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Hydrocarbon Engineering’s articles talk about commercialized technologies designed to help the petroleum industry produce the products required by modern civilization. Whether you are involved in basic research or the commercialization of new approaches to desulfurization, it behooves you to keep abreast of the topics discussed in these articles.
The easiest way to learn of articles in HE – Hydrocarbon Engineering of interest to you is to subscribe to the HE newsletter. Just go to the HE site at http://www.energyglobal.com/ magazines. Follow the link to HE, and look for the sidebar inviting you to subscribe to the newsletter.
Each month, you will receive a table of contents of the current issue. You can quickly decide whether it is worth your time to find a copy of the magazine. By the way, HE is unusual in being unavailable in full text anywhere online. You, or your corporate library, must subscribe to the print edition in order to be able to read the full text.
Here is the table of contents for the January 2010 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering.
THAI-D UP FOR THE THAI-ME BEING
David Hayes, Contributing Editor, examines the Thai petrochemical industry and its plans to double capacity.
RISING TO THE CO2 CHALLENGE: PART 2
Joris Mertens, KBC Process Technology, Ltd, the Netherlands, presents the second part in this series, discussing a greenhouse gas management strategy and tools for refineries.
MAXIMISING RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Michael B Simpson, ABB, Canada, looks at the return benefits of advanced process control for gasoline blending optimisation.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Gordon Cope, Hydrocarbon Engineering Correspondent, reports on how biofuels are scrambling to meet regulated demand.
STAYING AHEAD WITH SOFTWARE
Hoffert Jean-Luc, Litwin, France, on behalf of Integraph, presents a case study where new software has been implemented to streamline modelling workflows.
ONLINE AND ON TRACK
Réjane Dastillung and Marc Loublier, Naphtachimie, France and B. Descales, J.R. Llinas, I. Cermelli and S. Destang, Ineos Technologies, France and D. Lambert, C. St Martin, M. Sanchez, B. Ribero and Z. Yu, Topnir Systems, France, explore steam cracker optimisation through online analysis and rigorous kinetic models.
CATALYST REVIEW
Hydrocarbon Engineering provides an overview of some of the most advanced catalyst technologies available within the hydrogen processing industry today.
OILSANDS DEMONSTRATION
Don G. J. Dutton, SNC-Lavalin Inc., Canada, and James Powell, Siemens AG, Canada, examine a successful oilsands application.
TAKING SMART CONTROL
Thomas Karte, Jörg Kiesbauer and Karl-Bernd Schärtner, SAMSON AG, Germany, examine methods of smart control for rotary actuators.
GETTING TO KNOW CCS
Robert Smyth, Grant Johnson and David Wilkinson, Costain Energy & Process, UK, present an overview of developments in carbon capture and storage.
HIGH IN PURITY
Walker Garrison, Valero Energy Corporation, USA and Chris Howell and Dave Christophersen, VWS Crown Solutions, USA, examine how optimised pretreatment ensures high purity water and improved efficiency in steam generation.
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