Searching the Web for background information on the ExxonMobil SCANfining process, I ran across the following …
“Evolution Of Process Technology For FCC Naphtha Desulfurization: 1997 – 2003; An Example Of Technical Progress Induced By Environmental Regulation,” a report prepared by MathPro Inc। (http://www.mathproinc.com/) 2003.
I find it helpful for the insights it provides in the development of desulfurization technologies from the pilot stage to the commercial stage. In Table 1, for example, CDTech's CD Hydro, Exxon's SCANfining, IFP's Prime G and Mobil's OCTGAIN 125 are listed as "demonstrated" technologies, whereas CDTech's CD Hydro / CD HDS, Mobil's OCTGAIN 220, and UOP's ISAL are listed as "near-commercial" and Black & Veatch's IRVAD and Philips Petroleum's S Zorb G processes are listed as "developing."
Read the complete report at: www.mathproinc.com/pdf/2.1.3_FCCNaphDesulf.pdf)
You might also want to add Mathpro to your favorites.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
ChemSystems
ChemSystems (http://www.chemsystems.com/) is another organization to add to your favorites. According to the ChemSystems Web …
“ChemSystems from Nexant, Inc. provides support to decision makers in the petroleum, chemical and petrochemical industries to improve their business performance. ChemSystems provides data, analysis, forecasts, training and planning tools that improve understanding and planning in the uncertain world of energy and chemicals.”
A search on the ChemSystems site for “desulfurization” resulted in the following hit, among others …
Novel Desulfurization Technologies
PERP00-S8 (Oct. 2002) - Price: US $5,000.00
The chemistry, process technology and economics of the latest approaches for dealing with stricter sulfur specifications in gasoline in the U.S. and Western Europe are assessed.
source: .chemsystems.com
“ChemSystems from Nexant, Inc. provides support to decision makers in the petroleum, chemical and petrochemical industries to improve their business performance. ChemSystems provides data, analysis, forecasts, training and planning tools that improve understanding and planning in the uncertain world of energy and chemicals.”
A search on the ChemSystems site for “desulfurization” resulted in the following hit, among others …
Novel Desulfurization Technologies
PERP00-S8 (Oct. 2002) - Price: US $5,000.00
The chemistry, process technology and economics of the latest approaches for dealing with stricter sulfur specifications in gasoline in the U.S. and Western Europe are assessed.
source: .chemsystems.com
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Rat’s Maze of Copyright
Ever since the case of American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc., 37 F.3d 881 (2nd Cir. 1994), corporate legal has been careful that their company does not become liable for copyright infringement, unintentional though it may be.
To get a taste of the complexities of copyright, take a look at Professional Fair Use after Texaco (http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/tex2.htm)
Here are a couple of excerpts …
“All professionals in the university community should be aware of an important case that may potentially affect the way we pursue scholarship and research. On October 28, 1994, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of New York's Southern District Court that Texaco's copying of journal articles by or for its scientists was an infringement of the copyright owners' exclusive rights … The court indicated that to the extent the Copyright Clearance Center provided Texaco various convenient and reasonably priced mechanisms for payment of fees for copying, the scope of fair use had been reduced … The case gives copyright owners a tremendous incentive to register with the Copyright Clearance Center or other such licensing entity”
During my tenure as a librarian for Aramco Services (Saudi Aramco), I administered a number of contracts for information products. All of them included provisions for copyright. All of them were different. Some contracts made it possible for anyone in the entire Saudi Aramco enterprise to access the product. Other contracts went to the other extreme, allowing only a handful of specific individuals access to the product. And then there was a whole range in between the two extremes.
Before you share articles you find when you search a product, consult with your corporate librarian, if there is one, to find out what is permissible under the contract. If your company does not employ a librarian, find out who in your company administers the contract for the product . If all else fails, contact the sales rep for the product.
