Refining and Petrochemicals Use Cases
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Acid slurry tanks
Refining and Petrochemicals
Acid slurries in the alkylation unit create an aggressive environment that requires robust, highly resistant level measurement instrumentation to withstand the conditions. Accurately reporting the pro...
Alky settler
Refining and Petrochemicals
In an alkylation unit the acid settler is fed from the reactor vessel which is used to remove acid for recycling back into the reactor. The layers created in the separation process form interfaces tha...
Amine contactor
Refining and Petrochemicals
Amine contactors introduce amine solutions to the incoming natural gas from the inlet separator to remove acidic components, such as H2S and CO2, from the process stream. The operator must accurately...
BTX separators
Refining and Petrochemicals
Precise interface monitoring in refinery separators is critical to product quality because it confirms there is complete separation. For liquid-liquid interface in a BTX (benzene, toluene, xylene) sep...
Blowdown drums
Refining and Petrochemicals
The blowdown drum is designed to allow the refinery to release any process or byproduct liquids including hydrocarbons, in a safe and controlled way that protects plant equipment and personnel. The bl...
Coke drums
Refining and Petrochemicals
Delayed coking units are a critical step in the refining process - this is where downtime, inefficiency, and overfill are not an option. They generate extreme heat during operation and are very large...
Coke silo
Refining and Petrochemicals
Coke is often stored in very tall silos. Coke product is also susceptible to plugging the chute as the vessel empties. To accurately measure and monitor the level in these silos, especially during fil...
Coke stacker
Refining and Petrochemicals
After the coke is extracted from the drums it is stored in silos or stockpiles. Reliable level measurement is an absolute must for automating the stockpiling process and ensuring optimal levels.
Column trays
Refining and Petrochemicals
Accurate level control of the distillation unit ensures product quality of the hydrocarbon at the different cuts, but this is made difficult due to hot liquids flashing, buildup and high temperature....
Compressor knockout drum
Refining and Petrochemicals
The vapour liquid separation that occurs in a knockout drum protects the waste or cooling stream from process vapours and compressors from water. This crucial measurement point means it requires const...
Condensate storage tanks
Refining and Petrochemicals
Throughout the different process units, there are storage vessels that collect clean, reusable condensate. This condensate accumulates from the steam system that is used to heat the various hydrocarbo...
Continuous catalyst regeneration
Refining and Petrochemicals
Platformers and reformers, both catalyst-based processes, require “fresh” catalyst at a given point in their cycle. To provide fresh catalyst without shutting down the process, a continuous catalyst r...
Cooling tower basin
Refining and Petrochemicals
At the bottom of the cooling tower there are nozzles for atomizing and cooling incoming hot water. As the heated water is sprayed up inside the cooling tower, it warms the air, which expands, flows up...
Debutanizer
Refining and Petrochemicals
Accurate level control of the debutanizer ensures product quality of the obtained hydrocarbons, but this is made difficult due to hot liquids flashing, buildup and high temperature. Even through quick...
Deethanizer
Refining and Petrochemicals
Accurate level control of the deethanizer ensures product quality of the obtained hydrocarbons, but this is made difficult due to hot liquids flashing, buildup and high temperature. Even through quick...
Depropanizer
Refining and Petrochemicals
Accurate level control of the depropanizer ensures product quality of the obtained hydrocarbons, but this is made difficult due to hot liquids flashing, buildup and high temperature. Even through quic...
Distillation column
Refining and Petrochemicals
The heavy, highly viscous process material and extreme temperature are located in the bottom part of the distillation. For level control of residual feeds, a non-contact measurement is essential for r...
Finished product tanks
Refining and Petrochemicals
Reliable level measurement of crude and bulk liquids storage tanks in a refinery is necessary for inventory management and overspill protection. Multiple measurement devices can fit into a single proc...
Fixed roof storage tanks
Refining and Petrochemicals
Level measurement of crude and bulk liquids storage tanks in a refinery is necessary for inventory management and overspill protection. Multiple measurement devices can fit into a single process fitti...
Flare knockout drum
Refining and Petrochemicals
The flare knockout drum requires continuous, accurate level monitoring to keep liquids from reaching the flare and creating a potential fire hazard. In order to ensure safety of process by performing...
