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chemistry
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combinatorial chemistry (CHE sep99)
combinatorial chemistry promises better catalysts and materials (CEP oct98)
combinatorial chemistry wins converts (CHE jan96)
new molecules: chemistry and computing converge to yield performance-based products (CHE oct98)
electrochemistry (CHE mar06)
electrochemistry: part 2: uses include effluent treatment, process-stream recycle, toxic-chemical destruction (CHE nov92)
harnessing electrochemistry (CHE apr01)
harnessing the dynamics of electrochemical processes (CHE jan95)
Making Organic Chemicals Via Electrochemical Processing (CHE jun89)
the green potential of electrochemistry (CHE aug92)
molecular modeling it's not just for chemists anymore (CHE jan96)
Process Synthesis via Software (CEP apr01)
cold chemistry (CHE mar03)
Organic chlorides determination (HYP aug05)
statistical tool to optimize chemical formulation (CEP dec00)
information IT
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browsing through plant data (CHE mar97)
data mining (CHE may99)
deep analysis of plant data (CHE mar95)
discover process plant gold with intelligent agents that search process plant data (CHE apr98)
manipulating process data with a spreadsheet (CHE jan92)
speeding up data analysis: online analytical processing technology (CHE oct98)
data reconciliation (HYP mar94)
validate process data with a variety of analytical techniques (CHE jun92)
access data from `legacy' control and information systems: decoding the data (CHE may98)
complete site database streamlines operations (CHE feb95)
data needs of business and production systems for better integration (HYP jun99)
data warehousing (CHE aug99)
data warehousing (CHE jul01)
data warehousing: adopting step could cut up to 10% from Plant Life Cycle costs (CHE mar97)
database management systems: linking up a company's communications, both external and internal (CHE may96)
data-management software: evaluating the options (CHE jul97)
Logging Plant Data Without Pencil and Paper: Machine-readable barcodes (CHE jul92)
managing plant data: plants begin to integrate their data warehouses (CHE jan98)
plant data management (CHE jan01)
step into the virtual plant: the ability to warehouse process and control system knowledge (CEP feb02)
storing plant data (CHE apr01)
streamline data operations: use a single-integrated automation system (CHE may98)
electronic data exchange boosts productivity by helping share process data between computer programs, databases and suppliers (CHE sep94)
vertical integration: development of systems that allow data to be transferred directly from business planning to production (CHE nov97)
Web-enabled communications network (CHE apr01)
XML computer language to share and exchange data (CHE sep00)
histograms to transform data into valuable information (HYP may99)
using new dimensions: Parallel Coordinates to view data (PTQ Winter99)
Detecting Errors In Process Data (CHE 10nov86)
expert system to troubleshoot (CEP apr99)
expert systems (HYP nov98)
real world experiences implementing refinery expert systems (HYP nov99)
benchmarking information systems (CHE jun98)
building an industrial desktop: all-encompassing system for the data needs (CHE jan96)
collaborative data access, simulation and design via the web (CHE apr01)
integrating plant and process optimization (CHE apr01)
IT projects- how to manage them (CHE may00)
IT projects often don't measure up (CHE sep02)
IT system integration (CHE mar99)
making the corporate memory retrievable: information can be gathered, stored, organized and recovered (CHE jan99)
Oil industry and IT: lessons to be learned (HYP aug02)
web-centric architecture for plant information systems (HYP apr99)
lab software update - page 9 (HYP feb03)
selecting software for the lab (CHE feb92)
Jump to the next level of IT productivity (HYP jun02)
Outsourcing IT (CHE aug01)
math&statistics
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spreadsheets solve boundary-value problems: a finite-difference method in macro (CHE jul98)
combinatorial problems that involve many combinations of options (CEP aug99)
Be careful with correlation coefficients (CHE 3mar86)
splines are often superior to polynomials in generating x-y relationships (CHE 26oct87)
correlations that fit (CHE dec01)
curve fitting (CHE 24dec84)
dynamic analysis (CEP mar96)
equation solvers (CHE 17feb86)
Equation-solving programs (CHE 12oct87)
Here are simple trial-and-error methods to solve equations (CHE 25apr88)
Modeling three-variable equations painlessly (CHE 11feb88)
Ordinary Differential Equations Solved the Easy Way (CHE 21nov88)
Solving Differential Equations On A Spreadsheet -- Part 1*: The Euler Method (CHE jul90)
Solving Differential Equations On A Spreadsheet Part 2: The Runge-kutta Method (CHE aug90)
Experimental design (CHE 23jun86)
constant volume calculations (CEP jun97)
odd shape volumes (CHE nov93)
Quickly Find Wetted-surface Area (CHE 12sep88)
torispherical volume (CHE apr93)
LP outputs interpretation: marginal values (HYP feb99)
five popular mathematical software programs comparison (CEP jul99)
math software (CHE feb99)
mathematics made easy software performs complex calculations (CHE jun92)
non-linear process (HYP sep97)
Find Optimum Operating Conditions Fast: The simplex method (CEP apr00)
Optimization via the simplex method (CHE 11feb88)
optimize plant capacity: avoid higher investment and exporting of cheap commodity chemicals (CHE mar97)
Optimizing process and economic aims (CHE 9dec85)
a better way to fit data to growth curves: to predict accidents and technology innovation (CHE feb97)
Correlation and regression (CHE 30sep85)
estimates equation coefficients for regression programs (CHE 17feb86)
hate statistics? try neural networks to regress & analyze complex data sets (CHE mar97)
Multiple regression (CHE 14apr86)
Polynomial Regression (CHE 3feb86)
superior classification and regression abilities of the recently introduced support vector machines (CEP jan03)
canonical analysis (CEP dec93)
math & stat software (CHE dec99)
statistical software speeds process troubleshooting: design-of-experiments package (CHE dec95)
statistics (CHE 8aug83)
change nomographs to equations (CHE apr03)
designing experiments for the modern micro industries (CEP feb06)
Easy way to transform nomographs and charts into a computer program (HYP sep05)
math software (CHE mar02)
physics
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a dielectric debate: chipmakers (CHE apr02)
simulation&software
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Analyzing the value of first-principles dynamic simulation (HYP sep06)
consider dynamic simulation tools when planning new plant startup (HYP oct03)
Dynamic Programming For Chemical Engineering Applications (CHE 7dec87)
dynamic simulation (CEP aug97)
Dynamic Simulation - Modeling Processes, the Environment, the World (CEP dec01)
dynamic simulation improves column relief-load estimates (HYP dec99)
dynamic simulations (HYP jul96)
Matching Your Process Constraints Using Dynamic Simulationn (an exothermic reacting process) (CEP dec03)
minimizing investment with dynamic simulation (PTQ Winter96)
equipment design software (CHE nov99)
equipment-sizing software adds to engineers' toolkits (CHE dec94)
getting design chores done fast - equipment-sizing software (CHE jul97)
the art of equipment design: precision software tools model equipment that is ready for startup (CHE jun94)
genetic programming for process identification (HYP jul99)
Absolut lifecycle: use of simulation, from design to operator training (PRO 04)
build a friendlier model: process- and molecular-modeling software (CHE jan93)
Doublecheck Your Process Simulations (CEP may00)
eliminate process variability: computer simulation makes selecting the optimum design easy (CHE may97)
Improve nonlinear soft sensing modeling (Fuzzy) by combining multiple mode (HYP apr00)
integrate process simulation and process synthesis (CEP oct05)
Internet-based simulation system (CEP jul00)
jack of all trades: complex simulation software (PRO 04)
maximizing simulations reach (CHE may02)
modeling processes containing electrolytes (CEP oct99)
Modeling Production-Chain Information - 28 (CEP feb05)
OLE in process simulation model development. (PTQ Winter97)
process modeling: the promise of open software architectures (CEP sep00)
Process modeling: When bigger is better (CHE 16mar87)
process simulation through the internet - PTQ, December 02 (PTQ Winter02)
process simulation: the art and science of modeling (CHE nov94)
process simulation: the next generation (CHE jan95)
Production Modeling for Multimodal Operations (CEP feb04)
simulation and modeling spread their wings (CHE jun05)
simulation general with batch example (CEP jan98)
simulation non-linear (HYP jul91)
simulation packages (CHE mar99)
simulations and online control (HYP jun96)
simulations comparison (CEP nov91)
simulations general; (HYP jun94)
simulations in general (CEP oct89)
simulations mole sieve N-paraffin extraction (CEP sep91)
Structured programming with C PART 1 (CHE 13oct86)
supercomputing for complex modeling (CHE mar01)
aqueous simulations (CEP may98)
