4.8 PROBLEMS
4.1 A processing facility converts scrap tires into fuel via pyrolysis (El-Halwagi 1997). Figure 4-30 is a simplified block flow diagram of the process. The discarded tires are fed...
15.7 Vessel Blowdown
Emergency shut-down of a hydrocarbon processing plant may involve the depressurization of major process vessels by blowdown to the flare. On offshore production platforms...
This chapter precedes the chapter on centrifugal compressors for a sound reason. Damage to high-speed centrifugal compressors is most often associated with slugs of liquid entering the compressor from...
Primary Gas Seal Vent
In a tandem gas seal, seal gas is injected between the inner labyrinth seal and the primary gas seal (refer to chapter 3). The vast majority of this injected gas flows across...
Introduction
When hydrocarbons (crude oil, condensate, and natural gas) are produced, the well stream typically contains water produced in association with these hydrocarbons. The produced water is...
