Engineers at DaimlerChrysler once analyzed valve trains with nothing more than old Fortran programs. But 3D dynamic-simulation software now handles the task with features tailor-made for modeling fast ...

An economical and technically feasible method is available for determining effective pipeline block valve automation for remote operations. Most pipeline codes do not stipulate requirements for block ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

The new European Union 10-ppm sulfur fuel regulations present various challenges for operating and controlling refinery desulfurization units. Repsol-YPF, Madrid, has been using simulation to mitigate ...