neural applications (CHE apr99)
neural nets: part of a model developer's toolkit (CHE sep96)
front end engineering software (CHE jan00)
building models from simulator runs: thedesign-of-experiments approach (CEP jan06)
design Software search for the best (CEP jun91)
Internet unifying software tools (CHE feb00)
simulation future growth (CPR dec03)
Simulation software one has to understand thermodynamic basics before accepting it (CEP jun01)
software (HYP sep97)
Uncovering the Realities of Simulation - Pg.42 (CEP may01)
Validate Your Engineering Software! (CEP jul01)
thermo & properties
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Liquid Activity Coefficients (CHE 23nov87)
Boiling Point Gives Critical Temperature (CHE mar89)
compressibility correlations (OGJ 29jan01)
gas compressibility factors: Working with Non-Ideal Gases (CEP mar03)
Improved compressibility factor Z charts (CHE 20jul87)
z compressibility (OGJ 30jun86)
one equation estimates critical temperature (CHE feb02)
Advanced Cubic Equations of State: When and How to Use Them (CEOS) (CEP nov02)
equations of state (CEP jul96)
new equation of state - VLE PVT (OGJ 9nov02)
Calculate hydrocarbon dew point for natural gas (HYP may05)
gas emissivity data (CEP sep95)
physical properties of real gases (CHE apr99)
polytropic (CHE 6jan86)
Finding H2SO4 Concentration Shortcut Technique (CHE mar89)
correlating saturated-liquid heat capacities (CHE sep95)
Determine Liquid Specific Heat for Organic Compounds (CEP may02)
Heat capacities for oxygenated, nitrogenated, halogenated and other organic chemicals are readily derived (CHE apr92)
new correlation for heat capacities (CHE jun94)
Use the Correct Constant-Volume Specific Heat - for real liquids Cv cannot be approximated by Cp (CEP jul02)
Finding The Properties Of Hydrofluoric Acid (CHE feb89)
calculate heptanes K value (OGJ 7apr03)
hydrocarbons (CHE 31mar86)
select the right hydrocarbon molecular weight correlation (CEP dec98)
heating on expansion & Joule Thompson effect (CHE sep99)
Navigate Phase Equilibria via Residue Curve Maps (CEP nov02)
Estimate Properties Of Organic Compounds (CHE 15aug88)
estimate physical properties via local models (CHE aug01)
Excel for estimating parameters (CHE mar03)
Property estimation method for accurate process design (PTQ Summer01)
databases: your best bet for property data (CHE may94)
thermodynamic data for process equipment design (CHE aug96)
232 hydrocarbons: water solubility data (CHE apr90)
calculate the solubility of aromatics in water (CHE feb95)
Organic Chemicals: Water Solubility Data (CHE jul90)
solubility & Henry's law constants for chlorinated compounds in water (CHE feb05)
solubility and Henry's law for amines in water (CHE sep01)
solubility H2S in H2O (CHE apr90)
solubility in H2O (HYP may79)
solubility in H2O (OGJ 17nov80)
solubility in H2O (OGJ 8apr91)
the water solubility of naphthenes (CHE oct93)
Water Solubility Data for 151 Hydrocarbons (CHE feb93)
gas in solution (CHE 12may86)
Gas Solubilities In Physical Solvents (CHE 28apr86)
Henry's law constants for ethers in water (CHE aug05)
Henry's law constants for olefins, diolefins in water (OGJ 29sep03)
Henry's law revisited (CEP jan99)
Reliably Predict The Solubility Of H2 (CHE oct90)
solubilities of gases in water (CHE may06)
solubility & Henry's law constants for sulfur compounds in water (CHE aug03)
solubilty gases in water (CHE jun99)
predict surface tensions of binary liquid mixtures (CHE 14oct85)
surface tension (CHE 4feb85)
surface tension (CHE mar91)
quick estimating for thermal conductivity (CHE aug93)
thermal conductivity (CHE 4feb85)
calculate thermal-expansion coefficients (CHE aug95)
estimating vapor pressures of pure liquids (CHE mar96)
calculate viscosities for 355 liquids (CHE apr94)
Liquid Viscosity Correlations for Flowmeter Calculations (CEP oct02)
Accurately Predict the VLE of Thiol-Hydrocarbon Mixtures (CEP sep04)
binary interaction parameter (CEP dec95)
curve-fitting results: water vapor fugacity (OGJ 11jul05)
estimate binary equilibrium coefficients (CHE apr96)
Estimate equilibrium flash vaporization curves accurately (HYP may06)
flash calculations (CHE may00)
flashpoints are affected by process pressure (CHE dec04)
generating your own VLE data (CHE mar95)
How Good Are Your vapor-liquid equilibrium Data? (CEP jun02)
how to estimate thermodynamic values over the V-L interphase (CHE nov94)
K-values For Non-ideal Systems: An Easier Way (CHE mar90)
model predicts equilibrium water content of high-pressure acid gases (OGJ 11jul05)
Selecting The Proper Model To Simulate Vapor-liquid Equilibrium (CHE 27oct86)
use a spreadsheet to fit VLE data (CHE mar02)
VLE equilibrium simple (CEP apr96)
a simple way to calculate water vapor pressures (CHE feb93)
steam (CHE 12may86)
steam (CHE jan91)
steam & water (CHE sep91)
steam & water (CHE nov91)
steam tables more accurate (CEP nov99)
water vapor pressure (CHE feb93)
water/hydrocarbon (HYP apr85)
applying thermo? then guard against misconceptions (CHE jan06)
Correlation measures properties of brominated petchems (OGJ 20mar06)
estimating compressed liquid volumes for alcohols and diols (CEP mar04)
Simple cubic EOS predicts properties of pure hydrocarbons, mixtures (OGJ 28nov05)
simulating aqueous processes (CEP sep03)
The Role of Drops in Chemical Engineering (CEP sep02)
water content in saturated NG (OGJ 29apr02)
unit conversions
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inching toward the metric system (CHE mar97)
economics
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"But what will it cost?" pilot plant cost estimating (CHE nov05)
Accurately Estimate Production Costs (CEP apr02)
capital cost estimating (HYP oct00)
cost estimating equipment base data (CHE 19aug85)
cost estimating equipment base data (CHE 16sep85)
cost estimating of utilities (CHE feb92)
cost estimating sheet by AMOCO (HYP sep97)
equipment co$ts: don't ignore tomorrow (CHE aug95)
estimate costs of CPI plants worldwide (CHE aug93)
Estimate Costs Of Scaled-up Process Plants (CHE apr90)
Estimating costs of process development units (CHE 19jan87)
Estimating engineering cost (CHE 9dec85)
estimating plant construction costs: non-u.s. projects in the chemical process industries (CHE aug97)
how accurate is your cost estimate? (CHE jul97)
how to estimate operating costs (CHE jul05)
how to estimate utility costs (CHE apr06)
Improve your database for cost estimation (HYP jun03)
Installed cost of corrosion-resistant piping (CHE 28apr86)
Installed cost of corrosion-resistant piping (CHE 23jun86)
Installed cost of corrosion-resistant piping (CHE 26may86)
Instrumentation now plays a bigger role in the way plant costs are estimated (CHE mar92)
Life Cycle costs for chemical process pumps (CHE jan98)
pilot plant cost estimating: choose the right estimating method (CHE dec05)
pilot plant cost estimating: make intelligent use of contingency (CHE jan06)
piping cost estimating - corrosion-resistant (CHE 3mar86)
piping cost estimating manhours (HYP jul85)
piping systems: how installation costs stack up (CHE jan93)
prices equipment * (CHE aug95)
Pricing Equipment For Air-pollution Control (CHE may90)
project cost estimation - scope-of-work (CHE sep02)
report fills part of the perennial void in current published information on the capital cost of process equipment (CHE 21nov88)
Return on investment: underlying estimates good enough? (CHE 22jun87)
short-cut piping costs (CHE mar06)
updating CE Plant Cost Index (CHE jan02)
Use and misuse of manufacturing cost systems (CHE 16mar87)
Use and misuse of manufacturing cost systems (CHE 27apr87)
Use and misuse of manufacturing cost systems PART 3 (CHE 25may87)
whats the price of steam? (CEP jul05)
Cost index (OGJ 2oct00)
equipment cost index (OGJ 7apr03)
equipment cost index (OGJ 4oct04)
how cost indexes have changed (OGJ 5jul04)
how indexes have changed (OGJ 1jul02)
Nelson equipment index (OGJ 5apr04)
Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexes (OGJ 1nov04)
Nelson-Farrar cost indexes (OGJ 7mar05)
Nelson-farrar cost indexes (OGJ 4apr05)
Nelson-Farrar cost indexes (OGJ 1may06)
Nelson-Farrar Cost Indexs (OGJ 3oct05)
Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: How refinery fuel indexes have varied (OGJ 3jan05)
New study provides clues to project-cost overruns (CHE 17aug87)
economic analysis: simple correlations to measure the profitability of projects (CHE jul96)
Estimate Profitability Using Net Return Rate (CHE mar89)
how to calculate : combine capital and fuel costs to eliminate the guesswork for new plants or additions (CHE feb92)
Improve the capital investment decision-making process (HYP apr02)
new return method - economics (CHE aug90)
preinvesting by design for the future (CHE dec91)
risk mapping- for invesments decisions (CEP dec99)
ROI: the basis for economic analyses (CHE dec92)
which project is be$t? : traditional profitability parameters have flaws (CHE jan94)
conserve energy to cut operating costs (CHE sep93)
estimating operating costs (CHE sep06)
estimating product costs (CHE aug00)
capital cost estimating (CHE oct01)
Enhance returns on processing plant investments (HYP jan05)
petrochemical plant costs (HYP jun01)
Plant Floor vs. Financial Data: Resolving the Discrepancies (CEP sep01)
mechanical eng.
