| Monday, April 27, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM | |||
| Room 18/19 (Tampa Convention Center) | |||
| #26 - Improved Design and Operation in Refinery Distillation (T8001) | |||
| This refinery distillation session of our 6-session Distillation 2009 Topical Conference addresses key issues mounting as refiners process more spot-market heavier crudes, with high acid and impurities, and at the same time aim to produce cleaner fuels. Learning from experiences on how to deal with the associated corrosion and foaming problems is featured by down-to-earth papers. Collector design can make or break a fractionator, as will be demonstrated by two hard-earned lessons from “war stories”. Entrainment minimization by correct modeling and inlet devices is central to maximizing gas oil recovery and run length in vacuum towers, and these topics will be highlighted. Last but not least… successful operation of a sprays-only (no packings!) in key sections of a vacuum tower: is that the beginning of a new era? | |||
| Chair: | Henry Z. Kister | ||
| CoChair: | Michael D. Pritchett | ||
| 1:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 1:40 PM | 26a | Corrosion in Crudes, Myths and Reality German A. Luna Sr. | |
| 2:10 PM | 26b | The Jet Fuel Problem Strikes Again Gunter Schnaibel, Andre C. Bellote, Antonio V. S. Castro, Carlos N. Fonseca, Maria E. P. L. Marsiglia, Glaucia A. Torres, Karolline Ropelato, Antonio S. M. Samel, Fernando Feitosa | |
| 2:40 PM | 26c | What Went Wrong in the Design of the Total Draw off Tray and the Thermosiphon Loop on a Crude Oil Stabilizer Column? Gabriel T. Fernandez | |
| 3:10 PM | Coffee Break sponsored by Fractionation Research Inc. | ||
| 3:25 PM | 26d | Demystifying the Zero Entrainment Myth Mario Roza, Markus Duss, Mark W. Pilling, SM Wong | |
| 3:55 PM | 26f | Empty Spray Section Results After Start-up: Heat Transfer and Also Fractionation Ana Lidia Wild, Elizabeth Ferreira da Fonseca, Glaucia A. Torres, Marcos Silva de Souza, Silvia Waintraub | |
| 4:25 PM | 26g | DEA Treater Revamp Targets Foaming Waldo E. De Villiers, William L. Green, Glenn Shiveler | |
| 4:55 PM | Concluding Remarks | ||
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