You might also ask if the company maintains an agreement with the CCC - Copyright Clearance Center (http://www.copyright.com/)
To get a taste of the complexities of copyright, take a look at Professional Fair Use after Texaco (http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/tex2.htm)
Here are a couple of excerpts …
“All professionals in the university community should be aware of an important case that may potentially affect the way we pursue scholarship and research. On October 28, 1994, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of New York's Southern District Court that Texaco's copying of journal articles by or for its scientists was an infringement of the copyright owners' exclusive rights … The court indicated that to the extent the Copyright Clearance Center provided Texaco various convenient and reasonably priced mechanisms for payment of fees for copying, the scope of fair use had been reduced … The case gives copyright owners a tremendous incentive to register with the Copyright Clearance Center or other such licensing entity”
During my tenure as a librarian for Aramco Services (Saudi Aramco), I administered a number of contracts for information products. All of them included provisions for copyright. All of them were different. Some contracts made it possible for anyone in the entire Saudi Aramco enterprise to access the product. Other contracts went to the other extreme, allowing only a handful of specific individuals access to the product. And then there was a whole range in between the two extremes.
Before you share articles you find when you search a product, consult with your corporate librarian, if there is one, to find out what is permissible under the contract. If your company does not employ a librarian, find out who in your company administers the contract for the product . If all else fails, contact the sales rep for the product.
You might also ask if the company maintains an agreement with the CCC - Copyright Clearance Center (http://www.copyright.com/)
Googling® for Desulf
If you have an iGoogle® page, you can add any Google search you create as a feed on your page। For example, if you wanted to follow recent desulfurization efforts associated with Saudi Aramco, you might enter the following search in the Google search box:
aramco desulfurization 2009
At the bottom of the results page, you will find …
“Stay up to date on these results”
• Create an email alert for aramco desulfurization 2009
• Add a custom section for aramco desulfurization 2009
• Add a news gadget for aramco desulfurization 2009
Click the third of the three options and voilà! You have a newsfeed for “aramco desulfurization 2009” on your iGoogle homepage।
By the way, I found an interesting article in Oil & Gas Journal called Saudi Aramco to stick with investment program, output rate, CEO says.
Here is one paragraph from the article …
"Saudi Aramco's investments include developing an "intelligent" field to maximize recovery; futuristic devices such as "res-bots," tiny robots inserted into reservoirs to continuously report conditions; carbon capture and storage, and pre-refining crude desulfurization, he continued. "All of these efforts will reduce environmental impacts while building on our experience with proven technologies and practices in a worldwide market," he said."
Read the complete article at: ।ogj.com/index/article-display/361341/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-weekly-washington-update/s-update/s-saudi-aramco-to-stick-with-investment-program-output-rate-ceo-says.html">http://www।ogj.com/index/article-display/361341/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-weekly-washington-update/s-update/s-saudi-aramco-to-stick-with-investment-program-output-rate-ceo-says.html
aramco desulfurization 2009
At the bottom of the results page, you will find …
“Stay up to date on these results”
• Create an email alert for aramco desulfurization 2009
• Add a custom section for aramco desulfurization 2009
• Add a news gadget for aramco desulfurization 2009
Click the third of the three options and voilà! You have a newsfeed for “aramco desulfurization 2009” on your iGoogle homepage।
By the way, I found an interesting article in Oil & Gas Journal called Saudi Aramco to stick with investment program, output rate, CEO says.
Here is one paragraph from the article …
"Saudi Aramco's investments include developing an "intelligent" field to maximize recovery; futuristic devices such as "res-bots," tiny robots inserted into reservoirs to continuously report conditions; carbon capture and storage, and pre-refining crude desulfurization, he continued. "All of these efforts will reduce environmental impacts while building on our experience with proven technologies and practices in a worldwide market," he said."
Read the complete article at: ।ogj.com/index/article-display/361341/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-weekly-washington-update/s-update/s-saudi-aramco-to-stick-with-investment-program-output-rate-ceo-says.html">http://www।ogj.com/index/article-display/361341/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-weekly-washington-update/s-update/s-saudi-aramco-to-stick-with-investment-program-output-rate-ceo-says.html
Hart Energy
Hart Energy (http://www.hartenergy.com/home.हटमल) publishes a number of highly targeted newsletters and magazines, such as Diesel Fuel News. ULSD – Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel – is a major focus of refiners these days, as increasingly stringent regulations begin to be implemented. A quick search on “desulfurization” produced the following article, among others.
