Monitoring Heat Exchangers for Fouling and Energy Inefficiencies
A ScienceDirect.com abstract highlights the importance of heat exchangers in refinery energy-efficiency efforts: Crude oil fouling in pre-heat train heat exchangers has been a major problem in oil...
View ArticleRefining and Blending Challenges with Shale Oil
At the recent American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) 2013 Q&A and Technology Forum, Emerson’s Tim Olsen had an article in the conference daily publication. You may recall Tim from...
View ArticleChallenges in Processing Opportunity Crudes
Additional sources of oil, such as shale oil, coming into the market can pose challenges for refiners. The challenge comes from mixing these “opportunity crudes” with other types of crude oil that may...
View ArticleLight Tight Oil and Heat Exchanger Fouling
Tim Olsen Refining Industry ConsultantI received an email of a new whitepaper, Heat Exchanger Challenges with Light Tight Crude! written by Emerson’s Tim Olsen. Tim is a consultant on our refining...
View ArticleOptimal Heat Exchanger Energy and Cleaning Management
Update: A recorded version of this one-hour webinar is now available. Original post: According to IHS, a global information and analytics provider for energy, economics, geopolitical risk,...
View ArticleAnswers for Heat Exchanger Fouling Questions
One only has to do a Twitter search on the hashtag #Reliability to see how often the topic is discussed from a process manufacturing and production standpoint. The reliability of plant assets affects...
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