AM-06-40 Catalytic Reformer Modifications to Increase Refinery Profitability at Frontier El Dorado Refining Company

Description:

This paper details the series of changes that led Frontier to all of these improvements. These changes include: • Implementation of Roddey Engineering Services proprietary catalyst regeneration techniques; • Compressor modifications to achieve a higher hydrogen to hydrocarbon ratio; • Inspecting reactor internals and repairing or replacing damaged scallops or centerpipes; • Modifying reactor internals to achieve properly loaded reactors that prevent bypassing; • Replacing the previous catalyst with new UOP R-86 catalyst; • Upgrading of feed management systems to avoid processing high sulfur material.