123 Ethylene Plant Maintenance & Reliability

Tuesday, March 28, 2017: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hemisfair Ballroom C3 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Description:
The Maintenance and Reliability session will focus on how aging assets and the shift to lighter feedstocks affect olefin plant reliability and how top-performers respond to the challenges. The session will include a panel discussion with equipment manufacturers and plant operators, offering attendees the opportunity to explore in open dialogue the impacts of the “shale gas revolution” on maintenance and reliability.

Sponsor:
Topical 4: The 29th Ethylene Producers’ Conference

Chair:
Michael Pelton
Email: michael.pelton@lyondellbasell.com

Co-Chair:
Michael Kudijaroff
Email: michael.kudijaroff@williams.com

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on the online proceeding.


2:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks

2:02 PM
Introductory Remarks
File available
2:05 PM
(123a) Case Study Evaluation of End of Life Condition of Cracking Tubes with Anticoking Barrier Technology
Michael Gyorffy

2:30 PM
(123b) Lifecycle Analysis of Brazed Aluminum Plate Fin Heat Exchangers (BAHX)
Bruce Harle, Steven J. Vallee and Jonathan Miller
File available
2:55 PM
(123c) Ageing Assets in the Process Industry -  an Holistic View
Theodorus G. Knijff

3:20 PM
Break

3:40 PM
(123d) The Impact of Moving to Gas Feeds on the Maintenance & Reliability of the Ethylene Plant
John Weikel and Keyton D. (Dane) DeRouen

4:05 PM
Panel Session – Impact of Lighter Feeds and Plant Age on Maintenance & Reliability
Sanjeev Kapur

4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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