TOTM Archives

August 2009
How sensitive are crude oil pumping requirements to viscosity? | (Español)

July 2009
Variation of Natural Gas Heat Capacity with Temperature, Pressure, and Relative Denisty | (Español)

June 2009
Corrosion Monitoring and Inspection – Is There a Difference? | (Español)

May 2009
The Sensitivity of k-Values on Compressor Performance | (Español)

April 2009
Quick Determination of the Methanol Injection Rate for Natural-Gas Hydrate Inhibition | (Español)

March 2009
How Sensitive is Pressure Drop Due to Friction With Roughness Factor? | (Español)

February 2009
Three Simple Things to Improve Process Safety Management | (Español)

January 2009
Pressure Relief System Design Pit-falls | (Español)

December 2008
Maintenance Fallacy:  Focusing on Maintenance Planning and Scheduling and Reliability Will Increase Reliability Quickly | (Español)

November 2008
Effect of gas molecular weight on centrifugal compressor performance | (Español)

October 2008
How good are the detailed methods for sour gas density calculations? | (Español)

September 2008
How good are the shortcut methods for sour gas density calculations? | (Español)

August 2008
How good is Flanigan Correlation for Two Phase Gas-Liquid Pipeline Calculations? | (Español)

July 2008
The Truth about Why Your Preventive Maintenance Program Isn’t Working | (Español)

June 2008
Two Phase Gas-Liquid Pipeline Simulation | (Español)

May 2008
Flash Tank vs. HEX Economizer Refrigeration System | (Español)

April 2008
Providing a safe work place is good business: Learn from experience | (Español)

March 2008
Effect of Impurities on Propane Refrigeration System – Constant Approach Temperature | (Español)

February 2008
Effect of Impurities on Propane Refrigeration System | (Español)

January 2008
Refrigeration with Flash Economizer vs Simple Refrigeration System

December 2007
Acid Gas-Water Phase Behavior

November 2007
Water-Sour Natural Gas Phase Behavior

October 2007
Water-Sweet Natural Gas Phase Behavior

September 2007
Consequence of Liquid Carry Over – Part 2: Fixed Heat Exchanger Area

August 2007
Vigilance in Outside Contracting

July 2007
Consequence of Liquid Carry Over in a Simple Dew Point Control Plant

June 2007
Why do I care about phase diagrams?


May 2007
Vigilance With a Healthy Dose of Fear

April 2007
MEG Dehydration Ability in MEG Injection Plant

March 2007
MEG Injection vs. TEG Dehydration

February 2007
Friction Pressure Drop Calculation

January 2007
Guidelines for Liquid Density Prediction – Part 2: Process Simulator

December 2006
Guidelines for Liquid Density Prediction – Part 1: Correlations

November 2006
Liquid Density

October 2006
Guidelines for Selecting K-Value Method

September 2006
How to determine K-Values?

August 2006
Effect of Viscosity on Pump Performance

July 2006
Accuracy of Three Shortcut Prediction Methods for Hydrate Inhibition

June 2006
Accuracy of Commercial Process Simulators for Hydrate Inhibition

May 2006
Better Alternative for Natural Gas Sweetening