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Process Gas Compressors in the Ethylene Plant: Fouling 101

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 26, 2024
he Process Gas Compressor (also known as the Cracked Gas or Charge Gas Compressor) is a key unit operation in the production of ethylene via the...

Detailed Characterization of Plastic Pyrolysis Oils and Their Contaminants By FT-ICR MS and GCxGC

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 26, 2024
The recycling of plastic waste is a necessity for realizing a circular economy and achieving climate neutrality. Worldwide less than 10% of plastics...

Economic Impact and Risk Analysis of Integrating Sustainable Aviation Fuels into Refineries

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 26, 2024
The growth of the aviation industry coupled with its dependence on energy-dense, liquid fuels has brought sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) research to...

Investigating the Effect of Dehydrating Agents for the Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate and Study Their Potential for Carbon Dioxide Fixation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 26, 2024
Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is known to be a safe and non-corrosive material that has wide range of applications. For example, it can be used as a fuel...

STS AIChE April 4th 2024 Monthly Dinner Meeting

Thursday, April 4, 2024,
5:00pm to 8:30pm
CDT
Please join the South Texas Section for our monthly dinner and workshop meeting. The dinner keynote will be delivered by Dr. Debalina Sengupta - Coastal Resilience Program Director for Texas Sea Grant at Texas A&M University. The workshop speaker is Dr. Mona Setoodeh - President of CH·IV . The...Read more

Tyler Boyle

Tyler boyle is a Research Meteorologist with the NIST Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Boyle is currently leading the program’s low-cost sensor project. Prior to NIST, Boyle served as the science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) coordinator for the Glenelg Country School in Ellicott City, MD, where he co-founded a university-style makerspace and taught several high-school-level introductory technology courses. He graduated with a BS in atmospheric and oceanic science from the Univ. of Maryland, College Park, and was awarded the Tannenbaum Prize...Read more

FAILURE OBSERVED AT CROSSOVER PIPING OF PYROLYSIS FURNACE AND PATH FORWARD

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 25, 2024
304H Stainless Steel has long been known as the material of choice for furnace convection sections. However, exposure to elevated temperatures for...

Defining Grid Resolution for Trench Fire Modeling with FDS

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 25, 2024
Trench fires are often the design basis for fireproofing of piperacks and other critical components in a hydrocarbon processing facility...

Lessons Learned and Challenges Overcome with Operating Flares Under the New Emact Requirements

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 25, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) finalized amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP):...

Selecting Location of IR Cameras for Thermal Imaging of Ethylene Cracker Furnace in a Brownfield Project

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 25, 2024
Real time measurement of Tube Metal Temperature (TMT) of the coils in radiant section of the ethylene cracker furnace proves to be extremely...

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