Engineering firm has designed refinery of the future

Journal Article · Mon Apr 28 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · Oil and Gas Journal

OSTI ID:467780

Inomata, Makoto; Sato, Kyohei; Yamada, Yu; Sasaki, Hajime ^[1]

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1. JGC Corp., Yokohama (Japan)

Four years ago, JGC Corp. organized a project team called ``Refinery Engineering for the Future in the Twenty-First Century,`` or REF-21. The purpose of the team was to forecast the environment facing the refining industry in Japan, long-range energy supply and demand, population and economic growth, traffic system trends, and technology and science progress through the middle of the twenty-first century. The REF-21 team also was charged with developing a conceptual design for the future refinery. The team proposed four types of configurations for the so-called new-generation refineries. These schemes included some new technologies that it deemed commercializable by 2000. JGC evaluated these new-generation refinery schemes in terms of overall yields, energy efficiencies, emissions, and economics, as compared with existing refineries. JGC also has developed an amenity design program (ADP), and is applying it to a refinery in Japan to produce a new-concept operation center. Through amenity design, JGC intends to improve the operating environment for employees in order to enhance overall productivity.

• OSTI ID: 467780
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 95; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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