Steam has been a popular mode of conveying energy since the industrial revolution. Steam networks are used for generating power, used in process industries...
Category - Process Design
An air cooled heat exchanger, or ACHE, is simply a pressure vessel which cools a circulating fluid within finned tubes by forcing ambient air over the exterior...
What is a fire safety review?
A Fire safety review is a safety review process for assessment of fire risk from potential flammable release hazards associated...
3D Plant Model of a Plant
The 3D models for processing units/facilities in oil refineries or chemical plants are normally built during the detailed engineering...
What is the Pre Startup Safety Review or PSSR?
The PSSR is a safety review conducted prior to startup (commissioning) of a new or modified...
What is HAZOP?
HAZOP- an abbreviated term of “HAZards and OPerability”- is defined as: “The application of a formal systematic critical examination of...
What is process safety review?
Process safety review is a planned and systematic brainstorming meeting for identification of potential hazards, assessment of...
Flare Radiation Plot and isopleths map
Flares in oil and gas production or processing plants continuously burn hydrocarbon gases. The flame of this burning of...
Flare tip burn back and its causes
Flare tip burn back is caused by low exit velocities of the gas at flare tip. The flare tip and flare stack diameter are...
Emissivity Coefficient or F factor for flare tip
Emissivity coefficient for a flare tip is the fraction of heat generated at the flare tip that is radiated to...
Flare/Vent network in oil refineries, oil and gas processing plants, all the relief devices that can emit hydrocarbons are connected to a flare/vent network...
Liquid seals are used at the base of flare stacks to prevent air ingress into the flare stack and further into the flare / vent network.
Flare / Vent...