batch processes—Part II: Minimum units target
099. CASCADE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE FOR TARGETING PROPERTY-BASED MATERIAL REUSE NETWORK
100. Maximizing Water Recovery through Water Pinch Technology
101. ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF HERBAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL PROCESSING
102. Modeling a pharmaceutical production process utilizing a batch process simulator
103. PILOT SCALE MODELING AND DESIGN FOR THE SEPARATION OF FATTY ACID MIXTURE
104. Modeling and Simulation of Used Lubricant Oil Re-refining Process
105. PHYTOCHEMICAL PROCESSING: THE NEXT EMERGING FIELD IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
106. Ammonia in a Steam Cracking Plant
107. Upgrade of a Tail-End Acetylene Converter
108. Cascade Analysis for setting the Targets for Resource Conservation Part 1
109. Cascade Analysis for setting the Targets for Resource Conservation Part 2
110. Design Guidelines for Distillation Revamps
111. Design Guidelines for Safety in Piping Networks
112. Design Guidelines for Ethylene Quench Towers
Industry Resources
201. Condensation of Natural Gas -1915
202. EPA Profile of the Organic Chemical Industry 2nd Edition
203. EPA Profile of the Petroleum Refining Industry
204. EPA Profile of the Inorganic Chemical Industry
205. EPA Profile of the Pharmaceutical Industry
206. EPA Profile of the Pulp and Paper Industry
207. EPA Profile of the Plastic Resin and Fiber Industry
208. EPA Profile of the Rubber and Plastic Industry
209. EPA Profile of the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry
210. OSHA Refining Technical Manual
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