Completed R&D Projects

The Petroleum Refining Industry of the Future partnership brought together collaborative R&D teams from industry, academia, and the national laboratories. Projects completed by these teams continue to provide energy and environmental benefits to the petroleum refining industry. Project factsheets for each project are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Micro Gas Chromatography Controller (PDF 181 KB)
Energy-saving Separations Technology for the Petroleum Refining Industry Fact Sheet (PDF 113 KB), Final Report (PDF 3.7 MB)
Assuring Mechanical Integrity of Refinery Equipment through Global On-Stream Inspection (PDF 105 KB)
Gas Imaging for Advanced Leak Detection (PDF 112 KB)
Rotary Burner Demonstration Fact Sheet (PDF 85 KB), Final Report (PDF 479 KB)
Biocatalytic Desulfurization of Petroleum Fact Sheet (PDF 91 KB), Final Report (PDF 318 KB)
Gasoline Biodesulfurization Fact Sheet (PDF 156 KB), Final Report (PDF 20.0 MB)
Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamic Model of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (PDF 107 KB)
Fouling Minimization (PDF 110 KB)
Waste Heat Driven Ammonia Absorption Chiller (PDF 87 KB)
Robotics Inspection System for Storage Tanks (PDF 83 KB)
Catalytic Cracking Demonstration Plant (PDF 103 KB)
Motor System Upgrades at Chevron Refinery (PDF 73 KB)
Advanced Process Analysis for Petroleum Refining (PDF 1.1 MB)