Fluid catalytic cracking unit
Refining and Petrochemicals
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) is one of the most important conversion processes used in petroleum refineries. As with many other refining applications, the vessels in the reactor system need to be op...
Fractionator
Refining and Petrochemicals
Accurate level control of the fractionator ensures product quality of the obtained hydrocarbons, but this is made difficult due to hot liquids flashing, buildup and high temperature. Even through quic...
High temperature separators
Refining and Petrochemicals
Exact interface measurement in high temperature separators is important for ensuring the quality of the separation process. Continuous control of the interface between oil and water ensures that oil i...
Holding tanks
Refining and Petrochemicals
Buffer and storage tanks are needed at numerous places in refineries for storing the input and output materials of the various process steps. The containers have different geometries, ranging from hor...
Hydrocracker
Refining and Petrochemicals
Heavy oil residues are processed in the hydrocracker, such as atmospheric and vacuum residue. Fresh catalyst is continuously added and used catalyst is withdrawn, enabling product quality over time. T...
LPG spherical tank
Refining and Petrochemicals
LPG tanks are usually only accessible for service and maintenance work every few years during shut-down periods. In addition, the containers are mostly installed underground or covered with earth. The...
Oil skim tank
Refining and Petrochemicals
Accurate measurement in oil skim and separation tanks is critical to product quality because there is complete separation of oil and gas possible. For liquid-liquid interface monitoring an accurate me...
Preflash drum
Refining and Petrochemicals
In the preflash drum, the medium is heated before it is fed into the distillation column. Accurate and reliable level control is a critical factor in ensuring efficient operation of the distillation c...
Primary desalter
Refining and Petrochemicals
It is important that a desalter unit runs efficiently to prevent corrosion to downstream equipment. When the crude oil mixes with the emulsifying chemicals and water, the resulting emulsion layer make...
Propane bullets
Refining and Petrochemicals
Propane, a flammable, colourless and odourless gas, is one of the many types of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) that exist. It is produced from natural gas via a special refining process. Propane is c...
Reboiler
Refining and Petrochemicals
Evaporators are heat exchangers that are deployed at the bottom of distillation columns. In the evaporator, the residue is boiled up from the sump and fed back into the distillation process. Precise c...
Reflux accumulator drum
Refining and Petrochemicals
The efficiency of a distillation column is increased with the help of return flow. The return flow in this case is that portion of the condensed liquid head product that is fed back to the upper part...
Secondary desalter
Refining and Petrochemicals
To maximize efficiency of the electrostatic grid as it removes contaminants within second and third stage desalters, a crucial point of control is to maintain the oil and water interface just below th...
Separator
Refining and Petrochemicals
Exact interface measurement in separators is important for ensuring the quality of the separation process. Continuous control of the interface between oil and water ensures that oil is not inadvertent...
Sour water stripper
Refining and Petrochemicals
Safe and reliable measurement of the separation layers in the sour water stripper is extremely important in preventing sour water from accidentally getting into other parts of the plant. Sour water is...
Steam drum
Refining and Petrochemicals
High pressure steam is critical for the operation of the refinery. For the production and reliable supply of steam, accurate level measurement is required that allows efficient operation of the steam...
Storage and buffer tanks
Refining and Petrochemicals
Storage and buffer tanks enable a reliable material supply for various ongoing processes. The plant operators need to have exact level data from these tanks at all times to ensure timely replenishment...
Sulphur decanter
Refining and Petrochemicals
In a sulphur decanter, the operator must manually verify the interface level of the sulphur deposits as they slowly build up under the water. An instrument that can automate the measurement and enable...
Sumps
Refining and Petrochemicals
The level in the sumps around a refinery must be reliably monitored to prevent overfilling and subsequent pollution, or pump overload. Balanced pump utilization is possible thanks to a pump control ro...
Anhydrous ammonia storage tank
Refining and Petrochemicals
During the sulfur removal process, nitrogen is converted into ammonia through a water wash process to be sold for fertilizer production. Stringent environmental restrictions and the high hazard potent...
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