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Correctly position jam nuts (CHE 3mar86)
3D CAD with laser scanners (CHE sep01)
a plant gets reborn & computer-aided tools to facilitate the upgrade of a vintage plant (CHE sep97)
CAD (CHE jul99)
computer-aided design (CHE jun95)
computer-aided design builds a better plant (CHE apr92)
Computer-aided design on personal computers (CHE 22jun87)
photogrammetry and computer-aided piping design (CHE 18feb85)
saving time with 3-D modeling: reduce costly design errors with software that generates isometrics (CHE mar97)
setting up a 3D CAD system (CHE apr96)
Transferring CAD flowsheet databases -- Part I (CHE 28oct85)
Translating CAD flowsheets to the IGES standard format (CHE 9dec85)
TSD total station device to measure distances (OGJ 29nov99)
photogrammetry captures reality (CHE jan99)
photogrammetry to produce an as-built model (OGJ 22may00)
buying used equipment (CHE nov95)
used equipment (CHE feb99)
used equipment trading (CHE may94)
Selecting arc-welding processes (CHE 3mar86)
better code to extend equipment lives: API RP 579 (OGJ 22may00)
bolting failure prevention (HYP dec01)
large internal thread strip-out (HYP feb03)
Laser scanning solutions secure accurate dimensional data (HYP dec05)
laser scanning techniques for plant revamps (PRO Autumn02)
laser scanning technology to gather field informtion (CHE mar01)
understand basic engineering codes (HYP aug03)
project engineering
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benefits and limitations of a client/supplier alliance (HYP sep99)
Forestalling construction problems (CHE 25nov85)
how to select the proper subcontractor (HYP jun99)
new contractor selection process for a shutdown alliance (HYP dec98)
personnel quality key to selecting contractor (OGJ 30apr01)
critical path method (CHE 13may85)
South Korean E&C firms build new foundations (CHE 12may86)
human factors engineering in petrochemical projects: part i (PTQ Summer98)
human factors in design=benefit table (PTQ Spring99)
instrument project field-based control at $1,200 per loop (HYP jul99)
project management for process control systems (HYP feb00)
just-in-time engineering speeds design and construction (HYP may99)
achieve on-time, within-budget E&C jobs (HYP dec98)
benchmarking: E&C firms are rethinking the way they manage projects (CHE apr96)
Deciding When To Use Modular construction (CHE aug89)
pilot plant construction (CHE mar00)
plant layout basics (CHE apr92)
before (and after) pre-project engineering, or ``familiarization engineering'' (CHE apr92)
avoid the pitfalls of...miscommunication: when procuring materials (CHE jul97)
buying equipment online (CHE apr00)
project accounting for Chinese project (CHE jun01)
project cost control (CHE nov01)
40 rules of thumb for trouble-free projects (CHE apr93)
apply project management concepts to r&d (CEP jan05)
can project success and failure be predicted? (HYP feb00)
document management through construction (HYP dec98)
effectively manage Project changes (CEP nov00)
improved project definition (HYP aug00)
improved project definition ensures value added performance- Part 2 (HYP sep00)
integrate process engineering with design and drafting (CHE 13may85)
Manage Projects Effectively (CEP nov01)
manages risks more effectively : involving a management team early in project development (CHE oct96)
managing capital projects (CHE oct94)
old way of organizing engineering and construction projects (CEP sep99)
one phase at a time deck following an exact sequence of decisions helps avoid the costly rework of piping (CHE oct93)
prevent pitfalls through effective project execution (CEP mar99)
project management system for a concurrent engineering framework (HYP apr01)
project template to adress large capital projects in the CPI (CEP dec01)
retrofit pitfalls through improved FEED to avoid project oversights and cost overruns (HYP feb04)
systems approach for small capital projects (HYP dec00)
The Price is Right -- Or Is It? how to analyze bids (CEP dec03)
project scheduling techniques (CHE 15apr85)
cost effective revamps to meet the environmental challenge (PTQ Summer00)
debottlenecking (PTQ Autumn97)
keeping down the cost of revamp investment (PTQ Summer99)
low-cost debottlenecking opportunities (CEP mar99)
manage fast track retrofits (CHE mar01)
Maximising plant availability - Hydrocracking plant revamp - PTQ, 3 (Autumn) 04 (PTQ Autumn04)
retrofit project analyzed via pinch technology (CEP nov00)
revamp, sell, shut down or replace? (PTQ Summer96)
Revamps: maximum asset utilisation - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 05 (PTQ Q105)
speeding up revamps with modern technology (PTQ Summer98)
Tips For Better Retrofits (CHE 15aug88)
Trends in laser scanning systems to support revamp, retrofit projects (HYP dec04)
project management in the fast lane: WCPM (CHE mar01)
Advances in downstream projects create survey category changes (OGJ 20nov06)
Assessing profitability of real-time optimization - pre- and post-project audits (HYP jun04)
Benefits of pre-engineered modules (HYP dec04)
bidding for large international projects can be a gamble (HYP may99)
building on brownfields (CHE 98)
Close Out - a project properly (CEP jan02)
collaboration in engineering (CPR apr04)
combination approach improves investment decisions for capital projects (OGJ 8dec03)
Consider an integrated execution methodology for your next project (HYP sep04)
construction 4-year dropping trend is reversed (OGJ 30oct00)
contingency in budgets (CHE jan03)
downstream construction projects on the rise (OGJ 15nov04)
E&C contractors face tight margins (OGJ 24nov03)
Evaluating effects of changes in process plant design - Projects (HYP dec04)
facilitate effective communications in a project environment (HYP jul03)
functional specification for an S88 batch project (CHE aug03)
get your investment decisions right (CEP feb06)
improve crane safety by prequalifying suppliers (HYP nov03)
integrate workflow to execute projects (HYP dec02)
integrated engineering toolkit for projects (HYP jun00)
keeping fast-track projects from going off the rails (CHE jan06)
making sense of your project cost estimate (CHE aug06)
manage small projects (CHE may03)
materials control in projects (CHE jun00)
modular vs. conventional construction (CHE sep03)
neural network, rules-of-thumb and guidelines to reduce project failures (HYP oct99)
Objective Merit Review: competitive proposals to find the best project (CEP oct02)
opportunity in "brownfields" or abandoned, idled or underused industrial and commercial sites (CHE oct97)
Optimize revamp projects with a logic-based approach (HYP sep03)
owner-company Engineering standards and engineering quality control (EQC) on capital projects (HYP dec97)
People The Key to Successful Project Management (CEP sep04)
Personnel, company skills listed as highest-ranked traits for engineering firms (OGJ 10apr06)
Plant design team: Think outside the box (HYP dec03)
prepare a top-notch scope of work as in project engineering and project management (CEP nov05)
probabilistic methods with simulation to predict timing , cost of projects (OGJ 12nov01)
project collaboration over the web (CHE nov00)
project success builds on a well-defined scope (CHE feb06)
project team effectiveness (CHE aug05)
PSM standards for effective project management (HYP may01)
quantitative risk management aids refinery construction - Analytic Hierarchy Process and decision tree analysis (HYP mar02)
reimbursable vs. fixed-price agreements (HYP may99)
small projects discussion - page 23 (HYP oct01)
Small projects: in search of excellence (HYP aug02)
Study: project management capability key to selecting engineering contractors (OGJ 14jul03)
What to look for in a project feasibility study Part 1 (HYP aug04)
What to look for in a project feasibility study Part 2 (HYP sep04)
adsorption&striping
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activated carbon (CHE jul94)
activated carbon (CHE nov95)
