1st project: South Europe refinery - CDU energy saving survey and engineering


Results

Before survey

After survey

Burned FOE, kg/tonnes of crude

10,6

9,2

Furnace inlet Temperature, °C

259

264

Throughput:

100

110

Required modifications: preflash vessel and improvement of heat exchange network.
 

2nd project: South Europe refinery - CDU energy saving survey and engineering


Results

Before survey

After survey

 Burned FOE, kg/tonnes of crude

9,4

7,4

Furnace inlet Temperature, °C

266

274

Throughput:

100

116

Required modifications: improvement of heat exchange network.


3rd project:
South Europe refinery - Gasoil HDS unit revamp basic engineering:

  • Throughput rise: + 33 %
  • Product sulphur removal: from 1000 to 350 wtppm
  • FOE reduction: - 4 FOE kg per tonnes of liquid feed

Up to now more than 25 energy surveys have been carried out by me and softwares like Heat Exchangers Network and Furnace have been applied in many refineries in Europe and Russia.
A complete survey on energy and yields improvement of Brazilian refinery and HAZOP study around all units of Middle East refinery have been done with success.