James Cross

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James Cross

Global Industry Manager - Hydrocarbon Processing (HPI)

James works with end-users, OEMs, EPCs, technology licensors, and a network of global partners to ensure that AMETEK Land’s industry leading technology is implemented across the hydrocarbon and petrochemical industry, to make improvements to process quality, efficiency, and safety. He applies his ten-years of experience with high temperature furnace instrumentation to HPI processes such a hydrogen, ammonia, methanol production using steam methane reformer furnaces, ethylene production using steam cracking furnaces, and other process including flare monitoring, gassifying, sulphur recovery thermal reactors, and more refinery and petrochemical processes.

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Maintaining the Reliability and Safety of Steam Methane Reformers through Outlet System Monitoring

Monday, March 20, 2023 | James Cross

Application

Monitoring the performance of a steam methane reformer (SMR) is a crucial process in the ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, and steel industries. However, the operation of the SMR close to its material temperature and pressure design limits poses significant reliability challenges, such as creep rupture and cracks caused by high pressures, temperature fluctuations, and mechanical loads. Therefore, regular physical inspections and monitoring of the SMR are required despite the safety risks beneath the reformer.
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10 Reasons Why Thermal Cameras Are Preferred to Video Cameras for Furnace Monitoring.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | James Cross

Application

Following on from a recent blog by my esteemed colleague Manfred in December, we continue the discussion on thermal imaging versus video imaging with a focus on furnace monitoring. We often get asked something along the lines of “why would I install a thermal imager when there are perfectly good high temperature video cameras available for my furnace?” It’s quite simple; accurate temperature data is extremely valuable.
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Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) Tube Metal Temperatures (TMT) Data Collection and Correction

Friday, January 6, 2023 | James Cross

Application

Due to the significant number of questions about how to record and interpret tube metal temperatures from infrared pyrometers on Steam Methane Reformers and other fired heaters, we have produced the brief guide below which is the result of feedback from industry experts.
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How an Uncalibrated Optical Pyrometer Can Affect Temperature Accuracy of TMT Readings on Steam Methane Reformers

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | James Cross

Products

We recently conducted some customer training on using the Cyclops for tube metal temperature measurements and found large temperature errors when using an old, damaged, and uncalibrated Cyclops C100.
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Should I Choose an Air-cooled or Water-cooled Thermal Imaging Camera for my Furnace?

Monday, August 8, 2022 | James Cross

Application

Our engineering team has always been quite cautious about the cooling flows we state in our specifications on instruments designed for furnace imaging (for example for instruments like the water-cooled NIR-B-640-EX), both in terms of volumes and quality of air and water.
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Thermal Imaging Accuracy for Furnace Applications

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 | James Cross

Maintenance

During discussions on thermal imaging of large furnaces/fired heaters, I get a lot of questions about the accuracy of thermal imaging cameras when measuring tube metal temperatures (TMTs). The answer is not quite as simple as some would like.
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Optimising Fired Heaters using Thermal Imaging Solutions

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | James Cross

Application

Anyone who has worked on fired heaters knows that they each have their own personality. They are complex and important pieces of major equipment to refineries and petrochemical complexes, and they present unique (often frustrating) challenges from a temperature measurement, reliability, and optimisation perspective.
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Practical Advice on Using Portable Handheld Pyrometers for Measuring Tube Wall Temperature (TWT)

Sunday, January 5, 2020 | James Cross

Application Products

To obtain the best temperature measurements of tube walls, there are a number of recommended practices to take into consideration:
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What are the Benefits of Measuring Reformer Tube Wall Temperatures?

Monday, November 11, 2019 | James Cross

Application Products

Monitoring tube wall temperatures (TWT) provides the maximum level of catalyst tube life to ensure energy efficiency and productivity. High temperatures inside the furnace can cause expansion of the tubes, or even catastrophic tube failure, along with creep damage, coke formation and process flow problems.
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