Refining
QHT integration in refinery operations
We have highlighted some examples that are relevant to refinery process activities.
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Diesel hydrotreater
In the diesel hydrotreater stripper, light fractions are separated from the desulfurized product. The overhead of this stripper and the diesel product are currently condensed or air-cooled. In this stage a QHT installation can recover waste heat and transform it to process heat.
Coker Unit
In this refinery unit, bottoms are further thermally cracked with steam into coke on one hand and lighter products on the other hand. The different non-solid products are separated in the coker main fractionator column. The different coolers and condensers present in the side cuts of this distillation column are valuable waste heat sources to apply the QHT technology. Concrete examples are: coker gasoil coolers and the main fractionator overhead condenser, containing mostly heavy naphtha. The QHT can turn the load of these coolers into CO2-neutral and quasi OEPX-free steam.”
Fluid catalytic cracking
Three waste heat streams are available for energy recovery in each FCC unit: main fractionator overhead condenser, light cycle oil cooler, slurry cooler. Any of these waste heats can be captured by a QHT installation and lifted to industry standard process heat.
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Case Study: Fluid catalytic cracking
In this example, hot water is generated by recovering the latent heat from the main fractionator overhead stream and by cooling down a number of side streams such as the light cycle oil (LCO). Pay back times are calculated to be less than 4 years if the alternative is a natural gas boiler with natural gas priced at 50 €/MWh and CO2 at 80 €/ton
Why QHT technology is the best first step on the road to net-zero for your refinery plant.
Re-use your on-site waste heat
Side-step the energy issue
Huge potential savings in refineries
