Safety Seminar

Presentations on coker operations, process optimization
and new technology

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PETROBRAS - Using HAZOP and LOPA Methodologies to Improve Safety in the Coke Drums Cycles

PETROBRAS - Delayed Coking Unit: a new concept. Processing unconventional feedstocks in the DCU because of a demand profile for 1) derivatives, 2) high quality products and 3) bio-fuels and because of 4) environmental requirements and 5) to increase processing capacity of national oil and heavy oil.

Esso Argentina - Optimization of cycle times.

Petronas - Root cause analysis of a coker fire from a resid leak in the inlet line hood.

ExxonMobil - Low temperature coke drum procedures. Explains how to handle coke drums that have experienced less-than-required coking temperatures. Includes, short-run drum procedures (oil dilution to blowdown, extended steam stripping & quenching, superheated steam stripping). Also covers when to RETURN to and when to GET OUT OF coke drums that have had low temperatures.

Esso Argentina - Increasing utilization of drums - The objective is safely reducing the outage of the drums allowing feed maximization or more time for any operation. The key is about have a good knowledge of the foam front and how to control it.

GE Sensing
Reliable Feed Flow Measurement
- GE Sensing's Bundled Waveguide Technology provides Reliable and Accurate Coker Feed Flow Measurements to Protect the Furnace, Improve Efficiency, Reduce Maintenance Cost, Measure Unit Productivity and Increase Productivity.

Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc
Selection of Column Internals-Coker Unit
- Sulzer has designed and supplied high capacity antifouling (Sulzer VGAFTM) Trays, open grid packing and high efficiency structured packing to maximize liquid product yield, with reduced coke formation and longer run lengths.

Konecranes
Coker Cranes
-Coker cranes to fit pit/pad layouts; benefits of integrated operation/maintenance programs; new safety & maintainability features; chemical filtration for corrosion protection; designs for improved performance-lowering lifetime cost of ownership.

C2 Nano
New Technology Breakthrough: Coker Heater ID Antifouling Surface Treatment Applied In Situ
- Technology, Application Methods, and Test Results of a new Metal Infused Surface Treatment result in increased safety, extended run-lengths, and less tube repair.

Coking.com, Inc - Coker Safety Moments

DeltaValve
Increased Coker Productivity and Profitability
- During economically uncertain times, the demand to get more for less is central to how refiners move forward with capital and maintenance projects. DeltaValve will present solutions to increase productivity and profitability in delayed coking.

RuhRPumpen GMBH
Coke Cutting of Large Drums with a diameter of 10+ meters
- RuhRPumpen designed and developed components of the coke cutting system to cut drums with a diameter of 30 feet or more. Additionally, test equipment has been built to verify the performance.

Foster Wheeler USA Corp.
Coker Heater Design-The Heart of the Coking Process
- Most companies are aware of the major design issues for new delayed coker heaters; double verse single firing, associated flux rates, cold oil velocities and various decoking methods. Presentation addresses the other design features.

Z&J Technologies
Delayed Coking - Drum Unheading Technology to Enhance Safety and Productivity
- Injury or fatality caused by unsafe equipment affects the refinery, the local community, the entire industry. Human loss is irreplaceable. Conventional unheading is still in use - Z&J’s robust Double Disc, Triple Seal Technology is the right solution!