Browsing by Subject "Petrochemical"
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Application of exergy-based fault detection in a gas-to-liquids process plant
(MDPI, 2019)Fault detection and isolation (FDI) within the petrochemical industries (PCIs) is largely dominated by statistical techniques. Although a signal-based technique centered on exergy flows within a process plant was proposed, ... -
Assessment of information utilisation : a maintenance and operational view, SASOL Infragas as case study
(2013)Sasol Infragas uses various maintenance information systems that support operational and maintenance personnel in their everyday environment. These systems have been in operation for more than two years. Currently, there ... -
Design and analysis for efficient simulation in petrochemical industry
(North-West University, 2008)Building an industrial simulation model is a very time and cost intensive exercise because these models are large and consist of complicated computer code. Fully understanding the relationships between the inputs and the ... -
Identifying opportunities for leveraging industry 4.0 technology in petrochemical engineering, procurement, and construction projects in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Engineering, procurement and construction projects (EPC) are notorious for cost and schedule overruns. With the declining profit pool of the petrochemical industry in South Africa, EPC contractors need to answer the call ... -
An improved maintenance management strategy for gas field equipment in Escravos gas–to–liquid plant, Nigeria
(North-West University, 2010)The safety record of most petrochemical industries in the world and Nigeria in particle, has not been able to come down to the maximum allowable range of 0 - 0.1 percent of tolerance on recordable injuries, due to increasing ... -
Leadership, role clarity and psychological empowerment within a petrochemical organisation
(North-West University, 2009)In an era characterised by economic recessions, technological change and intensified global competition, the worldwide organisational landscape has been transformed. Organisations are positioning themselves closer to their ... -
Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
(North-West University, 2011)Technology is the answer to most of our human needs but every technology is often accompanied by other challenges which often lead to the evolvement of another technology. One of the technologies that have greatly impacted ... -
Measuring service delivery in the supply chain department of a petrochemical organisation
(2013)The essence of this study is to measure the factors that lead to the negative perception of poor service delivery from the Supply and Demand Management (SDM) department of Company X. The Sasolburg operation was selected ...