PTQ Q2 2024 Issue

Q2 (Apr, May, Jun) 2024 www.digitalrefining.com ptq PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY

3 Keeping refineries profitable Rene Gonzalez 5 ptq&a 15 Optimising furnace run length in a steam cracker using AI Surabhi Thorat and Vivek Srinivasan Dorf Ketal Chemical (I) Pvt Ltd Sudarshan Vijayaraghavan Dorf Ketal Chemicals PTE Ltd 21 Dryout design considerations for cryogenic gas plants: Part 2 Scott A Miller, David A Jelf, J A Anguiano and Joe T Lynch Honeywell UOP 27 FCC co-processing of biogenic and recyclable feedstocks: Part 2 Jon Strohm, Darrell Rainer, Oscar Oyola-Rivera and Clifford Avery Ketjen 33 Revamping a conventional naphtha splitter to a dividing wall column Giuseppe Mosca, Joshi Chandrakant, Andrei Cimpeanu and Brad Fleming Sulzer Chemtech 41 A refinery’s strategic journey towards sustainability Aleix Carrillo, Duncan Manuel and Michelle Wicmandy KBC (A Yokogawa Company) 47 SAF production via co-processing in the kerosene hydrotreater Maria J L Perez, Gitte Thomsen Nygaard and Sylvain Verdier Topsoe 53 Flexible downscaling of MAPD removal from C3/C4 olefin streams Edgar Jordan, Charlotte Fritsch and Joachim Haertlé hte GmbH 59 Sulphur reduction, sulphur removal, and spent caustic reuse Richard Stambaugh Merichem Technologies 65 Optimising compressor dry gas seal line design in FEED stage Rajib Talukder Saudi Aramco 71 Integrating refining/petrochemicals for increased chemicals production Narendra Verma HMEL (HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd.) 77 Blue hydrogen – a low-carbon energy carrier: Part 1 Himmat Singh Research Scientist 83 Effect of redundancy/voting in SIL calculation Partha S Mondal Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd 90 Co-processing renewable feeds in hydrodesulphurisation units

Cristian S Spica OLI Systems, Inc 94 Technology in Action

Cover Commercial relevance of technology ranging from refinery FCC assets to chemical plastic waste recycling reflects investments exceeding $185 billion to expand operations for meeting increased demand.

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