Archive for the ‘Blending’ Category

Managing Terminal and Offsites Operations

Posted in Blending, Chemical, Refining, Terminal on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008. No comments yet

I’ve written about terminal and offsites operations a few times in the past. I had a chance to catch a presentation given by Emerson’s Shoyeb Hasanali, who leads the terminal management solutions team. Shoyeb began by giving us a good grounding on terminal operations. These facilities provide receiving, shipping and storage facilities for liquid or [...]

Optimized Blending Through Better Flow Measurement

Posted in Blending, Measurement, Refining on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. No comments yet

In an earlier blending applications post, I mentioned some of the advantages of online/inline blending over traditional, batch-based blending. It’s a process which crosses many industries including refining, pulp and paper, chemicals/specialty chemicals and food and beverage to name a few. I came across an article, Optimizing blending operations by Julie Valentine, a refining specialist [...]