175 Refinery Distillation


Description:
Papers should include recent material on review, research, fundamentals, applications, and case study examples for advances in distillation and in refining and petrochemicals. Contributions from academics, researchers, industry, vendor, government agencies and others are encouraged. Areas of interest would include processes with possible practical application to solving industrial problems. Specific themes may include capacity, product quality, energy efficiency, troubleshooting, new equipment types, and new process configurations.

Sponsor:
Fuels and Petrochemicals Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Distillation and Absorption (02A)


Chair:
Andrew W. Sloley
Principal Consultant
Advisian (WorleyParsons Group)
Houston, TX
Phone Number: 1-281-619-8663
Email: Andrew.Sloley@advisian.com

Co-Chair:
Paul M. Mathias
Technical Director and Senior Fellow
Fluor Corporation
Aliso Viejo, CA
Email: Paul.M.Mathias@Fluor.com


Papers:
A Framework for Optimization-Based Design of Heat-Integrated Crude Oil Distillation Units Using a Surrogate Model and Support Vector Machine
Dauda Ibrahim, The University of Manchester; Megan Jobson, The University of Manchester; Jie Li, The Univesirity of Manchester; Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Optimization-Based Design of Energy-Efficient Crude Oil Distillation Systems with Pre-Separation Units
Minerva Ledezma-Martínez, The University of Manchester; Megan Jobson, The University of Manchester; Robin Smith, The University of Manchester
Vacuum Distillation: Slop Wax Disposition
Andrew W. Sloley, Advisian (WorleyParsons Group)
Vacuum Distillation: Fractionating Wash Zones
Andrew W. Sloley, Advisian (WorleyParsons Group)
Fouling Modelling for Crude Oil Heat Exchanger Networks
José Loyola-Fuentes, The University of Manchester; Robin Smith, The University of Manchester; Megan Jobson, The University of Manchester
Abstract Submissions Closed
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