Reduce Costs In Hydrotreating and Improve Operational Efficiency
Jonell Systems will reduce costs in hydrotreating. We saved a large U.S. based refinery approximately $2,000,000 per year in maintenance costs and $5,000,000 in costs associated with catalyst skimming.
THE CHALLENGE: high maintenance costs
This refinery had a filtration application to remove contaminants such as pipe scale, silica and coke particles to protect the downstream Hydro Desulphurization (HDS) unit reactor. The plant was using filter elements from another supplier and experiencing major issues with end caps falling off the elements causing bypass. This led to contaminants plugging the HDS reactor causing pressure drop problems in the reactor. Increased pressure drop in the reactor causes a loss in reactivity, which can lead to off spec fuel products. Bottom line, they needed to reduce costs maintenance costs in hydrotreating.
THE SOLUTION: custom engineering from a wide range of standard materials
To alleviate the immediate issue, Jonell Systems installed a robust custom engineered cartridge in a high temperature configuration in the existing housings. These filters can withstand the process temperature above 400 F without degradation or mechanical failure solving the contamination problem to the HDS reactor.
THE RESULTS: reduce maintenance cost in hydrotreating
This overall filtration optimization allowed the refinery to process the gas oil feed at optimal efficiency while protecting the HDS unit downstream and reduce costs associated with fouling an HDS reactor. In addition, the custom-built cartridges delivered 50% longer run time significantly increasing the service interval between change outs, more uptime and lowering the total operational cost.
This approach of creating a filtration solution to address the specific needs of the customer is how Jonell Systems has helped over 100 refineries worldwide reduce costs and optimize their filtration processes.
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