Crude & vacuum distillation and delayed coking: Crude/Vacuum Distillation-Fouling

William McClain, Behzad Nazar, Kevin Proops, Carlos E. Camacho, Frank Clouse, Samuel A. Lordo, Ashraf Khan, Michael Kimbrell, Paul Eaton, Steven Krynski, Mitchell Sapp, Mark Carte, Luis Oliveira, Ashutosh Garg, Thomas Germany, Tony Paul, David Mendrek, Tariq Malik, Aloke Roy, Scott BieberBruce Kennedy, Kelvin Salmon, Henry Jones

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Abstract

A discussion on crude/vacuum distillation fouling presented at the 56th Annual NPRA Technology Q&A (2002, Philadelphia, PA) covers dominant factors affecting coking in crude and vacuum heaters outlet temperature, peak flux, percent vaporization, velocity, residence time, or other; low cost, effective ways to reduce coking, such as steam injection, oil recycle, additives, or tube coatings; current approaches or technologies used for processing crudes containing calcium naphthanates; impacts of calcium naphthanates in the refinery; strategies developed to address the problems that can result from blending incompatible crudes; methods used to monitor fouling in the crude preheat exchanger train; advancements made in process side low and high temperature corrosion monitoring; and the detrimental effects on desalting, fouling, and corrosion in atmospheric and vacuum units due to processing high total acid number crudes.

Original languageEnglish
JournalNPRA Question and Answer Session on Refining and Petrochemical Technology
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes
Event2002 NPRA Technology Q and A Transcripts: Refining Excellence - Philadelphia, PA., United States
Duration: 15 Oct 200218 Oct 2002

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