"Measure the Difficult to Measure"
2019 Innovative Process Diagnostics Symposium
May 21, 2019 in Deer Park, Texas, USA - 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
May 23, 2019 in Gonzales, Louisiana, USA - 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
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Tracerco is happy to announce that we have rescheduled our symposium "Measuring the Difficult to Measure" to be held in Deer Park, Texas and Gonzales, Louisiana. These new dates allow both our refining and petrochemical customers the ability to schedule their time to attend the symposium. Read more to learn about the topics of discussion.
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Topics:
solids buildup,
exchangers,
gamma scanning distillation columns,
pipeline blockage,
flare gas meter,
Flow Study,
fccu studies,
flare flow measurement,
fugitive flare flow,
verify flow meters,
flare flowrate data,
flow rate calculations,
Process Diagnostics Technology,
tray fouling,
gamma scan,
fcc services,
level detection devices,
packing mal-distribution,
liquid distribution,
quantitative analysis pack beds,
PackView Analysis,
packed bed towers,
packed bed scan,
monitor wash bed coking,
tomography scan,
off spec product,
online leak detection,
chemical leak test,
feed/effluent heat exchangers,
exchanger bundle leak testing,
Tracer Study,
packed bed performance analytics,
Damage to vessel internals,
trayed tower,
mass transfer diagnostics
Are you planning a scheduled turnaround and want to know the advantages of scanning before and after your planned turnaround?
A Tru-Scan™ or Tru-Grid™ Scan will assist in defining and developing a turnaround critical path project scope at an early stage ensuring that your turnaround meets your goals. The most common use of gamma scans is to give process engineers and operations an online tool that results in understanding how a column is performing. This data can be used in advance of a turnaround to identify tray or packing damage and other process problems without having to shut down the column for internal inspections. These results will fully prepare turnaround planners with the knowledge they need for critical path decisions that must be made prior to a shutdown. At other times the results from a Tru-Scan™ or Tru-Grid™ Scan can either justify an unscheduled shutdown or identify options that will enable a plant to continue operating until the next scheduled shutdown.
Read more on how Tracerco scanning technologies can help to develop a plan for your turnaround planning.
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Topics:
Gamma Scanning,
Liquid maldistribution,
packed column,
Packed Beds,
Tru-Grid Scan,
Suspected maldistribution in packed beds,
turnaround schedules,
turnarounds,
turnaround planning,
tray fouling,
gamma scan,
liquid distribution,
quantitative analysis pack beds,
PackView Analysis,
packed bed towers,
packed bed scan,
packed bed performance analytics,
density of liquid,
fouling,
critical path
Diagnose and take control of fouling issues.
In some processes a common problem that towers experience over a period of time is fouling of trays and packing with solid deposits. Fouling can cause conditions such as liquid maldistribution in packed columns or premature entrainment/flooding in trayed columns resulting in a loss of efficiency and an increase in operating pressure drop. Fouling may result from foreign material entering a column or from polymerization or decomposition occurring inside the column. The fouling may start under normal conditions or begin to build due to abnormal operating conditions.
Read more on how Tracerco scanning technologies can help to develop a plan to implement a routine maintenance programme for assets with fouling issues.
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Topics:
Gamma Scanning,
Liquid maldistribution,
packed column,
Packed Beds,
Tru-Grid Scan,
Suspected maldistribution in packed beds,
tray fouling,
gamma scan,
liquid distribution,
quantitative analysis pack beds,
PackView Analysis,
packed bed towers,
packed bed scan,
packed bed performance analytics,
density of liquid,
fouling
Scanning technology can provide a valuable insight when critical process equipment is experiencing problems and producing off-spec product. Based on the results provided, the best course of action to correct the problem can be identified in the least amount of time in order to save valuable process system downtime.
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Topics:
Process Diagnostics,
Tru-Scan,
Tray Damage,
tower scan,
process diagnostics technologies,
tower scanning,
trayed columns,
flooded trays,
beer column,
process equipment,
fouled trays,
Process Diagnostics Technology,
process diagnostics systems,
tray fouling,
mechanical integrity
It is common in many oil refineries, chemical, ethanol and ammonia plants, for critical process equipment to experience problems. Issues in trayed towers such as internal tray damage, missing trays, plugged downcomers and tray foaming can all lead to off-spec production and in some cases, un-anticipated shutdowns. Scanning technology can help you avoid these scenarios by providing you with an assessment of your operating conditions, whilst your process equipment remains online. In this blog post we will feature the top three questions we are asked with regard to Trayed Towers and our Tru-Scan™ technology.
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Topics:
Process Diagnostics,
Gamma Scanning,
Tru-Scan,
Tray Damage,
FrothView,
tower scan,
tower scanning,
tower gamma scan,
flooded trays,
process equipment,
Tray weeping,
tray fouling,
mechanical integrity
