PROVIDING SOLUTIONS FOR FOULING APPLICATIONS: PROFLUX~(TM) SEVERE SERVICE GRID

摘要

In today's competitive refining industry, maximizing existing assets or building new export capacity requires key technologies to ensure a return on investment. Two of the most important parameters considered in revamp work or new construction are throughput and reliability of the crude distillation unit. At the heart of the crude distillation unit sits the vacuum crude tower wash zone, which usually defines both capacity and run length of the unit. As crude slates become heavier, the severity of the conditions in the wash zone increases. Wash bed performance and reliability are determined by many factors, which include the design of mass transfer equipment.