TECHNICAL DATA FOR THE PLANT WHERE THE CHEMICALS SHALL BE APPLIED

1. Atmospheric Distillation Unit

Atmospheric Distillation Unit: Designation S-2100
Design capacity per day: max10600 metric tons
Licence: Romanian Research and Design Institute for Oil Refining and
Petrochemical Industries, ICPRP, Ploesti, Romania
Engineering: Romanian Research and Design Institute for Oil Refining and
Petrochemical Industries, ICPRP, Ploesti, Romania
First Start-up: 1978
Days on stream per year: 330
Raw Crude: Russian export blend – approx. 80 %
Domestic – approx. 20 %
Chemical requests for ADU:
Demulsifier
Type: Emulsion breaking chemicals (safe and easily handled oil soluble liquid) that should
be able to provide the following benefits with minimum costs.
- To resolves emulsion and improves desalter efficiency
- Helps to remove solids from oil and provide oil-free effluent water
- Do not contain heavy metal or organic halides and should not have harmful effects on
refinery catalysts.

Operating conditions and performance requirements or desalter are given below

DESALTER

OPERATING CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

UNIT: ATMOSFERIC CRUDE DISTILATION UNIT SIGN: S-2100

EQUIPMENT: One 10” dia x 70” end to end PETRECO low velocity desalter ITEM: DA-2151

DESIGN FEED CHARACTERISTIC

Crude URAL Rate 10600 MT/day
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Specific Gravity 0.875 Temperature 100-125 C
Viscosity CSt 11.9 Pressure (presumed) 10.34 barg
Viscosity cSt 100 10.34 barg
Salt content ppm 10 Maximum pressure must not exceed the design
BS&W % vol 0.5 Pressure of the vessel. Operational pressure must
Crude KIRQUK Adequate maintain the desalter contains in a liquid
Specific Gravity 0.844 state.
Viscosity cSt 6.65 ELECTRICITY DEMAND
Viscosity cSt 4.40 Demand to desalter: One 150 KVA 380 volt
Salt content ppm 3.0 3 phase, 50 cycle circuit
BS&W % vol 0.2 Expected load: 30 KW (in operation 15 KW)
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PROCES WATER PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS For vessel

Type: Stripped sour water. Samples taken every four hours over a 24-h period
pH to be mentioned at 6.0 - 7.5 shall be composite for an average salt content. The
plant will be deemed acceptable if, during 24 hour
4 – 6 % by volume acceptance test the desalter performs to the
Rate: following specifications:
Preheated by exchanging with - delivery up to 10600MT per day at a minimum
Temperature: desalter effluent water or rate of desalted crude oil having a water
Ambient. extractable chloride salt content based on the
salt in the raw crude oil as follows:
10.69 barg for water injected
Pressure: ahead of emulsifying valve plus Design data:
sufficient additional pressure for Salt in Salt out
water injected ahead of primary 0 -10 1
heat exchanger, if required. 11-25 2
25-60 3
60 and over 3 or 5 of the water extractable
chlorides salt content in the raw crude oil whichever
is the greater.
Expected: over 85 % of salt in
The insoluble aqueous phase in the desalted crude
at operating temp. does not exceed 0.2 % vol
WATER CLARIFIED CHEMICAL PRESSURE DROP
Demulsifier type Depend on crude Across MIX valve and desalter: up to 1.38 bar
Demulsifier rate Up to 5 ppm if required to meet Normal expected: 0.7-0.8 bar
performance requirement
NaOH dosage Depend on effluent water pH
UTILITIES
Cooling water: 11.35 l/min when a sample is
being withdrawn
Instrument air: 0.028 m3/min per instrument
Steam: For vessel steam out prior to
inspection

Corrosion inhibitor shall be applied: Upstream of the fractionator overhead air cooler
Upstream of the Debutanizer overhead air cooler
Upstream of the Gasoline Splitter overhead air cooler
At the Fractionator gasoline (top) pump around
Type: Filmer - Have to be safe and easily handled oil-soluble liquid, able to provides
effective corrosion inhibition (protective film) over a wide pH range during
occasional pH swings.
For requested corrosion inhibitors care should be taken about:
- Do not contain heavy metal, organic halides or halogens and should not have harmful
effects on refinery catalysts (should have low-level nitrogen content).
- Should have low tendency to emulsifying overhead products at low pH conditions and
provides exceptionally high WSIM rating in products

