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4.4 PetroleumReningandPetrochemical
FiredHeaters
Inpetroleumreningandpetrochemicalplantsredheatersaresonumerousthatyoucould
almost say that there is one in almost every process. Also, since a site consists not of just a single
petroleumreningprocessbutratheroftenormoreprocesses,thismeansthatyouhavethat
manyredheaters,too(locatedatthearrowsinthediagramabove).
Inadditiontotheredheaters,therewillalsobeanumberofboilers.Thuscombustion
monitoring (or control) is a vital element.
Crude tank
Tanker
Atmospheric Crude Tower Topper
Naphtha
Kerosene
Light oil
Gasoline
unifining unit
Kerosene
unifining unit
Light oil
unifining unit
Platforming unit
LPG
recycle unit
Gasoline blender
Off-gas
LPG
Naphtha
Gasoline
Jet fuel
Kerosene
Light Diesel fuel
Various Heavy
oils
Atmos-
pheric
residue
Vacuum distillation unit
Vacuum flushing unit
Lube oil fraction
Propane
deasphalting
Furfural
refining
MEK
Stripper
Heavy
oil
blending
High-grade
lube oils
Vacuum residue
Asphalt
Vacuum
Residue
Isomax unit
Sulfur
recovery
unit (SRU)
Sulfur
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Vacuum Residue
Visbreaking Unit
Hydrogena-
tion refining
Fluid Catalytic
Cracking Unit
(FCC)
Heavy oil
blender