RL Blogs
Refinery 101
Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Basics |
Jun 05, 2019 |
| By Mahans Thermal Products |
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| Choosing the right design for heat exchanger applications. | |
FCC Catalyst Selection Considerations |
Aug 07, 2018 |
| By Miles Hoyer |
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| Insightful tips for your next FCC catalyst selection endeavor. | |
Top 10 for New Refinery Process Engineers |
Aug 06, 2018 |
| By Patrick the Process Engineer |
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| Process Engineering advice for new refinery process engineers. | |
The Forgotten Areas of an Oil Refinery |
Jun 29, 2018 |
| By Steve Pagani |
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| Quick tips on understanding vulnerabilities of an oil refinery. | |
How Good is Your Refinery Opex Management? |
Jun 18, 2018 |
| By Ralph Laurel |
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| Compare your methods of refinery Opex management to others in industry and determine how robust your practices are. | |
7 Ways to Boost Decanter Performance |
Apr 02, 2018 |
| By Jigar Patel |
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| Applications of decanters for oil recovery from sludge. | |
Improving Cat Cracking Process Monitoring |
Jan 28, 2018 |
| By Ralph Laurel |
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| Cat Cracking process monitoring is more than just trending the riser temperature. Improving Cat Cracking process monitoring involves understanding and improving the mass, heat, pressure, and yield balances for your Cat Cracker. | |
Hydrotreater Reactor Sulfiding 101 |
Nov 27, 2017 |
| By Reactor Resources |
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| An introduction to sulfiding of hydrotreating catalysts. | |
The Basics of Refinery Slop – Part 2 |
Sep 19, 2017 |
| By Steve Pagani |
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| Understanding slop creation and management can improve refinery profitability. | |
Norm Lieberman Quick Crude Distillation Pro Tip |
Jul 24, 2017 |
| By Norm Lieberman |
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| Key process monitoring tip for atmospheric crude distillation. | |
The Basics of Refinery Slop – Part 1 |
Feb 20, 2017 |
| By Steve Pagani |
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| Understanding slop creation and management can improve refinery profitability. | |
Do Not Snooze that Console Alarm |
Nov 28, 2016 |
| By Ralph Laurel |
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| How to not let nuisance alarms desensitize your alarm awareness. | |
Naphtha Hydroprocessing 101 |
Sep 26, 2016 |
| By Junaid Shah |
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| Introductory basics of refinery naphtha hydroprocessing. | |
Are Refinery Limits In Your Way? |
Aug 29, 2016 |
| By Ralph Laurel |
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| Know your unit operating constraints, then push them... | |
Pump 101 – The Basics |
Aug 08, 2016 |
| By Steve Pagani |
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| An introduction to the various types of pumps found in an oil refinery. | |
Meet Mr. Distillation |
Dec 13, 2015 |
| By Ralph Laurel |
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| Most refiners over-emphasize utilization and forget about yields. Many of those who are aware of yields tend to focus on conversion, but not distillation. In the end, separation quality is an important area of oil refining that many neglect. | |
10 Effective Pump Troubleshooting Tips |
Nov 02, 2015 |
| By Jeff Vollmer at Engineering & Inspection Services |
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| Practical tips on troubleshooting refinery pump issues. | |
Advice to New Refinery Process Engineers |
Jul 14, 2013 |
| By Patrick the Process Engineer |
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| Congratulations to the new refinery process engineers! Refinerlink has come advice to help you get started. | |