Note: The Corrosion inhibitor for ADU shall also be applied at the following units:

Reforming Unit: Designation S-300

Design capacity per day: max 1050 metric tons
Licence: UOP - semi regenerative
Engineering: LFT LUMMUS
First Start-up: 1968
Days on stream per year: 330
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Mid Distill. HDS Unit Unit Designation S-400

Design capacity per day: max 500 metric tons
Licence: UOP
Engineering: LFT LUMMUS
First Start-up: 1968
Days on stream per year: 330

FCC LCGO HDS Unit: Unit Designation S-2400

Design capacity per day: max 1 340 LCGO metric t. (65 Hydrogen metric t.)
Licence: Texaco Development Corporation
Engineering: Foster Wheeler Ltd.
First Start-up: 1989
Days on stream per year: 330

Visbreaking Unit Designation S-200

Design capacity per day: max 3450 metric tons
Licence: Petrolinvest
Engineering: Petrolinvest
First Start-up: 1987
Days on stream per year: 270

Antifoulant from ADU crude preheat train

- Have to be a safe and easily handled, thermally stable oil-soluble liquid
- Shall prevents (retards) sludge buildup (polymer formation) and maintains optimum heat
transfer efficiency
- Do not contain heavy metal or halogens and should not have harmful effects on refinery
catalysts

2. Chemical request for UOP MEROX WS catalyst

UOP MEROX WS catalyst shall be applied at the following sweetening units:

LPG MEROX: Designation S-550

Design capacity per day: max. 158 metric tonnes
Licence: UOP
Engineering: LFT Lummus
First Start-up: 1968
Days on stream per year: 330

LPG MEROX from FCC: Designation S-2550

Design capacity per day: max. 412 metric tonnes
Licence UOP
Engineering: Foster Wheeler
First Start-up: 1985
Days on stream per year: 330

Light gasoline MEROX Designation S-2650

Design capacity per day: max 580 tona
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Licence: UOP - extraction + sweetening

Engineering CPRP, Ploesti, Romania*
First Start up: 1978
Days on stream per year 330

3. Chemical requests for FCC Unit

FCC Unit Designation S-2300

Designation: S-2300
Design capacity per day : max 3030 metric tons
Licence: Texaco Development Corporation
Engineering: Foster Wheeler
First Start-up: 1985
Days on stream per year : 330
Chemical requests for FCC Unit
Corrosion inhibitor shall be applied: upstream of the Main fractionator overhead air cooler
Type: Filmer - Have to be safe and easily handled water-soluble liquid, able to provides
effective corrosion inhibition (protective film) over a wide pH range during
occasional pH swings
For requested corrosion inhibitors care should be taken about:
- Should have low-level nitrogen content.
- Do not contain heavy metal, organic halides or halogens and should not have harmful
effects on refinery catalysts
- Should have low tendency to emulsifying overhead products at low pH conditions and
provides exceptionally high WSIM rating in products

Antifoulant for slurry pump around and preheat exchangers

For requested antifoulants care should be taken about:
- Have to be a safe and easily handled, thermally stable oil-soluble liquid
- Shall prevents (retards) sludge buildup (polymer formation) and maintains optimum heat
transfer efficiency
- Do not contain heavy metal or halogens and should not have harmful effects on refinery
catalysts

4. Chemical requests for FCC Gas Concentration Unit

Gas Concetration Unit:Designation S-2500

Design capacity per day: 2225 metric tons
Licence: Texaco
Engineering : Foster Wheeler
First Start-up: 1985
Days on stream per year : 330
Chemical requests: for FCC Gas Concentration Unit
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Corrosion inhibitor shall be applied:: Upstream of the 1st stage wet gas compressor
discharge air cooler
Upstream of the 2nd stage wet gas compressor
discharge air cooler
Upstream of the Debutanizer overhead air cooler
Note: Corrosion inhibitor is the same as for the FCC Unit and also be applied at the FCC
Sour Water Stripper Unit.

5. Chemical request for antioxidant

Antioxidant

Type: hindered phenolyc oxidation inhibitor.

Requested antioxidant should prevent autooxiative gum formation in rich olefin stocks.
- Jet fuel
- Light and heavy FCC gasoline
- Visbreaking gasoline