At production sites, workers often interact with production processes and equipment such as pumps, furnaces and others. These pose numerous HSE hazards and a lack of basic understanding of their ...

The LSU Cain Department of Chemical Engineering recently completed a journey of several years with the installation of its new distillation columns. The towering structure consumes two floors of ...

Design guidelines outline solutions for reducing fouling in distillation columns DISTILLATION—1 When designing mass transfer equipment for fouling service, one must first understand the fouling ...

In a field test to determine the viability of artificial intelligence (AI) to control a chemical plant, automation technology supplier Yokogawa Electric Corporation and chemical manufacturer JSR ...

Studying case studies of fouling in refinery and petrochemical plant distillation units reinforces the theories of fouling-resistant designs. Case studies help refine these design practices and ...