(34a) Vacuum Distillation: Wash Zone Configuration
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2017
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
Kister Distillation Symposium
Kister Distillation Symposium 2017: Optimum Design and Operation in Refinery Distillation
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 1:35pm to 2:05pm
Refinery vacuum units include a deentrainment, or wash zone, for removal of heavy material from desired products. Wash zone reliability problems often shut vacuum units down, causing significant losses. The review of wash zone operations cover;
- Operating objectives
- Fractionating versus deentraining wash zones
- Wash zone terminology
- Operating configurations
- Hot-wash versus cold-wash
- Wash oil distributors
- Conventional configurations
- Spray chambers
- Multiple stage wash systems
- Recycle wash systems
- Wash zone modeling and reliability
Elements of case studies from multiple units are included to illustrate key points.
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