This quick one-and-a-half-minute YouTube video, Blending and Batching with Micro Motion F-Series Coriolis Flow Meters, shows how mass-based measurements in these Micro Motion meters provide the accuracy and reliability to deliver consistent batches and blends.
Refiners are driven to produce fuels and other products profitably, while meeting ever-increasing regulatory requirements—all while operating safely, reliably, and efficiently. Fuel blending operations are a key part of the refining process to meet these challenges. I...
Refinery blending operations are the "cash registers" since it "…is the last chance to optimize the final saleable product, as well as the final opportunity to achieve as close to product specifications as possible." A recent RBN Energy blog post, The Price You Pay...
For refineries, blending operations can be challenging due to unscheduled downtime, off-spec production requiring reblending operations and quality giveaways by exceeding specifications. I caught up with Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo who noted that poor recipe management...
With many of the hydrocarbons falling in price, one exception has been octane (C8H18). Its structure comes in many forms or isomers—18 according to its Wikipedia entry. These octanes are: …a family of hydrocarbon that are typical components of gasoline. They are...
The abundance of discounted crude oil, or opportunity crudes, as they are known in refinery parlance, has shifted refinery operators' mindsets over the past few years. In a Hydrocarbon Engineering article, Equip for Opportunity Crudes, Emerson's Marcelo Carugo and Tim...
For refiners challenged with increasing regulations, blending operations are a major area where automation investments can help meet these regulations and improve operational performance. Emerson's Marcelo Carugo, who leads the refining and petrochemical industry...
As global refiners strive to meet ever-tightening regulations, the performance of measurement and final control devices can have a big impact in meeting this challenge. The third Refinery Blending Series webinar recording, Improving measurement and control in blending...
As U.S. refiners grapple with the Environmental Protection Agency's Tier 3 regulations, meeting their blending plans will become even more difficult. In the second webinar of the refining blending series, Emerson's Dr. Doug White addressed the subject of using...
Process manufacturers and producers are faced with a myriad of regulations at the federal, state and local levels. Here in the U.S., refiners are challenged with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s "Tier 3" regulations, which rule that: …federal gasoline will...
If you're like me you may have you wondered why with all the U.S. shale oil production, there are calls to change federal law to allow exports even though the U.S is a large oil importer. The answer comes to me in an excellent Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP)...
Optimized process control begins with accurate and reliable measurements. A Process Engineering article, For good measure (pp 39-40) highlights new measurement technologies which can be used in critical plant processes. The applications described range from...
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