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Entire management team API 936-certified
Diamond Refractory Services, a specialist in emergency refinery shutdowns, differentiates
itself through certification, quality, and expertise
or Houston-based Diamond Refractory
Services, one measure of the company's
success is the percentage of business that
engages the organization on multiple projects.
For the last 16 years, Diamond has enjoyed
a customer retention rate of 85%, a
percentage that shows just how seriously it
takes client needs and meeting or surpassing
expectations.
Diamond is known for providing one of
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the petrochemical industry's most critical
services: rapid deployment in response to
emergency refinery shutdowns. Some of
the biggest names in refining and processing
regularly rely on Diamond to provide repair,
revamp, and construction services for
FCCUs, sulfur units, acids plants, furnaces,
and heaters.
Within an industry that is highly competitive,
Diamond has risen to the top by boasting
an admirably successful safety record
that includes a total recordable injury rate
(TRIR) of 0.00 for three consecutive years.
Comprising refractory specialists, alloy
welders, nozzlemen, safety professionals,
A Diamond Refractory worker performs
a 100% demolition and refractory
replacement on a waste heat cooler
skilled laborers, forklift drivers, and other
dedicated employees, Diamond vaunts
an entire management team that is API
936-certified. Diamond's team is well versed
in rapid arc welding, a fast, reliable, and accurate
method to secure refractory anchors.
Since 1989, API's Individual Certification
Programs have provided the petroleum
and petrochemical industries with an independent
and unbiased way to evaluate
the knowledge and experience of technical
and inspection personnel. Earning the API
936 certification has significantly bolstered
Diamond's service offering. The certification
virtually guarantees that the company will
provide educated, specialized management
to each site, and that it has established a
minimum standard of knowledge and skill
for its personnel. Being certified also means
Diamond provides a higher level of management
control over quality inspection practices,
while simultaneously maintaining a
high level of safety and performance, and
reducing the potential for downtime due to
equipment failure.
Diamond's team of refractory specialists
has completed over 100 FCCU turnarounds
to date, and accumulated 1.7 million hours
worked. With over 200 years of combined
refractory experience, Diamond Refractory's
management team is uniquely positioned to
tackle the industry's most difficult refractory
challenges.
Add a heat transfer expert without adding head count
Eastman technical support paired with Therminol heat transfer fluids provide design and
operational solutions that can lead to extended life and high performance
eat transfer fluid systems are integral to
refining and petrochemical processes.
Choosing the right heat transfer fluid and
supplier can help optimize performance by
adding an expert to the in-house team.
From a small-scale low-temperature
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batch reaction to a continuous, multistep
process with stringent temperature control,
the Eastman technical services team understands
customers' needs and can provide
system design support with any of the
Therminol family of coolants and heat transfer
fluids. Good up-front design identifies
the fluid best suited to avoiding problems
with corrosion or accidental intermixing, and
reduces the area required for heat exchange.
Therminol heat transfer fluids span the
widest temperature range available among
any organic heat transfer portfolio, from
-115°C (-175°F) to 400°C (750°F).
In petrochemicals, LAB (linear alkyl benzene),
phthalic anhydride (PA), terephthalic
acid (PTA), olefins, alcohols, and plasticizers
are among the products for which heat
transfer systems form an integral part of the
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this risk, and can recommend corrective actions
based on complimentary in-service
fluid testing to identify moisture ingress
and fluid degradation.
Choosing the right heat transfer fluid
and supplier can add an expert to the
in-house team, helping to optimize
performance in petrochemical processes
process. A central heating and circulating
system with multiple users provides temperature
control for the different stages of
reaction, separation and purification.
For organic separations at temperatures
above 100°C, it is especially important to
avoid water leakage into the process side.
Eastman's team understands how design
and maintenance procedures can minimize
The thermally stable synthetic organic
chemistries of Therminol fluids ensure high
reliability and on-stream time for heating
fractionation unit reboilers as well as cooling
overhead condensers where water must
be avoided. Additionally, the many energyintensive
operations in refinery units offer
opportunities for innovative energy integration
opportunities.
For more than 50 years, the Therminol
heat transfer fluid brand has been the
choice for excellence in technical support,
customer service, performance, and innovation.
Eastman's TLC Total Lifecycle Care
program is designed to support Therminol
customers throughout the life cycles of
their systems. Technical support includes
assistance with system design, start-up,
operational and safety training, a technical
service hotline, sample analysis, and fluid
flush and refill.
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www.therminol.com
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