BLOGS
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Composition of Crude Oil
Crude oil is a naturally occurring unrefined liquid petroleum, a mixture of hydrocarbons (Compounds mainly of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbon) that is found accumulated underground in the earth’s crust. Various types...
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Solving Fouling Problems of Hydrotreating Reactor
The Hydrotreating process is critical for oil refineries to produce low sulfur petroleum products and meet strict quality and environmental standards. The major issue with the Hydroprocessing unit operation is...
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Grading or Guard bed Catalysts in Hydrotreating Reactors
Grading and guard bed catalysts are the macro-porous, grading material at the inlet of the hydrotreating reactor to remove fouling agents and save the main reactive hydrotreating catalyst from fouling...
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Major Challenges to the Oil Refineries
Oil refineries are major contributors to a country’s economy. The worldwide petroleum refining industry currently faces high impact challenges due to uncertainties about the crude oil feedstock, characteristics of petroleum...
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Effects of Feed Metals on Hydrotreating Catalysts
The feedstock of the Hydrotreating unit contains metal contaminants along with Sulfur and Nitrogen. These metallic compounds are a challenge for the catalyst performance and can damage the catalyst activity...
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Performance Monitoring of Hydrotreating Reactor
Performance Monitoring of Hydrotreating Catalyst Hydrotreating is one of the most important catalytic processes in the oil refinery to produce valuable products to meet stringent environmental regulations. The hydrotreating process is...
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Turnaround Safety Topics
Turnaround (abbreviated as TAR, TA, or ATA) is a planned event wherein an entire process of a plant (refinery, petrochemical plant fertilizers plant, etc.) is taken off-stream for a long...
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Sulfiding of Hydrotreating Catalysts and its Troubleshooting
Sulfiding, pre-sulfiding, or pre-sulfurizing is the activation process of hydrotreating catalysts that converts catalyst metal oxides into metal sulfides by reacting with H2S (Hydrogen Sulfide) in the presence of hydrogen...
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Troubleshooting of Hydrotreating Reactor
Successful troubleshooting of the hydrotreating reactor or hydrocracking reactor is necessary for the continued and reliable operation of the unit. The unsatisfactory performance of the hydrotreating reactor not only will...