New Technology
New Technology
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What new technology has been developed and applied over the last 20 years or so in the petroleum refining business?
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RE: New Technology
How about catalytic distillation (for MTBE production, selective hydrogenation, etc)?
I'm sure there's many more.
Regards,
Bob
RE: New Technology
1. Safety Integrated Systems (SIS, SIL), instrumentation with known reliability
2. Mag Gauges instead of Gauge Glasses
3. Mag drive seal-less pump/motors
4. Very low sulfur processes for diesel
5. Very low sulfur processes for gasoline (Catalytic Distillation per CD-Tech)
6. Partial combustion of heavy oil, coke, coal, for hydrogen and power
7. Reliable trip systems to limit relief quantities to flare
8. Flue gas scrubbing for dust and sulfur dioxide
9. Low NOX burners
10. Gas Seals for centrifugal compressors
11. Settling-out Pressure for increased throughput on hydrotreating units. (API RP 521, Appendix B)
12. Various on-line analyzers
13. Improved continuous product blending including most products
14. Improved sulfur plant tail gas treating un
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RE: New Technology
Wax isomerization to high VI lubes
Synthetic PAO lubes
Membranes in solvent dewaxing to separate solvent from filtrates.
Millisecond reaction in FCC
I'm sure there are many more...
RE: New Technology
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RE: New Technology
Other processes are:
Unicracker, Oleflex, Isosieve, Molex, Penex, TIP/Safecat (Total Isomerization Process - C5 Isom), BenSat, Solid bed alkylation, Ethermax.....
Regards,
Bob
RE: New Technology
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RE: New Technology
By the way...say hello to Frank C. for me.
Regards,
Bob Anderson
RE: New Technology
owg: I believe the extensive use of structured packing is one of the outstanding retrofitting changes in vacuum towers on crude units in the last 25 years.
RE: New Technology
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RE: New Technology
RE: New Technology
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RE: New Technology