Vortex Technology Reduces Maintenance Costs and Eliminates Unscheduled Shutdowns in Delayed Coker
Vortex Technology Reduces Maintenance Costs and Eliminates Unscheduled Shutdowns in Delayed Coker
2 Pages© 2013 Rosemount Inc. All rights reserved For more information: www.rosemount.com Vortex Technology Reduces Maintenance Costs and Eliminates Unscheduled Shutdowns in Delayed Coker Ap RESULTS • Eliminated unscheduled shutdowns • Reduced maintenance costs • Increased process reliability APPLICATION Coker resid flow to the Fractionator tower CUSTOMER A large global refinery in North America CHALLENGE This refinery had been experiencing constant maintenance issues with high costs, process downtime, and inaccurate measurements in the delayed coker application process. The coker resid is a by-product from the delayed coker application and is fed into the fractionator. Processing the coker resid is the final stage in optimizing the usable hydrocarbons from crude oil in the refining proces
