Tuesday, October 2, 2012

China and India: Two Countries, Two Conferences

“A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.” -- Ayn Rand (Russian born American Writer and Novelist, 1905-1982)

The economies of China and India are growing fast.  Their energy needs are growing as well, with all the attendant problems thereof, including desulfurization.  Consequently, much research on the problem is being published in these two countries.
 
For example, the Google® Scholar search string desulfurization AND (china OR india) results in a couple of interesting articles.
 
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Environmental Science & Technology 2012-01
Advance in Adsorptive Desulfurization
ZHOU Wei, XU Wan-zhen*, HUANG Wei-hong, LI Hui, WU Xiang-yang (School of Environment,Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)
Compared with traditional hydrodesulfurization, adsorptive desulfurization which has mild conditions, significantly efficient and financially feasible is becoming a popular research in the trend of oil deep desulfurization. The adsorptive desulfurization method, mechanism, absorbents and absorbents regeneration were reviewed. According to adsorption mechanism, a series of adsorbents such as zeolite,activated carbon,metal oxide and composite metal oxide, clay, and research of their absorbability were introduced. Some suggestions to further research of adsorptive desulfurization were also proposed.
Key Words】: adsorptive desulfurizationadsorbentsadsorptive mechanism
Source: http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-FJKS201201027.htm
 
Fuel Processing Technology
Volume 93, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 18–25
Oxidative desulfurization by chromium promoted sulfated zirconia
Sachin Kumara,
Vimal Chandra Srivastavab
R.P. Badonia
a Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248006, Uttarakhand, India
b Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract
Chromium promoted sulfated zirconia (CSZ), prepared by wetness impregnation technique, was characterized by various techniques like Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Electron probe microscopic analysis (EPMA). Bulk density and Brauner–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area of CSZ were found to be 0.996 kg/m3 and 116.2 m2/g, respectively. CSZ was further used as catalyst for the oxidative removal of sulfur from model oil (dibenzothiophene, DBT, dissolved in iso-octane). Optimum CSZ dose was found to be 5 g/l. The catalytic oxidation of DBT by CSZ was found to be gradual process with optimum reaction time of 6 h. The activation energy for DBT conversion by CSZ was found to be 3.8 kJ/mol.
Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378382011003110
 
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If you want to keep with the latest developments in China and India, you could do worse than attend one or both of the following conferences
 
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New Delhi 19/02/2013 - 20/02/2013
Refining India, New Delhi 19-20 February 2013
 
Building on the continuing success of our Refining China conference (next year to be held 20-21 March in Beijing; see the Refining China page for more details), we are extending the formula to India.
 
If you are interested in making a presentation at one, or both, of these conferences please submit a draft title and abstract for consideration, indicating to which of the conferences you wish to present, or whether it's to both.
 
The content of submissions should be directly relevant to conditions in the country or countries in question. Our preferences are for case study based papers outlining process solutions, particularly relating to energy efficiency and in the refining of heavy crudes.
 
We would point out that speaking slots filled very quickly for the last Refining China and we had to turn away a number of proposals that didn't sufficiently meet the criteria we had set, so in order to maximise your chance of acceptance, do, please, submit early (preferably by 14 September) and take note of our preferences.
 
Submissions to: proposals@crambethallen.com
 
Refining India is being held in partnership with the Lovraj Kumar Memorial Trust, a leading Indian provider of technical events in the hydrocarbon industries since 1994.
 
source: http://www.eptq.com/conference/(S(yhpgk445niiz2pnayd2del55))/view_conference.aspx?intCID=15&d=1/
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Beijing 20/03/2013 - 21/03/2013
The 7th Refining China conference will take place at the Regent Hotel, Beijing on 20-21 March 2013
 
Building on the continuing success of China's longest established international refinery technology event, we are extending the formula next year to India (see the Refining India page for more details).
 
If you are interested in making a presentation at one, or both, of these conferences please submit a draft title and abstract for consideration, indicating to which of the conferences you wish to present, or whether it's to both.
 
The content of submissions should be directly relevant to conditions in the country or countries in question. Our preferences are for case study based papers outlining process solutions, particularly relating to energy efficiency and in the refining of heavy crudes.
 
We would point out that speaking slots filled very quickly for the last Refining China and we had to turn away a number of proposals that didn't sufficiently meet the criteria we had set, so in order to maximise your chance of acceptance, do, please, submit early (preferably by 14 September) and take note of our preferences.
 
Submissions to: proposals@crambethallen.com
 
source: http://www.eptq.com/conference/(S(ckgjmp553jl3nfqngodkw4fp))/view_conference.aspx?intCID=14  
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By way of background, you will find the following information describing the previous Refining China event …
 
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The 6th REFINING CHINA conference was held at the Regent Hotel, Bejing, 28-29 March 2012.
Our line-up for 2012 was as follows:
Cao Xianghong, Chairman, Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China Selecting refining production technology in China
Ling Yuqun, Vice president, Sinopec Energy saving and low emission technologies in China's refineries
Sun LIli, Vice General Manager, Sinopec Engineering Inc Refinery design to meet low-carbon requirements
Yan Shaochun, President, Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Corporation Technological developments in the China coal liquefaction industry
He Shengbao, Vice President, CNPC The development of petroleum refining
technology in PetroChina
Dong Xiao Li, General Manager, CNOOC Integrated innovation and application of sour and heavy oil processing technology
ExxonMobil Producing clean fuel gas
BP Measuring PBS values for crude oil selection
Saudi Aramco Increasing energy recovery in Preflash tower preheat train network
Jacobs Improving refining performance: where to start?
The Catalyst Group The Future of Catalysts: Business Shifts in the Global Process Industries
Research Institute of the Petroleum Industry (RIPI) Tehran Evaluation of the Effects of Feed Characteristics and Operating Variables on the Naphtha Isomerization Process
Soteica Online utilities real time optimisation at a large Chinese petrochemical complex
Baker Hughes Heavy crudes processing
Intercat Reducing FCC heavy fuel oil yield
Air Products Technical innovations in on-purpose H2 making solutions
HaaenSage Engineering Leak detection and repair techniques
Air Liquide Improved hydrogen plant design
Albermarle Catalysts and technology solutions for diesel upgrading catalysts
Dorf Ketal Additives to address problems in heavy oil processing
source: http://www.eptq.com/conference/(S(2rux5421iiosbeim5n13pxfd))/view_conference.aspx?intCID=13  

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