activated carbon (CHE dec99)
activated carbon applications (CHE apr03)
activated carbon regeneration (CEP jul95)
adsorption capacity of activated carbon for alkyl benzenes in water (OGJ 5may03)
New Zip In Activated Carbon (CHE feb90)
adsorbents (CHE feb00)
adsorbents keep their edge (CHE dec97)
contaminant purification with selective alumina adsorbents (PTQ Summer97)
porous polymers find niches in separations: adsorbents in processes where onsite regeneration is needed (CHE aug98)
adsorption (CEP oct95)
adsorption design (CHE apr99)
adsorption holds its own : new sorbents and processes are breathing new life into a venerable unit operation (CHE nov94)
adsorption process for removal of nitrogen and sulphur (PTQ Summer99)
adsorption-operation of solid bed adsorber. (HYP may96)
for your next separation consider adsorption (CHE nov95)
sorption fixed bed (CHE 24dec84)
modeling software improves stripper efficiency (CHE jun95)
SO2 oil stripper (HYP dec90)
strippers (CHE jul91)
recover industrial gases via adsorption (CHE apr99)
vapor absorber - gas-liquid interaction (CHE 31dec79)
vapor recovery unit (OGJ 14apr03)
absorber-strippers calculations (CHE nov99)
adsorption of nonideal mixtures (CEP may01)
benzene steam stripper (CHE jan94)
Prevent adsorber bed failure (HYP sep02)
strippers & absorbers theory; (CHE nov94)
distillation
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azeotrope - distillation (CHE 23mar81)
azeotropes - distillation (CEP jan89)
azeotropic distillation design (CHE aug99)
separation simulation via spreadsheet: azeotropes (CHE oct00)
Troubleshooting Distillation Simulation - azeotrope pressure sensitivity analysis (APSA) (CEP jun06)
batch distillation optimization using genetic algorithms (HYP sep01)
reduce solvent usage during batch distillation (CEP jan02)
Multicomponent-mixture Condensing Curves (CHE 12may86)
control - distillation (CEP oct98)
control - distillation (CHE 10dec84)
control column pressure (CEP jan01)
control internal reflux - distillation (OGJ 21aug95)
control Propane splitter (HYP feb81)
controlling distillation with the most sensitive tray (CHE jan93)
Designing Front-end Control Schemes For Distillation Towers (CHE 24nov86)
Improving column control to reduce distillation operating cost (CHE 8dec86)
Increasing distillation column throughput (PTQ Q405)
instrumentation: the key to distillation columns revamp benefits (PTQ Spring01)
Model-free adaptive technology improves distillation column chain control (HYP oct04)
distributed distillation with heat integration (PTQ Autumn00)
Consider dividing wall distillation to separate solvents (HYP jul05)
divided wall distillation (CHE apr99)
divided-wall columns - a novel distillation concept (PTQ Autumn00)
partition distillation columns (CHE jan01)
Reduce Costs with Dividing-Wall Columns (CEP may02)
extractive - distillation (CEP oct97)
extractive - distillation (CHE nov98)
extractive distillation coupled with reactions and membranes (CHE oct01)
extractive distillation to recover low boiling alcohols & ketones (CHE feb00)
extractive distillation: separating close-boiling-point components by adding cosolvents (CHE dec98)
Use extractive distillation to simplify petrochemical processes (HYP jun04)
working with an extractive distillation process (PTQ Summer01)
sufficient liquid flow in vacuum columns to overcome poor liquid distribution (CHE 26sep88)
improving low-flow distillations (CHE oct92)
Shortcut Distillation Calculations via Spreadsheets (CEP dec02)
Using CAD systems to prepare McCabe-Thiele diagrams (CHE 10nov86)
Complex Multicomponent Distillation (CHE 13may85)
Quickly determine multicomponent minimum reflux ratio (CHE 12oct87)
osmotic distillation (CEP jul98)
pressure sensitive - distillation (CEP apr97)
Bridge the Gap with Semicontinuous Distillation (CEP aug01)
an inferential model for distillation columns (PTQ Autumn01)
column design using mass transfer rate simulation (PTQ Spring02)
comparison simulation with real distillation (CEP jun95)
differences between a distillation-tower simulation and its actual performance (CEP oct02)
dynamic simulation of demethaniser column - PTQ, March 03 (PTQ Spring03)
First-principles distillation inference models for product quality prediction (HYP feb02)
match operations - distillation (HYP aug97)
simulation depentanizer (HYP oct98)
simulations: a list - distillation (CHE oct95)
theoretical plates comparison- various software packages (HYP aug99)
get more out of single-stage distillation (CEP feb02)
distillation reboiler startup (CHE feb04)
dry startup - distillation (OGJ 16feb81)
start up - distillation (CEP oct96)
Trouble-Free Startup Distillation Columns (CEP dec67)
ternary - distillation (CHE 19oct81)
test run planning - distillation (CEP feb96)
advanced distillation: the fully thermally coupled distillation column (CHE jul97)
Component Trapping in Distillation Towers: Causes, Symptoms and Cures (CEP aug04)
crude tower instability - root cause analysis (OGJ 18feb02)
Distillation Column Troubleshooting: Part 2: Packed Columns (CHE apr89)
flooding - distillation (HYP jul01)
flooding - distillation (OGJ 16may88)
flooding tower case (OGJ 24jan99)
Temperature, Pressure Measurements Solve Column Operating Problems: a crude unit example (OGJ 25dec95)
The case of the tilted distributor - troubleshooting packed towers (CHE apr89)
tray operations blowing (HYP jun01)
Trouble Shooting Distillation Trayed Columns (CHE may89)
troubleshooting - distillation (CHE mar89)
troubleshooting - distillation (HYP may91)
Trouble-shooting Distillation Columns (CHE mar89)
Troubleshooting distillation operating problems (OGJ 5aug02)
troubleshooting peripherals & internals - distillation (CHE jun89)
Distillation columns With Direct Vapor Recompression (CHE 16feb87)
better feed entry ups debutaniser capacity (Revamp&Operations) (PTQ Autumn03)
C2 splitter retrofit and performance - PTQ, March 03 (PTQ Spring03)
column efficiency, flooding, pressure drop, weeping, reflux and distillation stages (CHE 26sep88)
Complex Columns: method for evaluation (CEP jul02)
Consider the 'inside-out' approach to optimize distillation operations (HYP aug06)
converting a commercial distillation column into a research tower (CEP jul05)
debottleneck tower capacity increase - distillation (CEP feb90)
de-ethanizer tower revamp (OGJ 25mar02)
deisobutanizer inference model improves control (HYP mar03)
distillation engineering brief (CHE aug02)
distillation facts at your fingerst (CHE aug06)
distillation tower flooding (CHE jun02)
distillation-how to push a tower to its maximum capacity (CHE aug98)
Finding new uses for old distillation equations - PTQ, September 02 (PTQ Autumn02)
Further advances in light hydrocarbon fractionation - PTQ, 2 (Summer) 04 (PTQ Summer04)
general developments (CHE feb89)
general distillation (CHE dec92)
get more from towers & columns: testing key to successful distillation and absorption design (CHE oct98)
Guilliland plots (HYP feb99)
heat integration - distillation (CEP mar79)
Increase Capacity and Decrease Energy for Existing Refinery Distillation Columns (CEP apr03)
knowledge is power - debottlenecking a DIB (PRO 06)
light ends fractionation- Mehra (OGJ 29sep97)
McCabe-Thiele diagram (CHE may01)
minimize the risk of fire during column (with structured packing) maintenance (CEP sep03)
minimize trapped components in distillation columns (CHE mar06)
Murphree tray efficiency - distillation (CEP sep96)
NGL depropanizer operation (OGJ 25aug03)
optimization of complex distillation columns (CHE sep06)
Optimize distillation operations with ejectors in a heat-pump system (HYP mar02)
put your column on the Residue Curve Map: tool for understanding processes that involve one or more distillations (CPR nov04)
real world modeling of distillation - based on nonequilibrium, or rate-based, models (CEP jul03)
Reduce energy costs for distillation column: Steam ejectors as part of the auxiliary water circuit (HYP oct04)
