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Showing 1 to 20 of 159 for “"Petrochemical"”.
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Wind loads for petrochemical structures
… engineers for estimating wind loads for petrochemical structures have little theoretical or experimental basis. This dissertation research is an effort to expand the understanding of wind effects on petrochemical and other, similar structures. Petrochemical structures introduce geometric …
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Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
Technology is the answer to most of our human needs but every technology is often accompanied by other challenges which often lead to the evolvement of another technology. One of the technologies that have greatly impacted our world is that of energy development out of which the petro-chemical …
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Wind shielding in refining and petrochemical facilities
… the structural design of gulf coast refining and petrochemical facilities is wind. Despite this fact, little has been done to customize wind design for these unique facilities. This paper proposes a probabilistic model to predict the magnitude of shielding that is provided by the vast network of …
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Application of Concurrent Development Practices to Petrochemical Equipment Design
… the traditional, linear development process for petrochemical systems and equipment, and the design is benchmarked against existing small hydrogen generators as well as industrial hydrogen production apparatus. A novel system and hardware design are described, and a single cycle of concurrent …
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A Work Package-Based Process Model for Petrochemical Construction Planning
This study examines the planning and control of petrochemical plant construction projects and the impact of work packaging on planning. This study was accomplished primarily through interviews with various levels of people in the business of building petrochemical plants. This study indicated that …
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Medium voltage petrochemical drives : soft start and adjustable speed systems
… voltage synchronous machines are used for large petrochemical compressor motor drives (>13 MW) at high application voltages (e.g. +-11 kV). Limited research exists on the application of Voltage Source Inverters (VSIs) for these petrochemical loads. An application concept is described where the …
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Sustainable firm performance of green supply chain management practice at petrochemical industry
Indonesia's petrochemical sector contributes to 3% of Indonesian Gross Domestic Products. One of the main problem in this industrial development is the green industry standard in line with the energy scarcity due to high demand on the energy within the industrial sector as well as availability of …
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A quality improvement plan for a technical department within a petrochemical company
Quality improvement initiatives have been implemented by various manufacturing companies. Through initiatives such as international standards organization, lean production, total quality management systems and six sigma, quality has improved dramatically while optimizing production and costs. This …
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The development of Malaysian petrochemical complexes of the East-Coast industrial corridor
Petrochemical industrial (PTCI) sites may be considered a niche in the property market. Mainstream economics, industrial development and real estate studies related literatures treat it as the same as others. By prescribing the New Institutional Economics (NIE) approach, this research seeks to find …
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An investigation of project success factors in the South African petrochemical industry
… project success factors in the South African petrochemical industry. The availability of capital for projects was reduced by the 2008-2009 global economic recession. This resulted in additional strain on project performance, since the potential implications of cost and schedule overruns for …
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Extension of activity analysis methodology to maintenance, shutdown, and turnarounds in petrochemical facilities
… on providing a productivity language for petrochemical owners and contractors. The developed methodology helps them to communicate improvement strategies with each other and within their organization beyond construction leading into maintenance and shutdown turnarounds. Activity Analysis …
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The characterisation of crude oils and the analysis of by-products produced in petrochemical plants
… to characterise by-products associated with petrochemical plant and gas field industrial operations. An impurity isolated from a urea plant was tentatively identified as a polyamide species whereas an impurity obtained from a methanol plant was found to be composed of a mixture of …
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Pre-treatment and anaerobic codigestion of waste activated sludge from a petrochemical wastewater treatment plant
… of waste activated sludge produced in a petrochemical wastewater treatment plant (PWWTP) to improve its subsequent anaerobic digestion. Following pre-treatment, the study specifically focusses on digestion of the pre-treated sludge in an attached-growth down-flow anaerobic digester with …
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The evaluation of liquid hydrocarbon contamination of soil around petrochemical tank farms at a Durban refinery
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Technology: Chemistry, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2004.
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Responses of respiratory system cells in vitro and in vivo to petrochemical combustion-derived ultrafine particles
… given particle type, such as those generated by petrochemical (gasoline, diesel, industrial substrate) combustion, may be coated with many other compounds, including polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Our laboratory group had previously characterized the generation of PAHs from incomplete …
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The Petrochemical Industrial Complex of the St. Charles Parish Industrial Corridor and its Influence on Urbanization Patterns
This thesis explores the impact that the petrochemical industry has had on the built environment of Norco, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Previous scholars have suggested that heavy industry in Norco consumes a majority of the Mississippi River's natural levee, which is the most elevated and flood …
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An investigation into the use of smectitic clay soil for the containment and treatment of petrochemical waste
… smectitic clay soil of the Rensburg form and two petrochemical wastes, which were sampled from storage dams, adjacent to a petrochemical plant at Secunda, South Africa. There is growing interest at the plant in utilizing soil for cost-effective waste containment and treatment. The objectives of …
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Analysis of the impact on the stock market of chemical disasters: petrochemical companies in industrial complex in Korea
… chemicals). This study examined 18 different petrochemical, food chemical and steel companies with 26 chemical disasters. Capelle-Blancard, Laguna (2010) showed the problems related to providing robust empirical evidences on the stock market reaction to chemical disasters. This analysis which …
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