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ERC Refinery Project

The document provides an overview of the ERC Refinery Project, including descriptions and capacities of key process units. It summarizes the purpose and functions of the main units such as the Vacuum Distillation Unit to separate atmospheric residue, the Delayed Coker Unit to thermally crack vacuum residue, the Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit to remove sulfur and nitrogen, and the Hydrocracker Unit to produce diesel and kerosene. It also outlines supporting units like the Hydrogen Production Unit and Sulfur Recovery Unit. Overall block diagrams and schematics are presented for core processing areas to convert heavy feeds into higher value products and meet sales specifications.

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ERC Refinery Project

The document provides an overview of the ERC Refinery Project, including descriptions and capacities of key process units. It summarizes the purpose and functions of the main units such as the Vacuum Distillation Unit to separate atmospheric residue, the Delayed Coker Unit to thermally crack vacuum residue, the Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit to remove sulfur and nitrogen, and the Hydrocracker Unit to produce diesel and kerosene. It also outlines supporting units like the Hydrogen Production Unit and Sulfur Recovery Unit. Overall block diagrams and schematics are presented for core processing areas to convert heavy feeds into higher value products and meet sales specifications.

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GLOBAL LEADER

ERC Refinery Project

Contents
1. Process Unit Purpose 2. Unit Description & Capacity 3. Overall Block Diagram 4. Unit Schematics

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1) PROCESS UNIT PURPOSE

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TO CONVERT HEAVY INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT OF LOW ECONOMIC VALUE INTO MIDDLE DISTILLATE OF HIGH ECONOMIC VALUE

ATMOSPHERIC RESIDUE

SEPARATION / CRACKING
VDU/ DCU/ HCU

LPG NAPHTHA KEROSENE DIESEL

TO MEET SALES PRODUCTION BY HYDROTREATING, REFORMING AND BLENDING. NAPHTHA


HYDROTREATING/ REFORMING NHT/CCR HYDROTREATING DHT SEPARATION DEU

REFORMATE ( RON 102) DIESEL (S : 10wt ppm) LPG

SOUR DIESEL SOUR LPG

TO SUPPORT PROCESS UNIT


HYDROGEN PRODUCTION UNIT AMINE REGENERATION UNIT SOUR WATER STRIPPING UNIT SULPHUR RECOVERY UNIT ERC Refinery Project UTILITY SYSTEMS TANKAGE

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2) UNIT DESCRIPTION AND CAPACITY

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Capacity Unit No. Unit Name TON/HR 11 12 / 13 14 15 16 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 80, 81, 82, 83 85 Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit Reformer & CCR Unit Diesel Hydrotreating Unit Hydrocracker Unit Hydrogen Production Unit Vacuum Distillation Unit Delayed Coker Unit De-ethanizer Unit Sour Water Stripping Unit No.1 Sour Water Stripping Unit No.2 Amine Treatment and Regeneration Unit No.1 Amine Treatment and Regeneration Unit No.2 Sulfur Recovery Unit (COMMON, No.1, No.2, No.3) Tail Gas Treating Unit 105.5 71.2 182.0 250.3 100 kNm3/h 514.5 171.7 16.7 126.0 39.0 495.0 m3/h (Amine Circ.) 71.9 m3/h (Amine Circ.) 162.5 Ton/D X 50% X 3 Train 325 Ton/D 81500 25000 BPSD 22600 14100 32100 40800 Axens Axens Axens Axens KTI GS Conocophillips GS GS GS GS GS TKT (KTI) TKT (KTI) Remarks

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3) OVERALL BLOCK DIAGRAM

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4) UNIT SCHEMATICS VDU & DCU


VACUMN DISTILLATION UNIT (VDU)
TO SEPARATE ATMOSPHERIC RESIDUE INTO, LVGO (FEED FOR DHT UNIT) MVGO/ HVGO (FEED FOR HCU UNIT)

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VR (FEED FOR DCU UNIT)

VDU

DELAYED COKER UNIT (DCU)