side-draw controls - page 33 (CPR jul04)
Synthesize Simple Distillation The Thermodynamic Way (CHE aug89)
trapping components in distillation (CEP sep95)
trouble-free design of refinery fractionators (PTQ Autumn03)
use a side reboiler to increase tower capacity (HYP sep99)
visualization* - distillation (CHE dec90)
foam-antifoaming
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bubble busters face a tough market: driven by the pulp and paper sector,defoamer suppliers (CHE oct97)
defoamers (CHE nov94)
defoamers (CHE nov96)
select the right antifoam formula (CHE dec96)
Selecting Chemical Defoamers And Antifoams (CHE apr89)
stop foaming on hydrotreater 'hot' separator (HYP jun99)
the frothy market for defoamers organic additives losing marketshare to water-based formulations (CHE nov94)
flood-foam (OGJ 14aug89)
Foam: Friend And Foe (CHE 26oct87)
foaming (CHE 27oct87)
foam control in fermentation processes (CHE aug04)
internal towers
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chimney tray troubleshooting (HYP apr01)
design guidelines for reducing fouling in distillation columns - part 1 (OGJ 16aug04)
design guidelines for reducing fouling in distillation columns - part 2 (OGJ 23aug04)
solving a tower salt plugging problem (CHE aug00)
tower to handle solids - distillation (CEP jan95)
trouble with tray fouling - distillation (OGJ 2feb81)
HETP structured packing * - distillation (CEP jan98)
column internals: maximize efficiency in distillation, absorption, stripping and extraction (CHE feb98)
debottleneck with type of internal (CEP jun96)
distillation breakthrough reduces tower height by Linas-Tekhno Inc. (HYP oct02)
distillation internal: new trays and packings for liquid-liquid separations (CHE nov97)
distillation trays (CEP oct95)
equiment built with fractal characteristics: distributors & mixers (CEP dec00)
high capacity distillation revamps (PTQ Autumn01)
internals * - distillation (CHE 18may80)
internals * - distillation (CHE 28jul80)
internals drawoffs from towers (CEP jun98)
internals high capacity (HYP aug98)
internals liquid distributor - distillation (CEP jan96)
internals liquid distributor for packed beds (CEP jan90)
internals:maldistributions in packed tower (CEP may96)
internals:maldistributions packed tower (HYP jul95)
maximising performance with new internals (PTQ Summer01)
novel column internals boost stripping efficiency (CHE jan94)
old hardware gives new life to distillation columns for increased capacity (CHE aug96)
packing versus trays - distillation (CEP jul97)
products and services: tower internals (CHE oct97)
some design considerations: fluoropolymers as vessel or column internals (CHE oct95)
packed bed pressure drop (CHE aug96)
packed tower delta p (CEP may91)
packed tower delta p & flooding (CEP feb91)
packed tower pressure drop (CEP jan92)
bed filter-granular (CHE sep98)
ceramic packings tackle harsh distillates (CHE jun92)
Comparing packing efficiencies (PTQ Q206)
Distillation is getting an energy-saving boost with new packings, trays and process technologies (CHE dec92)
high performance trays structured packing (CHE jul00)
more-efficient distributors for column packings (CHE 27may85)
Optimize Distillation Columns. Part II. Packed columns (CEP may00)
packed bed-standpipe & feeder valve (CEP jan95)
packed tower revamp problems (HYP nov95)
packed tower structured packing (CEP jan90)
packed tower structured packing problems (CEP apr91)
packing delta p (HYP mar86)
packing for towers (CHE dec99)
packing tower new pressure drop correlation (CEP apr85)
Practical Tips On Tower Packing (CHE 7dec87)
sieve trays (CEP mar87)
sieve trays + packing - distillation (HYP may88)
sieve trays- new design algorithm (CHE oct89)
sieve trays- new design algorithm (CHE nov89)
sieve trays-new correlations (CHE jun89)
High-capacity trays hike demeth capacity, efficiency at two Middle East gas plants (OGJ 13dec04)
Hydraulic analysis key to effective, low-cost demethanizer debottleneck (OGJ 22nov04)
tower revamp optimize (CEP mar98)
ensure proper design and operation of multi-pass trays (CEP jun05)
how to specify & install cartridge trays (CHE apr06)
Inside A Trayed Distillation Column (CHE nov90)
Optimize Distillation Columns. Part I. Trayed Columns (CEP may00)
Optimize separation efficiency for multipass tray (HYP mar06)
tray column design: keep control of the details (CHE sep05)
tray high capacity- UOP ECMD - distillation (OGJ 6nov95)
tray loading:"useful capacity" concept - distillation (CEP may95)
tray technology uses gas to generate centrifugal forces (CEP dec00)
tray valve turndown - distillation (CHE 7sep84)
trays - distillation (OGJ 8feb93)
trays high capacity - distillation (CEP jan99)
trays mechanical aspects* - distillation (CHE 17nov80)
trays mechanical heavy duty design - distillation (CEP aug95)
trays Nye by Glitsch increase capacity (OGJ 2aug93)
Designing the optimum trough (CHE 9dec85)
fixed-valve trays to avoid plugging (HYP sep00)
Ask more from vendors when revamping your distillation column (HYP jun06)
Better internals aim for towering performance (CPR aug04)
don't give up on distillation: technology improvement exists (CPR aug04)
plant debottlenecking: distillation (CPR mar04)
shed decks for quench tower (OGJ 20may02)
trays vs packing - facts at your fingertips (CHE apr05)
V-Grid Plus trays (CHE aug03)
water testing columns before shipment (CEP oct99)
liquid/gas separat.
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diffusion filter coalescer tiny drops in air line (CHE sep94)
gas pipeline drip separators (OGJ 23apr01)
control liquid emissions with mist eliminators (CHE dec95)
demystifying the selection of mist eliminators (CHE nov93)
demystifying the selection of mist eliminators: tips on layout, installation and troubleshooting (CHE dec93)
mechanisms of mist formation (CHE nov93)
mist eliminator (CHE 20aug84)
mist eliminator (CHE 15oct84)
mist eliminator chevron (HYP may92)
mist eliminator selection (CHE may00)
how to dry smelter offgases: a radial-spin droplet separator (CHE feb93)
spray demister (CHE 14oct85)
Optimize The Design Of Wire-mesh Separators (CHE 10nov86)
A quick guide to compressor suction knockout drum sizing - Mist eliminator and gravity settling (HYP jun03)
Cure liquid carryover from compressor suction drums with mist eliminators (HYP oct04)
gas-liquid supersonic separator (OGJ 15may00)
general - gas-liquid interaction (HYP jan90)
general - gas-liquid interaction (HYP jun90)
improve liquid/gas coalescers with surface treatment (HYP jan00)
liquid-vapor separation (CEP dec93)
liquid-vapor separation (OGJ 21jul86)
Set vapor velocity setpoints profitably - Use Clifftent principles (HYP oct06)
scrubbers
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scrubbers: horizontal cross-flow units can replace vertical counter-flow scrubbers (CHE nov97)
composite linings add life to acid scrubbers (CHE aug92)
analyze a spray scrubber the easy way (CHE feb98)
static mixer as scrubber & absorber (CHE jul89)
Evaluating wet scrubbers - regenerative and non-regenerative wet scrubbing systems (PTQ 06)
monitoring wet scrubber performance (CHE jun95)
scrubbers wet -performance (CHE jun96)
designing a scrubber to control emergency releases (CEP jul05)
drop size calculation for high turbulence contactor (CEP jul95)
equilibrium equations - gas-liquid interaction (OGJ 10may93)
gas/liquid contacting (CEP jul99)
Minimize acid content from reactor exit gases (HYP apr06)
quenching hot exhaust (CHE aug02)
scrubbers emergency in vent system (CEP aug97)
sour water stripper
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Corrosivity in refinery sour water systems (PTQ Summer01)
Optimize sour water treatment (HYP jun03)
reboilers behind distillation tower problems: sour water stripper, gasoline fract. and DIB (PTQ Spring01)
sour water stripper (HYP aug89)
sour water stripper (3 parts) (HYP aug91)
Sour water stripper in LNG plant (HYP jan03)
chemicals info
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engineered chemicals from crops (CHE sep00)
