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AM-00-33 BASKET CASE: GRADED CATALYST BEDS SOLVE PRESSURE DROP PROBLEM IN A NAPHTHA HYDROTREATING UNIT
Byron G. Johnson, Phillips Petroleum Company
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$25.00
Description:
Phillips Petroleum operates a naphtha hydrotreater in their Borger, Texas refinery, which has had a history of short cycles, due to unfavorable pressure drop development. This paper deals with the team's approach involving Operations, Maintenance, R&D, Process Engineering, and vendors working together to solve problems. This particular example resulted in increasing operating cycles from a few months to more than one year at full plant operating capacity. Haldor Topsoe usually recommends that trash baskets can be taken out of hydroprocessing units and replaced with a properly designed grading system. However, there are situations where a basket redesign, together with a grading system, are necessary to control certain types of pressure drop problems. This paper will describe one of those situations, hence the title Basket Case.
Product Details:
Product ID: | AM-00-33 |
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Publication Year: | 2000 |