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Conference 2011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Confusion and Anxiety: The Very Latest on the Re-Revised Ozone Standard ................................................................ 2
Steven Ramsey
Impact of New Industrial Boiler and Process Heater Air Regulations on the Chemical Industry................................ 29
Amy Marshall
The Energy Challenge: Providing Sustainable Supplies to Meet Growing Demand ................................................... 164
F. Emil Jacobs
Feed Contamination with Sodium and Its Impact on Ethylene Furnaces..................................................................... 166
Bala Devakottai, Robert M. Pritchett, Pinakin Mistry
The Impact of Ethylene and Propylene Impurities Upon Polyolefins Units ................................................................. 178
Dave Purvis
Sulfur Myths - What We Know and What We Do Not Know ....................................................................................... 220
Mark Brayden, Vijay Srinivas
Flux Oil Stream Import to Quench System - Risks & Impacts...................................................................................... 221
Andr Bernard, Thomas Pickett, Daniel Frye, Beata Manek
Design, Installation, and Monitoring of ID Fans for Ethylene Furnaces ...................................................................... 253
Neal D. Boyd
Optimum Maintenance Interval Considerations for Major Ethylene Plant Compressors and Steam
Turbines ............................................................................................................................................................................. 270
Terryl Matthews, Gampa Bhat, Kevin Yates, Jonathan D. Cardell
Process and Equipment Considerations In the Art of Cold Box Design ....................................................................... 271
John Penton, Bryan Vick
Investigative Process Uncovers Cause of Surface Tearing In Cold Box Aluminum Alloy Pipe
Components........................................................................................................................................................................ 327
Clay Thiele, Bill Valerioti
Experiences Migrating a Process Control System: "Legacy to Bleeding Edge - How Hard Can It Be?".................. 369
Bengt-Ove Andersson, Catharina Winberg, Marcus Hedlund, Olof Gahne, Tomas Tejder, Conny Petersson
Large Scale Ethylene Unit APC Using Shell Multivariable Optimizing Controller (SMOCPro) ................................. 380
Donald Frank, Vinh Nguyen
New Approach for Furnace Severity/Conversion and TMT Inferentials Using SPYRO, AspenPlus and
Aspen Online ...................................................................................................................................................................... 394
Bengt-Ove Andersson, Catharina Winberg, Marcus Hedlund, Olof Gahne, Tomas Tejder, Eddy Fontenot, Conny
Petersson
Use of Process Simulation In Ethylene Plant APC and Dynamic Optimization........................................................... 402
Akitoshi Takinami, Ayumu Fujita, Takeshi Seki, Youichi Takeuchi, Soichi Iwamoto, Tomoo Niikura, Paul Yap, Ravi
Nath
European Ethylene Producers Committee (EEPC) Corrosion Under Insulaton (CUI) Prevention of
CUI: Roadmap to Managing CUI ................................................................................................................................ 432
Klaus Bormuth, Hendrik J. De Bruyn
Cooling Water Issues - Cause and Solutions to Microbiologically Induced Corrosion................................................ 476
Carl G. Matherne
Furnace Penetration Sealing Systems - Engineered Solutions for Cracking Furnaces................................................ 488
Malcolm A. Peirson
Best Practices for Inlet Cone Refractory of Transfer Line Exchangers........................................................................ 502
Dave Oulton, Carl G. Matherne
Scale-up of Advanced MTO Technology and Integrated OCP Technology ................................................................. 517
John Senetar, Eric Romers
Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO) : First Commercial Demonstration Unit Begins Operations .............................. 533
Michael J. Tallman, Curtis Eng, Sun Choi, Deuk Soo Park
Recover Ethylene from Refinery Off-Gas Via the Ole-SIVTM Process.......................................................................... 584
Seong Jun Lee, Jae Ho Lee, Jong-Nam Kim, Jong-Ho Park, Jang Jae Lee
Enhance Cracked Gas Compressor Reliability with Novel Antifoulant Technology................................................... 611
P. N. Ramaswamy, Matthew Knight, Mahesh Subramaniyam
World Light Olefins Markets Outlook: Impact of Changing Energy and Feedstock Market Dynamics
on Regional Olefins Markets ............................................................................................................................................ 644
Mark Eramo
Improve Plant Flexibility for the Changing Feedstocks and Technologies................................................................... 645
David Leung
Co-Cracking Vs. Segregated "Hybrid" Cracking In Individual Furnaces - Design and Operational
Considerations ................................................................................................................................................................... 651
Marco Van Goethem, Harry Wang, Bruce Evans
Consequences of High-Pressure Tube Ruptures In Low-Pressure Liquid-Filled Shell Heat Exchangers ................. 765
Claire J. Ennis, Kamal K. Botros, Chandresh Patel
Practices to Mitigate NOx Risk In Cryogenic Section of Ethylene Plants ..................................................................... 782
Jennifer L. Bancroft, Michael Moran, Sivakumar Nayarajan
Enhanced Heat Transfer Technology Proves Beneficial In Cooling Water Driven Condensers ................................ 789
Michael R. Sobczyk, Raymond Tucker
Fouling Mitigation Program Recovers Operating Efficiency and Extends Run Length for Ethylene
Plant Oil Quench Tower ................................................................................................................................................... 790
Mike Hong, Jeeranum Jintana, Patrick Lucas, Li Feng
Fouling/Viscosity Control Mitigation Strategy Overcomes Problems In Quench Oil System..................................... 824
Roger Metzler, Zhenning Gu
Improved Ethylene Cracking Furnace Control with Modern Process Mass Spectrometers....................................... 832
Peter J. Traynor