for low-cost chemicals & flexible power (methanol, ammonia & IGCC) (PTQ Summer00)
Disproportionation process widens its commercial scope (CHE 17aug87)
Arabian Gulf petrochemical industry (OGJ 6nov00)
China still beckons petrochemical investments (CHE aug06)
consequences of low oil prices & petrochemicals (HYP feb99)
development of a refinery petrochemical master plan (PTQ Winter98)
European petrochemical pipelines (OGJ 9aug04)
higher NG pricess and petrochemicals (OGJ 28apr03)
Lost manufacturing resulting in slower US petchem growth - deindustrialization (OGJ 20nov06)
Malaysia petchem industry (OGJ 18sep00)
Middle East feedstock advantage for petchem capacity (OGJ 6sep04)
Middle East: growth and issues for the petrochemical industry (HYP apr05)
Overview of the Middle East Petrochemical Industry (HCA May/Jun05)
petrochemical building blocks from heavy oils (PTQ Summer99)
petrochemical capacity additions (OGJ 15dec03)
petrochemical cash margins out of sync with capex decisions (OGJ 15dec03)
petrochemical industry in the former Soviet Union (PTQ Autumn96)
petrochemical integration: mega complexes (CHE sep01)
petrochemical margins will improve in 2003 (OGJ 3mar03)
Petrochemical outlook 2003 and beyond (HYP may03)
petrochemical processes (HYP mar95)
petrochemical processes (HYP mar97)
petrochemical processes (HYP mar99)
Petrochemical processes (HYP mar01)
petrochemical producers must adopt proactive strategies (OGJ 12aug02)
Petrochemical SWOT analysis - p21 (HYP may01)
petrochemicals in India (OGJ 11feb02)
petrochemistry economics (PRO Winter02)
Proactive strategies to improve petrochemicals profits (HYP sep02)
refinery and petrochemical integration opportunities - PTQ, Q3 05 (PTQ 05)
Report on the Thai petrochemical industry (HCA Sep/Oct05)
SECCO petrochemicals project in China (CHE sep05)
The state of the Asian & global petrochemical industries - Part 2 (HCA Sep/Oct05)
trends in petrochemicals technology (OGJ 13dec99)
world markets major derivatives: cumene, cyclohexane, phenol and butadiene (PTQ Summer01)
world petrochemical perspective (HYP mar00)
ACHEMA Perspective 2003 (HYP may03)
asymmetric catalysis to produce single isomers instead of racemic mixtures (CHE jun97)
Chem Show `89 (CHE nov89)
chemical costs index (OGJ 7jul03)
chemical industry growth (CPR jan04)
chemical market endures the seesaw effect (CPR oct04)
chemical product design (CHE aug02)
China CPI outlook (CHE dec01)
Electronic Chemicals Safer & Purer (CHE jul92)
Mexico revamps chemical sector (CHE apr02)
Nexant sees turning point for chemicals from coal (OGJ 6mar06)
survival strategies for chemical R&D (CHE oct97)
taggants are no match for malicious use of explosives (CHE apr98)
the making of a semiconductor (CHE feb98)
the path to biorefineries (CHE apr06)
UK chemical industry (PRO Spring02)
polymers in general
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betting big on biopolymers: from renewable resources are making inroads (CHE jul98)
Impurities In Resins (CHE apr90)
automation provides an exact pressure profile for injection molding eliminating the need for blowing agents (CHE oct95)
metallocene catalysts - new vitality for polymermization catalysts: production scaled up (CHE aug95)
Metallocene polyolefins: progress and prospects (HYP apr04)
metallocene SSC technology providers (OGJ 9oct00)
metallocenes: the new wave (CHE sep96)
optical polymers (CHE 11may87)
flotation reclaims plastics (CPR jun04)
Plastics Reborn: recycling polymers back into petrochemicals (CHE jul92)
plastics recyclers scramble for scraps despite price swings (CHE jun97)
Plastics Recycling By The Numbers (CHE nov90)
Plastics recycling grows up (CHE 23nov87)
plastics recycling mandates in Europe (CHE jun00)
plastics recycling: plastics-to-chemicals processes getting better, but not cheaper (CHE dec93)
bringing automation to viscosity measurement in a polymer lab (CHE jan96)
Advanced control methods improve polymers' business cycle (HYP apr04)
curb off-spec resins during continuous processing: online magnetic resonance (CHE jun94)
Mixing in Polymer Processing. Edited by Chris Rauwendaal. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 1991. 496 pages. $160.00 (CHE jun92)
model polymer processes (CEP apr99)
Plastics: From Pellets To Products (CHE sep89)
poly units feed purification (PTQ Spring97)
polymers 1985 new industrial (CHE 14oct85)
Polymers Gain from Self-Assembly (CEP may98)
polyolefins producers and licensing - page 15 (HYP aug00)
single-site catalysts : surge of polymer research activity (CHE jun97)
two-chain characteristics of bimodal polymers (PTQ Winter97)
specific chemicals
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1,4-butanediol - new direct route from butane (PTQ Winter96)
acetic acid made from fermentation of renewable feedstock (molasses) (PRO Winter03)
acetic acid/ vinyl acetate supply and demand (OGJ 11sep00)
acrylic acid - Is producing acrylic acid from propane economical? (HYP apr05)
alcohols by direct hydration (HYP oct01)
ammonia - Maximize ammonia production cost-effectively (HYP apr06)
ammonia - optimize plant operation (HYP jun99)
ammonia and urea plants corrosion control (HYP jan01)
Ammonia industry today and tomorrow (HYP apr06)
ammonia plant - use monitoring programs to improve uptime (HYP feb00)
ammonia plant water management issues (HYP may01)
ammonia process cryogenic improvement (HYP oct01)
ammonia process developments (HYP jul01)
Ammonia producers find new ways to cut energy (CHE 28apr86)
Ammonia producers foresee improving demand (HYP jul02)
ammonia production at lower process pressures (HYP jul99)
ammonia production update (CHE nov02)
benzene pipeline in Louisiana (OGJ 16oct00)
benzene production: A new cracking route for benzene coproducing ethylene (HYP apr02)
BTX - CMAI: Benzene markets to remain tight through 2007 (OGJ 21mar05)
BTX - D4371Recovering pure aromatics through solvent-based extractive distillation (PTQ Q206)
BTX - Maximising para-xylene capacity - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 05 (PTQ Q105)
BTX - New process controls BTEX in direct-fired TEG reboilers (OGJ 12jun06)
BTX - Refining developments and aromatics prospects via Catalytic reforming (PTQ 06)
BTX extractive distillation improvement (OGJ 13oct03)
BTX recovery unit - advanced control for solvent extraction - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 03 (PTQ Winter03)
BTX units: simulator accurately models aromatics extraction systems (CHE mar98)
BTX: optimised high-quality BTX production (Catalyst issue) (PTQ Spring03)
butadiene demand - page 7 (OGJ 28jan02)
butanes - mixed C4 processing routes (PTQ Winter97)
butene-1- Maximize butene-1 yields (HYP apr06)
Chlor-Alkali processes (CHE feb01)
Chlor-Alkali: EPA Proposes Standards for Mercury-Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants (CEP aug02)
chlorides - Selecting alloys for chloride service -- PART 1 (CHE 4feb85)
dehydrogenation steam active reforming process (PTQ Winter98)
ethanol knocks on wood new processes using cheaper feeds (CHE sep93)
ethanol: dehydrate ethanol without distillation (CHE oct93)
ethanol: going the distance with ethyl alcohol (CHE dec95)
Ethanol: Squeezing More Ethanol From Corn (CEP sep02)
ethyl acetate - New technology to produce ethyl acetate - PTQ, 1 (Spring) 04 (PTQ Spring04)
ethyl benzene - catalyst for liquid phase EB technology (PTQ Summer97)
ethylbenzene Catalysed revamp of older plants (PTQ Autumn01)
ethylbenzene production integrated with an olefins plant (HYP may99)
ethylene - D3693global ethylene capacity growth slows: report (OGJ 22mar04)
ethylene - New technologies to enhance ethylene steam crackers (PTQ Winter01)
ethylene - report (OGJ 11mar02)
ethylene capacity expansions (OGJ 20aug01)
ethylene from steam crackers2005 - International survey (OGJ 28mar05)
Ethylene furnace scheduling (PTQ Q405)
ethylene Gulf Coast margins (OGJ 16sep02)
ethylene in China (OGJ 5jan04)
