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SPECIAL FOCUS: PROCESS CONTROLS, INSTRUMENTATION
AND AUTOMATION
23 Manage integrated operating limits
M. A. Baliga
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27 The path forward for process automation: Multivariable control
as core competency
A. Kern
ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
30 Materials management: Data-centric execution
to enhance organizational productivity-Part 2
S. Wyss
33 Purchase order, contract or purchase agreement:
Which is best for your procurement strategy?
J. Berg, A. Parmar, C. Rentschler and G. Shahani
37 Installation of magnetic level gauges in modularization projects
S. Sardana and M. Sinha
MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY
43 Continuous corrosion monitoring improves process optimization
W. Fazackerley
45 Calculate the MTBR of pumps in an oil refinery
S. Zardynezhad
HP AWARDS
49 Winners
This special section details the winners in each category for the
fifth annual HP Awards. The winners were announced Oct. 28.
SUSTAINABILITY
56 H2
O2 and its hydrocarbon nitridation/oxidation
to produce caprolactam and propene oxide
B. Zong, Y. Shi and B. Sun
ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY
61 Assessment of independent protection layers in an LOPA study-Part 1
H. J. Patel
HYDROGEN
64 Monitoring hydrogen plant performance-Part 2
K. R. Ramakumar
WATER MANAGEMENT
67 Impact of inaccurate water-in-oil measurement
M. Yang
71 Advanced methods for controlling boiler tube corrosion and fouling-Part 2
K. Kraetsch and B. Buecker
BONUS REPORT: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
74 Integrate artificial intelligence with natural intelligence
S. Fernandes
VALVES, PUMPS AND TURBOMACHINERY
77 Control valve design challenges for green diesel processes
J. Prusha
81 Vertically suspended molten sulfur pumping challenges and best practices
K. Brashler and W. K. Allah
85 How to select the proper valve for reliable performance
in critical/severe service applications
D. Leavitt and J. Gremillion
DEPARTMENTS
4 Industry Perspectives
10 Business Trends
89 Advertiser Index
90 Events
COLUMNS
7 Editorial Comment
In pursuit of operational excellence:
A thank you from
Hydrocarbon Processing
15 Reliability
Houston: We have another problem
18 Process Controls,
Instrumentation and Automation
Why it is time to move on
from the thermowell
20 Digital
Digital twin for refinery
production optimization
WEB EXCLUSIVE
People
Cover Image: A view of BASF's 90,000-tpy
acetylene plant at the company's Ludwigshafen
Verbund site. Around 20 plants at the Ludwigshafen
site use acetylene as a chemical building block and
starting material for manufacturing many everyday
products, including pharmaceuticals, plastics,
solvents, electronic chemicals and highly elastic
textile fibers. Photo courtesy of BASF.

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