Process Technology | February 12, 2021 HF Alkylation Capabilities... Becht has a team of HF Alky experts that have established and led the alkylation networks and licensing activities for… Read More
Fired Heater Services | February 9, 2021 Fired Equipment Turnaround Reviews... With contributing author: [popup_anything id="5630"] Fired equipment is a critical part of most refinery process units. Operating at high temperatures… Read More
Becht News | December 16, 2020 Becht Year in Review – 2020... 2020 has been a year filled with many challenges and we extend our sympathy to those who have been affected… 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
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
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
Becht News | April 24, 2020 Becht Welcomes Tim Shepperd to Our Team... Tim Shepperd, formerly VP Technology & Consulting for HF Alkylation Consultants, has joined the Becht team. With over 30 years… Read More
Process Technology | October 21, 2018 Fatal Distractions: Refinery Chloride Contaminati... On December 29, 1972 one the Nation’s worst airline accidents occurred as Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 19, 2018 Multi-Discipline Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA... Becht Engineering is at the forefront of performing extensive Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFA) for its clients in heavy industry.… Read More
Process Technology | June 24, 2017 Process Safety Management and YOU... Walking the Walk…Management Commitment My assumption is if you are reading this, you have some involvement in, or responsibility for,… Read More
Process Technology | November 14, 2016 Importance of Codes and Standards for Process Safe... Compliance with the Process Safety Management rule, OSHA 1910.119, is a requirement for plants processing certain highly hazardous materials exceeding… Read More
Process Technology | June 4, 2016 Mentoring Young Process Engineers... Today’s young process engineers have tools available to them that we “old timers” only dreamed about. Although smaller and some… Read More
Process Technology | April 12, 2016 PSM Implementation is a Challenge – Maintain... The Process Safety Management rule (PSM), OSHA 1910.119, was implemented in the early 90’s, more than 20 years ago. Implementation… Read More
Process Technology | January 7, 2016 Natural Gas Fuel – Is It Time To Convert?... Natural gas costs have decreased substantially relative to fuel oil over the past few years because of the major gas… Read More