Topsoe: Improved Catalyst Dispersion Cuts ULSD Hydrotreating Cost
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San Antonio, Texas – Haldor Topsøe first introduced “Brim” catalysts for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) hydrotreating five years ago – and with great success, judging by the “several hundred hydrotreaters” using this catalyst.
But the drive to cut costs for ULSD continues, which explains the latest generation “Brim” with improved catalyst dispersion on the carrier surface, as Topsøe distillate marketing manager Lars Skyum explained in a presentation to National Petrochemical & Refiners Association 2009 annual meeting here late last month.
“With this new technology Topsøe now offers both catalysts with the same activity as the first generation but at lower fill cost, as well as more active catalyst types,” Skyum said.
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Read the complete article at: http://www.worldfuels.com/TRIAL/MARKETING/DieselFuel_News/Content/1ae2e49a-8472-4ae7-981b-663755b13cae.हटमल
Topsoe: Improved Catalyst Dispersion Cuts ULSD Hydrotreating Cost
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San Antonio, Texas – Haldor Topsøe first introduced “Brim” catalysts for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) hydrotreating five years ago – and with great success, judging by the “several hundred hydrotreaters” using this catalyst.
But the drive to cut costs for ULSD continues, which explains the latest generation “Brim” with improved catalyst dispersion on the carrier surface, as Topsøe distillate marketing manager Lars Skyum explained in a presentation to National Petrochemical & Refiners Association 2009 annual meeting here late last month.
“With this new technology Topsøe now offers both catalysts with the same activity as the first generation but at lower fill cost, as well as more active catalyst types,” Skyum said.
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Read the complete article at: http://www.worldfuels.com/TRIAL/MARKETING/DieselFuel_News/Content/1ae2e49a-8472-4ae7-981b-663755b13cae.हटमल
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com) specializes in gathering and analyzing information in a number of areas of technology in order to enable major corporations to take advantage of growth opportunities created by technical breakthroughs. In the words of the Frost & Sullivan site …
“Frost & Sullivan employs more than 1700 analysts, growth consultants and visionaries in more than 30 global offices. We provide 2 critical services to our "partners" to support their growth strategies: Growth Partnership Services and Growth Consulting. The Growth Partnership Services (GPS) is a subscription based program which provides our clients with both disciplined based research to support the generation and evaluation of growth opportunities and strategies and career focused best practices to help them implement growth strategies at best practice levels. Our growth consulting program provides our clients with customized consulting to support them with a visionary understanding of their market, the development of growth strategies and diagnosing their company's growth strategy system.”
source: http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/company-info.pag
One report of particular interest to anyone involved in desulfurization is …
Frost & Sullivan Research Service Published: 26 May 2004
Oil Refining Technologies--New Developments and Growth Opportunities (Technical Insights)
You can get an idea of the quality of the report by browsing the contents of Chapter 7 …
CHAPTER 7 - CLEANING UP: HYDROTREATING; DESULFURIZATION AND DEMETALLIZATION
New Technologies
Description and Introduction
Desulfurization
Demetallization
Trends
Hydrotreating
Technical Drivers and Challenges
Key Developments in Hydrotreating
Introduction
ExxonMobil SCANFining
Nebula: Akzo Nobel
UOP: Sulfur-X
GTC GT-DeSulf Process
UOP/PDVSA: ISAL Gasoline Desulfurization
BOC-Linde IsoTherming Process
Badger/SK HDS Pretreater
ExxonMobil OCTGAIN Process
Phillips S-Zorb
Axens Prime-D Diesel Desulfurization
JGC Gas Oil Ultra-Deep Desulfurization
Criterion: Centinel Hydroprocessing Family
Indian Oil Technologies: INDE Sweet
Virginia Tech: New HT Catalyst Ideas
UIUC: Sonochemistry Improves HT Catalysis
New Concepts
University of Southern California: Nanotech Filtration Concept
Penn State: Selective Sulfur Removal
UniPure: A Fresh Distillate Desulfurization Idea
Biodesulfurization
source: http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/report-brochure.pag?id=D274-01-00-00-00
“Frost & Sullivan employs more than 1700 analysts, growth consultants and visionaries in more than 30 global offices. We provide 2 critical services to our "partners" to support their growth strategies: Growth Partnership Services and Growth Consulting. The Growth Partnership Services (GPS) is a subscription based program which provides our clients with both disciplined based research to support the generation and evaluation of growth opportunities and strategies and career focused best practices to help them implement growth strategies at best practice levels. Our growth consulting program provides our clients with customized consulting to support them with a visionary understanding of their market, the development of growth strategies and diagnosing their company's growth strategy system.”