ethylene Life Cycle and history (OGJ 5nov01)
ethylene margins decline (OGJ 31mar03)
Ethylene oxide to reach high utilization rate (HYP jul02)
ethylene oxide/glycol - optimize EO/EG operations (HYP sep00)
Ethylene plant optimisation - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 05 (PTQ Q105)
ethylene producers add 2 million tpy of capacity in 2004 (OGJ 28mar05)
Fertilizers: EPA Amends Phosphoric Acid and Fertilizer Plants 24 (CEP aug02)
Glucosamine Microbial Route (CEP feb03)
hydration - direct olefin hydration process (PTQ Winter98)
isobutylene: processing surplus isobutylene - PTQ, Q3 05 (PTQ 05)
methanol - Consider new technologies for low-cost methanol operations (HYP apr05)
methanol - economics of a world class plant (PTQ Spring00)
methanol - lean time ahead for producers (PTQ Autumn99)
methanol - reforming exchanger system in large plants (PTQ Summer97)
methanol industry update in view of the MTBE ban - page 11 & 29 (HYP nov02)
methanol market (HYP nov00)
methanol plant description (OGJ 7feb00)
methanol plant example - Improve asset performance management (HYP dec05)
methanol present and future (CHE may01)
methanol- reduce costs (HYP mar00)
methanol up-to-date - page 23 (HYP nov01)
methanol: advances in technology (brief note) page 14 - PTQ, September 02 (PTQ Winter02)
methanol: altemafive uses for methanol plants (PTQ Spring00)
MIBK - production of high purity MIBK (PTQ Spring98)
naphthalene - Conserve heat consumption in naphthalene distillation (HYP apr05)
normal paraffins upgrading from kerosene (PTQ Winter99)
olefin oligomerisation with homogeneous catalysis (PTQ Autumn99)
Olefins - Advances in naphtha steam cracking (PTQ Q106)
olefins - alpha olefins plant on DCS control (OGJ 16oct00)
olefins - an alternative option for producing light olefins - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 03 (PTQ Winter03)
olefins - Applying Six Sigma in an ethylene unit (CEP jul02)
olefins - complex startup (HYP jun00)
olefins - cracking furnace design by computer application (PTQ Autumn00)
olefins - Dynamic real-time optimization increases ethylene plant profits (HYP oct06)
olefins - effective coke inhibition in pyrolysis furnaces (PTQ Autumn99)
olefins - ethylene furnaces: changing the paradigm (PTQ Spring00)
olefins - ethylene plant closed-loop optimization (HYP jun00)
olefins - ethylene plant closed-loop optimization (OGJ 17oct99)
olefins - ethylene plant survey (OGJ 3apr00)
olefins - Ethylene plant uses best practices to improve controller performance (OGJ 16oct06)
olefins - ethylene report (OGJ 23apr01)
olefins - ethylene revamps using an advanced recovery system. (PTQ Winter97)
olefins - Failure analysis of ethylene cracking heater convection section dilution steam tube (HYP jun06)
olefins - Fine-tune cracking efficiencies for larger olefins crackers (HYP apr06)
olefins - Global ethylene capacity grows 4% in 2005 (OGJ 27mar06)
olefins - Improve contaminant control in ethylene production (HYP apr05)
olefins - Improved steam cracker furnace efficiency - PTQ, June 02 (PTQ Summer02)
olefins - Improving olefins plant performance - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 05 (PTQ Q105)
olefins - Improving profits in olefins complexes (PTQ Q405)
olefins - increasing value from steam cracker olefin streams - PTQ, 4 (Winter) 03 (PTQ Winter03)
olefins - international survey of ethylene from steam crackers - 2006 (OGJ 27mar06)
olefins - metallurgy and surface-coating avoid coke (HYP jan99)
olefins - multilevel mixed refrigeration (MLMR) to optimize ethylene recovery (HYP apr99)
olefins - Optimising ethylene plant compressors - integrated turbomachinery control system (PTQ 06)
olefins - Process control of twin olefins plants (PTQ Winter01)
olefins - propylene from C4- & C2- (PTQ Spring97)
olefins - recovery of olefins from refinery gases (PTQ Autumn98)
olefins - selective recovery (PTQ Spring97)
olefins - simulation of the firebox of olefin thermal cracking furnaces (PTQ Spring00)
olefins - steam cracker furnace design trends - page 5 - PTQ, 1 (Spring) 05 (PTQ Q205)
olefins - steam cracking developments summary - page 9 - PTQ, 3 (Autumn) 04 (PTQ Autumn04)
olefins - US olefins - fourth quarter 2005: hurricanes disrupt north american olefins industry (OGJ 6feb06)
olefins (light) prospects in CMAI study (OGJ 15apr02)
olefins large plant design and construction (OGJ 19jan04)
olefins planned turnarounds to help olefins recovery (HYP sep02)
olefins plant recovery system to increase capacity (PTQ Summer01)
olefins plant revamp (HYP jul01)
olefins recovery: improved operating margins (PTQ Spring02)
olefins: a novel process recovers olefins from cracker offgas (CHE nov96)
olefins: flare minimization practices improve olefins plant start-ups, shutdowns (OGJ 5sep05)
olefins: increase propylene yields (HYP dec02)
olefins: Mitigate coke formation on cracking tubes (HYP mar02)
paraxylene - process for ultra-purification (PTQ Spring98)
para-xylene production (PTQ Autumn98)
para-xylene production economics improvement (PTQ Summer98)
paraxylene technology - CrystPX (OGJ 18jun01)
paraxylene: Alternative routes to paraxylene production - PTQ, 1 (Spring) 04 (PTQ Spring04)
paraxylene: Technology for reducing para-xylene costs (PTQ Summer01)
perchloric acid demystified (CHE 98)
phthalic anhydride plants - post reactor technology (PTQ Summer00)
potassium carbonate production via fluid beds (PRO Spring03)
propane dehydrogenation - economic advancements (PTQ Spring98)
propane dehydrogenation in Fluidised bed (PTQ Winter00)
propylene - Increasing propylene for the petrochemical market - PTQ, 1 (Spring) 05 (PTQ Q205)
propylene - Metathesis for maximum propylene (PTQ Q206)
propylene - new propylene production technologies (OGJ 23feb04)
propylene - pushing propylene production (CHE mar04)
propylene boosting in steamcrackers (Catalyst issue) (PTQ Spring03)
propylene by Metathesis from butylenes + ethylene (PTQ Summer01)
Propylene demand growth opens opportunities in Asia (HCA May/Jun05)
propylene from methanol route (PTQ Autumn01)
propylene gap filled by refinery sources (OGJ 27jan03)
propylene production options - page 6 - PTQ, 1 (Spring) 05 (PTQ Q205)
propylene value - effect of regulations on the fuels industry (PTQ Autumn01)
Propylene: On-Purpose Propylene - Technology Developments - Part 2 (HCA Jan/Feb06)
propylene: on-purpose propylene production - PTQ, Q3 05 (PTQ 05)
propylene: Technical issues impact global propylene, derivatives growth (HYP sep02)
p-xylene - Increasing p-xylene production - PTQ, 1 (Spring) 05 (PTQ Q205)
styrene catalyst performance monitoring (Catalyst issue) (PTQ Spring03)
styrene distillation (HYP dec98)
Styrene industry to recover (OGJ 4feb02)
styrene industry up (OGJ 24feb03)
styrene monomer - simulation of reactors (PTQ Spring01)
styrene monomer distillation energy savings (HYP mar00)
sulfuric acid - innovative sulfuric acid production (PRO 06)
sulfuric acid recovery from SO2 waste streams (PTQ Autumn98)
Titanium dioxide (CHE 25nov85)
toluene recovery column flooding correction in a BTX unit (HYP apr01)
Urea reactor refurbished (OGJ 24sep01)
VCM - vinyl chloride monomer process (PTQ Autumn96)
VCM increase output using Multivariate Statistical techniques (HYP jun01)
vinyl monomer manufacture fouling (PTQ Summer03)
specific polymers
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ethylene New challenges confront ethylene furnace designers (HYP jun04)
olefins - monomer recovery in polyolefin plants (PTQ Winter99)
Petrochemical and polymers outlook 2006 and beyond (HYP apr06)
polycarbonate: Optimize phenol production to improve polycarbonate manufacturing-chain costs (HYP dec05)
polycarbonates (PRO Winter02)
Polyethylene 2003: Shifts in ethylene derivative production and fabrication are rearranging the global exporter and importer positions (HYP may03)
Polyethylene HP reactor control (HYP nov00)
polyethylene via gas phase: process developments (PTQ Autumn98)
polyethylene via gas-phase (CHE apr01)
