Process Technology | October 31, 2022 Don’t Ignore Your Heat Exchangers... Rarely do heat exchangers cause catastrophic events in operating plants. For that reason, they tend to get ignored; little or… Read More
Process Technology | September 26, 2022 Cooling Tower Acceptance Testing... In a recent blog, August 8, 2022, the subject of an independent check-rate or rating of a cooling tower’s thermal… Read More
Process Technology | August 8, 2022 Cooling Tower Thermal Performance Rating... A cooling tower is the largest heat exchanger in a plant, designed to remove heat from a process by a… Read More
Process Technology | June 21, 2022 Consider Taking a Long-Term View in a Shortsighted... Production facilities are all about what can we produce today. Everything can be rushed. When problems arise, people want the… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | February 3, 2022 Ammonia Plants... The nitrogen, ammonia, hydrogen, urea, and syngas industries are vital to the production of various petrochemical products for worldwide consumption.… Read More
Becht News | December 13, 2021 2021 – Year In Review... With the challenging environment last year of compressed margins, mixed mode work and high employee turnover, Becht focused on delivering… Read More
Process Technology | June 24, 2021 Becht Process Advisors Participate In Q&A In ... Participants: Doug Clarke, Al Keller, Jim Asquith, Sam Lordo, Bob Falkiner, Steve DeLude and Roberto Tomotaki To review the Q&A article… Read More
Process Technology | April 5, 2021 Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs): Part ... Part 1 of this article, which appeared in the April issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, discussed the inception of piping and… Read More
Process Technology | March 22, 2021 Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs): Part ... Origin and evolution Process plants require numerous types of equipment to produce the required products from the feed or raw… Read More
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