source: http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/company-info.pag
One report of particular interest to anyone involved in desulfurization is …
Frost & Sullivan Research Service Published: 26 May 2004
Oil Refining Technologies--New Developments and Growth Opportunities (Technical Insights)
You can get an idea of the quality of the report by browsing the contents of Chapter 7 …
CHAPTER 7 - CLEANING UP: HYDROTREATING; DESULFURIZATION AND DEMETALLIZATION
New Technologies
Description and Introduction
Desulfurization
Demetallization
Trends
Hydrotreating
Technical Drivers and Challenges
Key Developments in Hydrotreating
Introduction
ExxonMobil SCANFining
Nebula: Akzo Nobel
UOP: Sulfur-X
GTC GT-DeSulf Process
UOP/PDVSA: ISAL Gasoline Desulfurization
BOC-Linde IsoTherming Process
Badger/SK HDS Pretreater
ExxonMobil OCTGAIN Process
Phillips S-Zorb
Axens Prime-D Diesel Desulfurization
JGC Gas Oil Ultra-Deep Desulfurization
Criterion: Centinel Hydroprocessing Family
Indian Oil Technologies: INDE Sweet
Virginia Tech: New HT Catalyst Ideas
UIUC: Sonochemistry Improves HT Catalysis
New Concepts
University of Southern California: Nanotech Filtration Concept
Penn State: Selective Sulfur Removal
UniPure: A Fresh Distillate Desulfurization Idea
Biodesulfurization
source: http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/report-brochure.pag?id=D274-01-00-00-00
Stanford Research Institute
SRI International (http://www.sri.com/), not to be confused with Southern Research Institute (www.sri.org), is a Stanford University affiliated organization that you should add to your favorites.
To quote from their Energy & Environment page ...
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Energy and Environment
SRI's Assisted Hydrothermal Oxidation (AHO) technology is used by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan to safely dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from wastewater.
As the lifeblood of all industrial and technological societies, energy is one of our most fundamental needs. Our nation's goal to achieve energy self-sufficiency affects U.S. foreign, environmental, security, and economic policies. Developing new energy sources and exploiting existing ones more efficiently and cleanly are among the 21st century's greatest challenges.
SRI addresses this issue with a diversified, holistic approach that brings multiple disciplines together to work on a problem of staggering technological, economic, and political complexity. Our government and commercial clients worldwide benefit from our scientific expertise and practical know-how in a range of areas, from basic and applied research to developing and testing of advanced systems.
In the 1940s, SRI pioneered smog research in Los Angeles and hosted the first National Air Pollution Symposium. In the 1970s, our groundbreaking research into the environmental causes of lung diseases led to regulatory guidelines for air pollutants. In the 1980s, we demonstrated how chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) contribute to the ozone hole, and developed protocols for the EPA’s regulation of pesticides.
Today, SRI is developing pioneering technologies and services in power generation, energy storage, infrastructure, and environment:
Power generation
Fuel cells: PEM (proton exchange membrane fuel cells, SOFC (solid oxide fuel cells), DCFC (direct carbon fuel cells)
Solar cells (Single and polycrystalline silicon, thin film, nano-composite)
Thermal Cycling Absorption Process (TCAP) technology
Thermomagnetometry (TMAG) technology
Thermionics
Fuel sensors (hydrocarbon, hydrogen), oxidants, emissions, etc.
