David J. Brown, Furnace and Process Equipment, Shaw Energy & Chemicals Group, 1430 Enclave Parkway, Houston, TX 77077-2023, Bradley Adams, Reaction Engineering International, 77 West 200 South, Suite 210, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, and Richard Waibel, John Zink, 11920 East Apache, Tulsa, OK 74116.
Two new furnaces were designed for PTT Chemicals for the Plant 1 Expansion at Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The required NOx limits were set at 66 mg/Nm3 (0.035 lb/MMBtu). In order to be able to meet these stringent limits SOLAR Technology was used outside the US Gulf Coast for the first time. Several case studies were performed using CFD simulation to optimize the location of combustion elements. The results of the simulation were verified with extensive testing.