Wednesday, 26 April 2006: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
North Hemisphere Salon A3 (Dolphin Hotel)

Topical A: 9th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing (TA)

#220 - Fouling Mitigation (TA016)
Today fouling mitigation in refineries is particularly critical. Since there is a shortage of refinery capacity, there are strong incentives for each refinery to maximize the days on stream. In addition, keeping insulating foulants off heat exchanger surfaces greatly reduces energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, this session on fouling mitigation will review the causes of refinery fouling and case studies of fouling mitigation. Causes will include asphaltene fouling, corrosion induced fouling, and polymerization of conjugated olefins. Mitigation methods include additives, oil compatibility prediction, heat exchanger design, heat exchanger inserts, and optimum cleaning scheduling.
Chair:Irv Wiehe
CoChair:Kirtan K. Trivedi
2:00 PMPetroleum Fouling: Causes, Tools, and Mitigation Methods
Irv Wiehe
2:35 PMNewer Techniques to Control Fouling in Crude Pre-Heat Exchangers
Mahesh Subramaniyam, Ramaswamy Perumangode
3:10 PMImproved Crude Unit Design through Experimentation
Christopher A. Bennett, R. Stanley Kistler, Shakir Khambaty, Krish Nangia, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Walid Al-Ghawas
3:45 PMHeat Exchanger Tube Inserts - an Update with New Applications in Crude Distillation Units, Vacuum Applications and Reboilers
ARTUR W. KRUEGER, Francois Pouponnot
4:20 PMHeat Exchanger Fouling Monitoring and Cleaning Optimization Using Opticlean
Joseph Davis Jr., Diego Polanco

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