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Quantifying Petroleum Fouling of Refinery Heat Exchangers
Improvement to TEMA recommendations would provide engineers with greater confidence in the prediction of rates of fouling for various heat exchangers and heat exchanger types. This would allow heat exchangers to be designed to optimum specifications, resulting in enormous savings in capital and operating costs.
In this work, optical and acoustic scattering techniques have been used in the development of two new oil stability tests. Interpretation of the scattered signals yields information about the state of aggregation of the asphaltene within the oil sample. Since the aggregation of asphaltene is known to play a key role in the fouling of refinery heat exchanger equipment, these new test provide information which is valuable, both in the design and in the operation of refinery heat exchangers.
In addition, an investigation has been carried out in collaboration with a major international refiner into the use of artificial intelligence to model the fouling of process plant. Although the success of these models varied greatly, the better models were able to predict general trends in fouling rate.
In this work, optical and acoustic scattering techniques have been used in the development of two new oil stability tests. Interpretation of the scattered signals yields information about the state of aggregation of the asphaltene within the oil sample. Since the aggregation of asphaltene is known to play a key role in the fouling of refinery heat exchanger equipment, these new test provide information which is valuable, both in the design and in the operation of refinery heat exchangers.
In addition, an investigation has been carried out in collaboration with a major international refiner into the use of artificial intelligence to model the fouling of process plant. Although the success of these models varied greatly, the better models were able to predict general trends in fouling rate.
298 pages, Hardcover
Published August 1, 1999
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Gregory M. Jones
5 books4 followersDr Gregory M. Jones is an experienced board member who has held the office of director and chairman on several company boards since 2009.
During his executive career, Dr Jones served as CEO of an industrial manufacturing company and led several large business units at a Fortune 500 corporation. He also led strategy development and business transformation on behalf of multiple companies at a “Big Three” management consulting firm, and was responsible for a Digital Transformation program across a large global engineering and technology business.
Dr Jones holds university degrees in engineering, chemistry, business, finance, and international relations. He qualified as a certified non-executive director in 2016.
During his executive career, Dr Jones served as CEO of an industrial manufacturing company and led several large business units at a Fortune 500 corporation. He also led strategy development and business transformation on behalf of multiple companies at a “Big Three” management consulting firm, and was responsible for a Digital Transformation program across a large global engineering and technology business.
Dr Jones holds university degrees in engineering, chemistry, business, finance, and international relations. He qualified as a certified non-executive director in 2016.
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