Refiners must fine-tune crude unit process design and energy balance to process a heavy feedslate
Here's how the problem was solved on an FCC main fractionator
With performance real-time field data, designers can devise process retrofits at the conceptual stage that control project scope and minimize engineering revisions during FEED and detailed engineering
Barletta, T.,
Nigg, J., Process Consulting Services, Inc.;
Landry, W.,
Mayfield, J.,
Ruoss, S., Tosco Refining Co.
Using field pressure data, a refiner made a low-capital modification on a crude distillation column to increase throughput without a shutdown