CAT-18-599 Reactor Vapor Isolation Valves

Description:

Many owners struggle to quantify procurement of equipment that provides efficiencies in operation and maintenance environments. Return on investment in today’s oil and gas markets sometimes sets terms that are strategically impossible due to tight margin of profit and length of time to recover funds. Equipment proven to be safety related is generally seen as unquestionable and approval for these expenditures is easier to attain. In many cases, there are multiple benefits to equipment purchases. Reliability or maintainability of critical assets limiting or reducing lost opportunity is a topic that undeniably meets most criteria. This paper will describe situational events that lead owners to procure equipment for isolation and control of normal and non-normal operations that improve “on stream” availability while providing additional safety related hardware that limits personnel exposure during extremely difficult isolation of FCC units. This presentation will cover a specific application and decisions for installation and results of an Isolation Valve installed by Chevron. Chevron will co-author the presentation.