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The Role of Sulfur Species in Establishing the Corrosion Reactions in Refinery Metallurgies
DownloadSpring 2016
This thesis is focused on the studying the role that model sulfur-containing molecules have in corrosion reactions on relevant metallurgies. This was done by using a design of experiments where a number of sulfur-based compounds were reacted with various metallurgies. The 8 model sulfur compounds...
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Fall 2009
In the refining industry, the cost of a power system interruption is dominated by an associated loss of production. Power distribution within a refinery includes a set of production units within a highly inter-dependent process, where the outage of a single unit affects the production of...
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A Surface Science Approach Towards Understanding and Mitigating Fouling and Corrosion in Crude Oil Refinery Units
DownloadFall 2021
This research presents a detailed investigation of corrosion and organic fouling on several important metallurgies in a broad range of crude oils. Throughout a refinery, fouling of metallic heat-transfer surfaces is a ubiquitous, costly, and complex phenomena, made increasingly challenging by...