Advanced materials (turbines, coatings, corrosion/erosion resistance, nuclear)
Electroactive polymer "artificial muscle" for vibration scavenging, polymer engines, more)
Combustion (catalysts, kinetics, monitoring)
Energy storage
Batteries (High-power, high-energy, super capacitor, NFE, fiber)
Hydrogen generation and storage
Advanced materials (High-strength, corrosion-resistant, impermeable, membranes, gas sorbants)
Infrastructure
Pipeline materials, fracture detection, safety, and monitoring
Fuel processing and sensors
Switching of wide bandgap materials
Safety: natural gas, hydrogen, nuclear, remote gas leak detection
Environment
Dinitramide salts for nontoxic oxidizers
Noise suppression/vibration control
Chemical and engineering processes
Handheld biological and chemical sensors
Optoelectronic systems
Hydrothermal technology
Hydrogen fuel generation, storage, and distribution
Waste destruction
Pollution abatement
Potable water production
Biodegradable materials
Ultrasensitive hazardous materials detection
Environmental impacts and site selection
Eco-effective product design
Carbon dioxide separation, sequestration, and reaction
Nitrous oxide, sulfur oxide sensing and removal
Fuel clean-up (sulfur, heavy metals)
Hazardous waste destruction: Assisted Hydrothermal Oxidation (AHO), hot water extraction, trace chemical detection
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To quote from their Energy & Environment page ...
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Energy and Environment
SRI's Assisted Hydrothermal Oxidation (AHO) technology is used by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan to safely dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from wastewater.
As the lifeblood of all industrial and technological societies, energy is one of our most fundamental needs. Our nation's goal to achieve energy self-sufficiency affects U.S. foreign, environmental, security, and economic policies. Developing new energy sources and exploiting existing ones more efficiently and cleanly are among the 21st century's greatest challenges.
SRI addresses this issue with a diversified, holistic approach that brings multiple disciplines together to work on a problem of staggering technological, economic, and political complexity. Our government and commercial clients worldwide benefit from our scientific expertise and practical know-how in a range of areas, from basic and applied research to developing and testing of advanced systems.
In the 1940s, SRI pioneered smog research in Los Angeles and hosted the first National Air Pollution Symposium. In the 1970s, our groundbreaking research into the environmental causes of lung diseases led to regulatory guidelines for air pollutants. In the 1980s, we demonstrated how chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) contribute to the ozone hole, and developed protocols for the EPA’s regulation of pesticides.
Today, SRI is developing pioneering technologies and services in power generation, energy storage, infrastructure, and environment:
Power generation
Fuel cells: PEM (proton exchange membrane fuel cells, SOFC (solid oxide fuel cells), DCFC (direct carbon fuel cells)
Solar cells (Single and polycrystalline silicon, thin film, nano-composite)
Thermal Cycling Absorption Process (TCAP) technology
Thermomagnetometry (TMAG) technology
Thermionics
Fuel sensors (hydrocarbon, hydrogen), oxidants, emissions, etc.
Advanced materials (turbines, coatings, corrosion/erosion resistance, nuclear)
Electroactive polymer "artificial muscle" for vibration scavenging, polymer engines, more)
Combustion (catalysts, kinetics, monitoring)
Energy storage
Batteries (High-power, high-energy, super capacitor, NFE, fiber)
Hydrogen generation and storage
Advanced materials (High-strength, corrosion-resistant, impermeable, membranes, gas sorbants)
Infrastructure
Pipeline materials, fracture detection, safety, and monitoring
Fuel processing and sensors
Switching of wide bandgap materials
Safety: natural gas, hydrogen, nuclear, remote gas leak detection
Environment
Dinitramide salts for nontoxic oxidizers
Noise suppression/vibration control
Chemical and engineering processes
Handheld biological and chemical sensors
Optoelectronic systems
Hydrothermal technology
Hydrogen fuel generation, storage, and distribution
Waste destruction
Pollution abatement
Potable water production
Biodegradable materials
Ultrasensitive hazardous materials detection
Environmental impacts and site selection
Eco-effective product design
Carbon dioxide separation, sequestration, and reaction
Nitrous oxide, sulfur oxide sensing and removal
Fuel clean-up (sulfur, heavy metals)
Hazardous waste destruction: Assisted Hydrothermal Oxidation (AHO), hot water extraction, trace chemical detection
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