Preliminary Program subject to change
T2006 Ethylene Plant Rotating Equipment
OverviewThis topic will cover compressor, turbine and pump issues associated with the ethylene industry. This will be of interest to all associated with operating, maintaining, designing or troubleshooting of these machines.
Primary SponsorTopical 2: Ethylene Producers Conference (T2)

Chair

Alan S. Pyle
Principal Engineer
Rotating Equipment Engineering
Shell Global Solutions
3333 Highway 6 South
Houston, TX 77251-1380
Phone Number: 281-544-8435
Email: alan.pyle@shell.com

CoChair

Kazim Ahktar
Chief Machinery Engineer
ABB Lummus Global
3010 Briarpark Drive
Houston, TX 77042
Phone Number: 713-821-4617
Email: kazim.akhtar@us.abb.com
Introductory Remarks
Operator Surveillance of Critical Machinery in Ethylene Plants
Mark Cooper, Lyondell Chemical Company, Channelview Chemical Complex, Channelview, TX 77512
Ethylene Plant Cold Service Pump Startup Procedures
Charlie Rutan, Lyondell Chemical Company, Chocolate Bayou Chemical Complex, P.O. Box 29117, Alvin, TX 77512
New Technique for on Line Washing of Large Condensing Steam Turbines
Satoshi Hata, Hiroshima Machinery Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 6-22, 4-CHOME, KAN-ON-SHIN-MACHI, NISHI-KU, Hiroshima, 733-8553, Japan
Break
Compressor Fouling Caused by Capacity Increase without Knockout Pot Redesign
Johnny Dugas, E.I. DuPont, Sabine River Works, P.O. Box 1089, Orange, TX 77631-1089
Design Considerations for Effective Liquid Removal in Suction Drums
Bernard Kalis, Amistco Separation Products, Inc., 23147 Highway 6, Alvin, TX 77511
Antifouling and Corrosion Resistant Coatings for Cracked Gas Compressors and Steam Turbines
Phillip Dowson, Elliott Company, 901 N. Fourth Street, Jeannette, PA 15644-1473
Concluding Remarks

Topical 2: Ethylene Producers Conference