Inject Neutralizer To CDU OVHD Wash Water

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We are currently using overhead sour water as wash water for the
crude overhead system which is injected just before fin fan coolers.
Neutraliser is injected into the vapor line before water injection
point. Will injecting neutraliser in wash water line help reduce Browse our
corrosion in crude column overhead system? refining and
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07/03/2013 A: Eugen Goudsmith, Nijhuis Industries, [email protected] Download the
In principle you would not need extra neutraliser in the WW to control corrosion. Salt current
deposition temperatures vs dewpoint calcs should be made and quantity of WW & edition of PTQ
chemical distribution should be checked. in digital
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02/01/2013 A: Eric Vetters, ProCorr Consulting Services, [email protected]
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Whether it helps or not depends on how well your current injection point is designed
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and how well your water wash is designed and operated. There is nothing inherently
better about injecting neutralizer with water wash and there are some risks.
When you inject your corrosion control chemicals with the water wash, your whole Renew your
corrosion control program is totallly dependent on the effectiveness of the water wash. registration,
An effective water wash requires adequate water rate and good distribution to scrub update your
chlorides out of the overhead. I have seen problems with installation (installed wrong) details or
and operation (plugged nozzles caused maldistribution) of well designed water wash register to
systems render them totally ineffective. receive the
If the neutralizer is all in the wash water and vapor phase chlorides get past the water print edition
wash, there is no neutralizer present when secondary condensation starts to occur of PTQ
downstream of the water wash. For this reason, I prefer to keep the water wash and
neutralizer injections separate when at all possible. If neutralizer has been injected
into the vapor phase, there is a good chance that poor scrubbing efficiency by the Download the
water wash will allow both chlorides and neutralizer to pass, thus reducing corrosion PTQ Media
issues at secondary dewpoints. If neutralizer injection rate is high enough, there are Details for
some risks of salt formation upstream of the water wash injection, so there are no 2021
perfect solutions to the issue of where to inject neutralizer.

02/01/2013 A: Alan Goelzer, Jacobs Consultancy, [email protected]


It is not clear from the question what is the "neutralizer" being employed in overhead
condenser system for atmospheric tower within CDU+VDU and whether the overhead
condenser system inclding the air cooler condenser is 'gravity flow' from 'tower top
piping U' to associated overhead accumulator. Download
Generally speaking and subject to concurrence by metallurgists and chemicals supplier, DigitalRefining's
"filming amine" chemicals should be injected directly into the overhead line from the Media Details
tower via an injector in tee just after the U-bend. for 2021
Ammonia being employed as a "neutralizer" can be spiked into the sour water
recirculated from the accumulator sour water boot to wash water injector(s) in tee(s)
ahead of the overhead air cooler bays-----provided that the ammonia is injected via a
controllable metering pump and pH of sour water is routinely monitored.

02/01/2013 A: keith bowers, B and B Consulting, [email protected]


I suggest you consult with your additive supplier. The type of corrosion and cause is
often different 'in the column' and in different sections of the 'overhead system'.
Different and /or additional chemicals may be necessary to completely mitigate
corrosion and fouling.

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