Refinning sector: New oportunities for energy efficiency improvements
Energy efficiency is key in the oil refining sector, and has a direct impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions generated by its activity. I have always had a number in my head. From all the OPEX that a refinery has, almost 60% are energy costs… and that’s right. In the vast majority of studies, I […]
Decarbonizing with Co2
The new opportunities for the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the development of products and services are attracting the attention of governments, but especially of industry. In the special report of the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) issued in 2018[1], three routes are shown (Figure 1) on how global anthropogenic emissions must change […]
Identification of risks in industrial facilities
In the developmet of the current legislation on major accidents, there have been several European Directives that have been defining the current legal framework, creating the SEVESO legislation (SEVESO I, SEVESO II y SEVESO III). This legal framework has been updated periodically, taking into account the main lessons learned from industrial accidents occurred in the […]
Improvements of ullage systems for solar thermal plants
HTF is a heat transfer fluid widely used in solar thermal power plants as an exchange fluid for steam generation, as well as for heating molten salts in energy storage systems. Depending on the size and design of each plant, the amount of thermal fluid that circulates in a solar thermal power plant is usually […]
