Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar) 2024 www.digitalrefining.com ptq PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY
3 Challenges to chemical recycling of plastic waste Rene Gonzalez 5 ptq&a 15 Adding CHP to refinery power infrastructures Rene Gonzalez PTQ 19 Filtration and separation for industrial carbon capture, transport, and storage Lara Heberle and Julien Plumail Pall Corporation 25 Overcoming wastewater challenges of opportunity crude processing Shane Lund Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions 31 Biofilm: A hidden threat Brian Martin Marathon Petroleum Corporation Tim Duncan and Gordon Johnson Solenis LLC 39 Simulating FCC upset operations Tek Sutikno Fluor Enterprises 45 Refractory detection system and floating roof protection Bob Poteet and Andrea Biava WIKA Haytham Al-Barrak and Mahendran Sella Saudi Aramco 51 Crude to chemicals: Part 2 Kandasamy M Sundaram, Ujjal K Mukherjee, Pedro M Santos and Ronald M Venner Lummus Technology 59 Revolutionising refining with digital twins Michelle Wicmandy, Jagadesh Donepudi and Rodolfo Tellez-Schmill KBC (A Yokogawa Company) 65 Optimising nitrogen utilisation in refinery operations Rajib Talukder and Prabhas K Mandal Aramco 75 Simulating VGO, WLO, and WCO co-hydroprocessing: Part 2 Mohamed S El-Sawy, Fatma H Ashour and Ahmed Refaat Cairo University Tarek M Aboul-Fotouh Al-Azhar University S A Hanafi Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 81 Considerations for crude unit preflash drums and preflash towers
Henry Z Kister and Walter J Stupin (dec.) Fluor Maureen Price Maureen Price Consulting LLC 93 Technology in Action
Cover Large volumes of utility steam and cooling water are key to sustainable refinery and petrochemical operations, such as the unit shown on the front cover. Photo courtesy of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
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