Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | October 26, 2020 Recent Advances in Becht’s HTHA Damage Modeling ... Overview This past spring, we described how we’ve incorporated well-established void growth modeling into our high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA)… Read More
Crude Refining & Production | October 8, 2020 Normalization Of Deviance Costs Lives... Space Shuttle Challenger Many of us can remember exactly where we were at 11:39 AM EST on January 28, 1986.… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 23, 2020 Improving Burner Design And Operation With CFD Mod... By Dave Dewees & Zumao Chen Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling can be used as an efficient and low-cost alternative… Read More
Machinery | September 18, 2020 Rotating Equipment – Shaft Alignment Basics... Shaft alignment is likely the most misunderstood facet of rotating installation and maintenance. Most shaft alignment today is done by… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | September 18, 2020 Winners, Losers and Everything In Between – ... In the final installment of the Winners, Losers, and Everything In Between series, we address “Planning for Sustainability”. What is… Read More
Process Technology | September 15, 2020 Improving Fixed Bed Naphtha Reformer Catalyst Rege... Background Refiners have been reforming naphtha to improve its octane or to produce aromatic chemicals since the 1930s. Initially the… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | September 9, 2020 Using LP Models To Sharpen Aim At Hydrocarbon Supp... It’s time that we shift our focus away from the doom, the gloom, the fear, and the uncertainty of today’s… Read More
Becht News | September 3, 2020 Chuck Becht IV Honored By NJBIZ With ICON Award... Excerpt below taken from NJBIZ... "The business world is full of successful leaders deserving of recognition—many of whom NJBIZ honors… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 31, 2020 CFD Modeling Of Mixing Tees – Design Of A Th... Published in Hydrocarbon Processing, August 2020 hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine By Dave Dewees, Zumao Chen, and Magnus Gustafsson Mixing tees - in which… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | August 31, 2020 Processing Lower Cost Crudes With Greater Confiden... Published in Inspectioneering Journal July|August 2020 By Gerrit Buchheim, Winston Robbins, and Frank Sapienza For more than 100 years, it… Read More
Becht News | August 22, 2020 Bringing the Becht Brand to the Asia-Pacific With ... Becht is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Saunders-Tack as Director of Operations for Asia-Pacific. Andy comes from senior… Read More
Fired Heater Services | August 22, 2020 Heater Experts Solve Common Problems With IR Therm... Many owner-operators in the oil/gas and petrochemical industry know infrared (IR) thermography is a pillar of any robust inspection program.… Read More
Learning & Development | August 13, 2020 New Solutions for Age-Old Problems... Becht continues its series on “Strategy to Maximize Value in the Time of COVID-19” with this 3rd blog focusing on… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 6, 2020 Managing the Life Cycle of Coke Drums... The Becht team of ABBY KING, N CHITHRANJAN, and MITCH MOLONEY recently published an article featuring the Life Cycle of… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | August 6, 2020 Practical HTHA Experience and Time-Based Nelson Cu... Recently, Becht published an article in Inspectioneering Journal regarding High Temperature Hydrogen Attack. This article was written by: DAVE DEWEES,… Read More