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چکیده
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The chemical, refinery, and petrochemical industries are confronting significant challenges as they strive to adopt more environmentally friendly processes and produce 'green' products. An important aspect of achieving sustainability in these industries is effective corrosion management. This includes selecting and developing materials that resist corrosion, applying protective coatings, and using environmentally safe corrosion inhibitors. This paper will address specific challenges faced in these sectors. In the chemical industry, there is a push to substitute harmful and volatile solvents with greener alternatives. Options such as supercritical water processes, ionic liquids, and using carbon dioxide as a solvent require tailored corrosion management strategies to ensure safety and efficiency. Another issue for the refinery industry concerns new feedstocks such as opportunity crudes containing corrosive naphthenic acids or the transformation of biomass feed into bio-oils and biomaterials. Synthetic gas is also becoming a crucial intermediate in natural gas, coal or biomass to hydrocarbon liquids (XTL) processes. Other environmental aspects are the limitation of greenhouse gas (GHG) release from the plants by implementation of CO2 capture processes and the environmentally friendly management of water including more restrictive steps concerning its disposal. The implementation of advanced inspection and corrosion control management is also a major element of progress for sustainable development of the chemical, refinery, and petrochemical industries.
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