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    Atmospheric Distillation Unit

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    The atmospheric distillation unit fractionates desalted crude oil into smaller mixtures called fractions based on their boiling points under high temperature and pressure. The desalted crude oil is heated to 400°C and enters the distillation column where it is separated into fractions including LPG, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, diesel, and fuel oil. The fractions exit the column at different heights based on their boiling ranges while the remaining reduced crude oil exits at the bottom and is sent to vacuum distillation. Major equipment includes a furnace, distillation column, and stripper.

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    Atmospheric Distillation Unit

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    The atmospheric distillation unit fractionates desalted crude oil into smaller mixtures called fractions based on their boiling points under high temperature and pressure. The desalted crude oil is heated to 400°C and enters the distillation column where it is separated into fractions including LPG, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, diesel, and fuel oil. The fractions exit the column at different heights based on their boiling ranges while the remaining reduced crude oil exits at the bottom and is sent to vacuum distillation. Major equipment includes a furnace, distillation column, and stripper.

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    The atmospheric distillation unit fractionates desalted crude oil into smaller mixtures called fractions based on their boiling points under high temperature and pressure. The desalted crude oil is heated to 400°C and enters the distillation column where it is separated into fractions including LPG, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, diesel, and fuel oil. The fractions exit the column at different heights based on their boiling ranges while the remaining reduced crude oil exits at the bottom and is sent to vacuum distillation. Major equipment includes a furnace, distillation column, and stripper.

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    Atmospheric Distillation Unit

    Uploaded by

    Mark Antony Levine
    The atmospheric distillation unit fractionates desalted crude oil into smaller mixtures called fractions based on their boiling points under high temperature and pressure. The desalted crude oil is heated to 400°C and enters the distillation column where it is separated into fractions including LPG, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, diesel, and fuel oil. The fractions exit the column at different heights based on their boiling ranges while the remaining reduced crude oil exits at the bottom and is sent to vacuum distillation. Major equipment includes a furnace, distillation column, and stripper.

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    ATMOSPHERIC DISTILLATION UNIT

    To carry out fractionation of desalted crude oil into smaller


    Purpose mixture called fraction under high temperature based its
    volatility and boiling point.
    Feedstock Desalted crude oil
    • Inlet Temperature : 400 °C

    • Column Temperature: 350 °C


    Process Condition
    • Column Pressure : 1 atm

    • Tray : Bubble Cap Column


    • The desalted crude oil from the desalting process is
    heated in a furnace to 400 °C

    • The partially vaporized crude oil from furnace enters the


    flash zone of the column and fractionated in atmospheric
    column.

    • The liquid part flows to the bottom of the tower.

    • The vapor part of the stream flows upward through the


    tower producing diesel, kerosene and naphtha products.
    Process Description • The naphtha, the lightest of the products, exits the top of
    the tower as a vapor.

    • The diesel and kerosene is fractionated as a liquid from


    the crude through vaporization and condensation based
    on the boiling range of the different products.

    • The remaining reduced crude oil will exit at the bottom of


    the column and go to Vacuum Distillation Unit

    • The trays in the tower facilitate this fractionation or


    separation process.

    Major Equipment Furnace, Atmospheric Distillation Column, Stripper

    LPG, Gasoline, Naphta, Kerosene, Diesel, Fuel Oil and


    Product Reduced Crude Oil.
    Cooling fluid Spent Fluid
    LPG
    (<30°C)

    (30°C - 100°C)

    Stripping steam
    (80°C - 200°C)
    Stripping steam

    (170°C - 280°C)
    Stripping steam
    (220°C - 320°C)

    Stripping steam
    (290°C - 350°C)

    (350°C - 390°C)

    Figure 1: Process Flow of Atmospheric Distillation Unit

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