polyolefin plants: advanced control and operations management (CHE feb98)
polypropylene - plant simulator improves PP technology transfer (HYP feb99)
Polypropylene industry (OGJ 22jan01)
polypropylene-- Unipol PP: A gas-phase route (CHE 27may85)
Polypropylene: cycles in market spark renewed investment (HYP jul02)
polypropylene: Expanding its properties (PTQ Winter00)
polystyrene alternatives (HYP mar00)
propylene CMAI: on-purpose propylene production will increase (OGJ 14jun04)
PVC: reactor for suspension PVC (PRO Spring02)
rubber: synthetic rubber bounces back (CHE feb93)
styrenic resins - Strong growth forecast (HYP jul02)
Tethered Polymers 12 - Update (CEP jul02)
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) For Rigidity Plus Elasticity: Styrenic Block Copolymers (CHE oct02)
vinyls market (OGJ 2apr01)
complex fluid flow
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benefits of CFD (CEP mar01)
CFD for the real world (CHE oct00)
CFD simulation rules (HYP dec01)
computational Fluid Dynamics (CHE oct03)
computational fluid dynamics - CFD (HYP aug01)
computational fluid dynamics: understanding unit operations (PTQ Autumn99)
computed fluid analysis CFD (CHE nov96)
Fine-tune operations through computational fluid dynamics (HYP jun05)
flow simulations give refiner capacity (using CFD) (OGJ 2oct00)
pushing the limits of CFD (CHE dec96)
validate CFD results using process tomography (CHE nov03)
size of a gas duct must be changed gradually (CHE 19jan87)
correctly design lines for sloped, gravity flow (CEP may00)
gravity flow line sizing (HYP nov97)
friction factor turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluid (OGJ 22sep03)
How to Scale-Up Mixing Processes in Non-Newtonian Fluids (CEP may03)
non Newtonian flow turbulence prediction (OGJ 13may02)
non-newtonian fluids (CHE mar01)
non-newtonian pipe sizing (CHE 19dec88)
non-newtonian slurry pressure drop (CHE may00)
Optimize Pipeline Design for Non-Newtonian Fluids (CEP mar02)
determining sealing flowrates in horizontal pipes: is a pipe full of liquid or in two-phases (CHE mar98)
modeling software targets restricted flow: where solids buildup (CHE may95)
a simplified approach to water-hammer analysis (CEP dec06)
Case 16: a piping failure due to water hammer (HYP aug03)
eliminate hydraulic hammer (CHE may89)
pressure surges may lead to low-pressure failures: strain-amplification phenomenon (OGJ 14nov05)
prevent pulsation problems in piping systems (CEP mar06)
surge effects (OGJ 28jun82)
surges in liquid systems (CHE jul01)
unsteady-state flow problems (CHE oct01)
troughs - fluid flow (CHE 9dec85)
complex fluid engineering in the WWW (CPR nov03)
fluid flow
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coiled tubing (OGJ 4dec95)
An exact solution to the Colebrook equation (CHE 16feb87)
coefficient "f" for pressure drop equations (CHE dec98)
coefficient "f" for pressure drop equations (HYP dec97)
replace implicit equations with signomial functions: for a friction factor chart (CHE aug97)
corrosion inhibitor as a drag reducing agent in pipeline (OGJ 5jun00)
Use of drag reducing agents in pipelines (OGJ 26feb01)
in-pipe flow conditioner device effectively reduces vibration, pressure drop and erosion (CHE sep92)
impingement of gas (CEP aug95)
Determine laminar-flow head losses for fittings (CHE 3feb86)
laminar flow sizing valves (CHE oct98)
manifolds (CHE 10oct88)
simplifying piping network analysis : easy calculating head and flowrate (CHE apr95)
cavitation in orifices (HYP jul85)
Equations for orifice-meter sizing (CHE 6jan86)
orifice formulas - fluid flow (CHE 4feb85)
orifice high pressure drop (HYP aug85)
orifice to reduce pressure (CHE sep92)
Quick sizing of restrictive orifices (CHE 17aug87)
C program that calculates the pressure drop for liquid flow through a pipe (CHE 10nov86)
calculator program for compressible flow in pipes (CHE 28oct85)
Fluid-flow and flow-network software (CHE 25nov85)
dealing with two-phase flows (CHE jun95)
full pipe and two-phase (CHE mar98)
gas-condensate pressure drop prediction (OGJ 28jan02)
method to size multiphase-flow gathering lines (OGJ 26jul99)
two-phase - fluid flow (CHE 1jan79)
two-phase - fluid flow (OGJ 9mar87)
two-phase - fluid flow (OGJ 16sep91)
two-phase critical flow (OGJ 27jan92)
two-phase flow (CHE jun96)
two-phase flow patterns (CHE nov06)
two-phase regime * - fluid flow (CEP mar87)
two-phase regime * Martinelli - fluid flow (CEP nov90)
viscous fluids handling and mixing (CHE apr99)
A simple way to estimate equipment pressure drops (HYP aug05)
air flow - fluid flow (CHE 20jan86)
approximating equations for pipe sizing (CHE feb01)
avoid fluid flow problems (HYP aug99)
compressible fluid pressure drop isothermal versus adiabatic (HYP may99)
critical flow calculation in spreadsheet (CHE oct02)
critical length helps calculate compressible flow (CHE feb97)
explicit equations for pipe sizing (PTQ Autumn00)
Explicit friction factor correlation for pipe flow analysis (HYP jun05)
Fluid Properties and New Technologies: Connecting Design with Reality (CEP feb02)
friction factor developed for general gas-flow equation (OGJ 1jul02)
friction loss caused by change in pipe size (CHE 7nov88)
gas - fluid flow (CHE 25jun84)
gas flow calculations (CHE jan00)
gas line - fluid flow (OGJ 7oct85)
general - fluid flow (CHE 7sep78)
Generalized gravity flow line calculations for fittings, instruments, block valves and different pipe sizes (HYP may03)
guidelines for design - fluid flow (HYP apr90)
guidelines for economic pipe size (CHE sep89)
how to calculate pipe size without iteration (CHE nov90)
how to predict pressure drop before designing the piping (CHE 16mar87)
liquid holdup in gas-condensate pipelines (OGJ 7jul02)
loss through fittings (CHE jul99)
match centrifugal pumps to piping systems : combining pump and pipe curves gives you the right impeller diameter (CHE may93)
optimum line sizing in SI units (CHE 14oct85)
optimum pipe size rules of thumb (CHE may99)
pipe flow analysis equations (HYP aug99)
pipeflow-a pressure drop calculator (CHE aug96)
pipeline pressure drop: a new design correlation (CEP jun06)
pressure drop Jacks' method (quickie pressure drop) - fluid flow (CEP dec97)
pressure drop thru fittings - formulas (CHE apr01)
pumping system head estimation - 40 (CEP feb05)
pumping system head spreadsheet estimation (CEP jan05)
speed up pipe flow calculations (CHE 98)
spreadsheet for pressure drop - fluid flow (HYP sep89)
spreadsheet for pressure drop - fluid flow (HYP dec89)
valve & pump sizing (HYP jul98)
pipelines
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assesing pipeline integrity (OGJ 26nov01)
pipeline safety (CHE jul00)
pipelines incident database (OGJ 1jan01)
pipelines safety (CHE may01)
pipelines safety rules (OGJ 12feb01)
transmix separation- pipeline interface byproduct (HYP may00)
API 1130 on pipeline monitoring (OGJ 29jul02)
calculate pipeline flow of compressible fluids (CHE feb96)
Colonial pipeline tank maintenance inspections (OGJ 10jun02)
economic analysis of crude oil pipelines (OGJ 20nov00)
inhibitor for pipeline internal corrosion (OGJ 17jun02)
make pipeline systems more immune to seismic activity simulating the impact of shaky ground (CHE sep95)
new pipeline technology: SCADA, leaks, EFM, inspection (OGJ 18sep00)
optical technology improves batch cutting (OGJ 26apr04)
pipeline Advanced Applications example (OGJ 25feb02)
pipeline economics (OGJ 4sep00)
pipeline economics (OGJ 8sep03)
pipeline in-line inspection- hydrostatic testing (OGJ 31jul00)
pipeline integrity (OGJ 2sep02)
pipeline interface-detection (OGJ 6aug01)
pipeline rehab (OGJ 20jan03)
pipeline statistcs (OGJ 16sep02)
Russian pipelines (OGJ 25mar02)
Russian pipelines (OGJ 1apr02)
sour gas pipeline in-line inspection (OGJ 15apr02)
technology and history of the pipeline industry (OGJ 26nov01)
thermodynamic properties important for pipeline operations (OGJ 4feb02)
piping & fittings
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