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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"refinery"”.
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Controlling refinery risk management
The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of internal control and propose techniques that can be utilized by the crude oil refiner in designing, implementing and controlling a pro-active risk management program. Since the introduction of volatility into the oil business in the …
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Production control in the Revere Sugar Refinery
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Business and Engineering Administration, 1922
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Advanced Safety Methodology for Risk Management of Petroleum Refinery Operations
… and industrial consumption globally. Petroleum refinery operations provide significant contribution to global economic growth. Petroleum refineries are complex, multifaceted systems that perform multiple phase operations characterized by a high level of risk. Evidence based major accidents that …
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An integrated assessment of environmental impact and sustainability of oil refinery development and operations in a developing country: a case study of Kaduna refinery in Nigeria
… enhance understanding of sustainability in oil refinery development and operations in a developing country, using a case study of the Kaduna refinery, Nigeria. The study considered the sustainability indicators for the assessment; environmental, economic, and social. The literature review …
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TREATMENT OF PETROLEUM REFINERY WASTEWATER IN AN INNOVATIVE SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR
The difficulty with sludge settleability is considered one of the main drawbacks of sequencing batch reactors. The aim of this study therefore is to improve sludge settleability by introducing a novel, two-stage settling sequencing batch reactor (TSSBR) separated by an anoxic stage. The performance …
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The Royal Mint Refinery, a Business Adapting to Change, 1919-1968
… charts the business history of the Royal Mint Refinery (RMR), a bullion<br/>refinery operated by the London merchant bank, N M Rothschild & Sons, between<br/>1852 and 1968. Through analysis of business records key events that changed the trading direction of the operation are identified: …
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The conversion of refinery materials into useful inorganic and organometallic precursors
Includes bibliographical references.
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Levee Analysis and Design for Proposed Missouri Refining Co. Petroleum Refinery Site.
… the proposed Missouri Refining Co. petroleum refinery, see Figure 1 for location. The location is near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in Williams County, North Dakota. The recent success in extracting unconventional petroleum reserves in the Williston Basin has led …
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The system theoretic accidental analysis of a crude unit refinery fire incident
… on a case study of the August 2012 Richmond Refinery fire involving a crude unit. Then STAMP-STPA will be use in an example to develop warning signs to detect the deterioration of the Refinery's safety integrity. The analysis identified is complimentary to the refinery and regulatory controls …
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The use of photocatalytic degradation to improve the quality of crude refinery effluent
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering: Chemical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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Electrorefining of base metal refinery residue copper alloy for platinum group metal recovery
… minor elements from Anglo Platinum’s Base Metal Refinery (BMR) which produces copper nickel and cobalt sulphate. It contains mainly sulphur, iron jarosites, unleached base metals and platinum group metals (PGMs), which makes the treatment of SLC necessary. The SLC is currently toll-refined at …
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Development of an invertebrate bioassay to screen petroleum refinery effluents discharged into freshwater
… is suggested for on-site toxicity testing of refinery effluents. This method will provide an inexpensive means of identifying problem materials and establishing priorities for coping with these materials. An arbitrary reference mixture (ARM), containing six common constituents of refinery …
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A simplified model for Anglo Platinum's continuous secondary leach in the base metals' refinery
… mathematical model simulating the Base Metal's Refinery Secondary Leach operation is developed in this thesis. Fundamental building blocks of batch leach data, equipment specifications, process conditions and feed characteristics are used to develop the model. The aim of which is to develop a …
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Recovery of PGM's from a copper oxidising leach residue : Rustenburg Base Metal Refinery Anglo Platinum
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-167).
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An electrochemical reduction process for the recovery of copper powder from a refinery effluent stream
In recent years a significant amount of research has gone into the development of a feed pretreatment process for the concentrate refined at Anglo American Platinum's Precious Metals Refiners (PMR). Such a process has the potential to significantly simplify the downstream refining process and …
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Essays on gasoline price spikes, environmental regulation of gasoline content, and incentives for refinery operation
… regulation of gasoline content, unanticipated refinery outages and other recent structural changes in the domestic oil market. In the first chapter, I detail current regulations related to gasoline content. Implemented regionally to address local mobile-source emissions, gasoline content …
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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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The Effect of the Plant Specification on the Design, Installation and Commissioning of Refinery Process Heaters
… for evaluating burners used in petroleum refinery process heaters. The objective is to examine the project life of a process heater plant so as to draw recommendations which can be applied to a similar project involving a medium sized process plant. This work is based on a case study which …
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