TO CONVERT VACUMN RESIDUE(VR) BY THERMAL CRACKING INTO,
SOUR NAPHTHA (FEED FOR NHT UNIT) SOUR LPG (FEED FOR NHT UNIT) LCGO (FEED FOR DHT UNIT) HCGO (FEED FOR HCU UNIT) COKE AS SIDE PRODUCT

DCU

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Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU)


steam

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60 40 mmHg

vacuum ejector

Off Gas

Vacuum Tower

Slop & Sour Water LVGO to DHT

Heater
AR Feed 412 309.4 9.2 kg/cm2g stripping steam 205 mmHg

MVGO & HVGO to HCU

VR to DCU

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Delayed Coker Unit (DCU)

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127

38 Off Gas

0.20

1.0

0.55

LPG Naphtha

Coke Drum

Fractionator

198

LCGO

Decoking
40

Operation

446 0.80 291 336 HCGO

302 495

Cokes
Heater

LEGEND Kg/cm2g VR from VDU

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4) UNIT SCHEMATICS NHT, Reformer/CCR, DHT


NAPHTHA HYDROTREATING (NHT) & REFORMER /CCR UNIT
TO REMOVE SULPHUR AND NITROGEN IN NAPHTHA TO MEET REFORMER UNIT REQUIREMENT

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TO INCREASE OCTANE NUMBER (RON :102) BY REFORMING


CONTINUOUS CATALYST REGENERATION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CATALYST ACTIVITY

NHT

CCR

DIESEL HYDROTREATING UNIT (DHT)


TO REMOVE SULPHUR(10wt ppm) TO MEET FLASH POINT REQUIREMENT (55)

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Naphtha Hydrotreating
270 290 46.8

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LEGEND Kg/cm2g

Reactor 48.9 243 275 300 330

Sour Gas

55 55

Charge Heater

10.1

40 40

1.0

Stripper

Naphtha Splitter

118 118
Reboiler 40.2 Reboiler

55
193 193 1.6 152 152

10.8 Separator 50.9

Feed

H2 Make-up

LPG

Heavy Naphtha

Light Naphtha

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Reformer & CCR (CCR)


Charge Heater 507 538 507 538 507 538 507 538 64 65 Fuel Gas 12 40 Stabilizer Receiver

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LEGEND Kg/cm2g

4th Reactor 3.3 1st Reactor 411 444 2nd Reactor 3rd Reactor 460 494

Net Gas Comp. Combined Feed Exchanger

Stabilizer Chloride Absorber Stabilizer Reboiler 12.3

2.3 40

KO Drum 22.5 2.3

12.0 Separator
FEED from NHT

40 6.0 Chlorine Absorber

98 98

Chiller
H2 Rich Gas. Reformate LPG

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4) UNIT SCHEMATICS HCU & HPU


HYDROCRACKER UNIT (HCU)

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PRODUCING MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF KEROSENE AND DIESEL, COMPLYING WITH KEROSENE AND DIESEL SPECIFICATION CONVERSION: 96.5 WT% MIN. KEROSENE SULPHUR CONTENT: 10 WT PPM MAX. DIESEL SULPHUR CONTENT: 10 WT PPM MAX.

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION UNIT(HPU)


HCU
TO CONVERT NATURAL GAS INTO HYDROGEN IN ORDER TO SUPPLY REACTION SOURCE TO HYDROTREATING AND HYDROCRACKING UNITS
TO RECOVER HYDROGEN RICH GAS FROM CCR AND PURGE GAS FROM HCU TO HYDROGEN

HPU

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Hydrocracker Unit (HCU)


SOR EOR

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Temp. (oC)

SOR EOR

Press. (kg/cm2g)
Sour Gas 161.9 167.1 8.0 Cracking Reactor 13.3 1.0 Sour Gas

373 409 Charge Heater

Stripper Naphtha Stripper Fractionator Kerosene Stripper

HDT Reactor

144.0 260 372 370 Gasoil Stripper

H2 M/U Comp.

1.5 HP Separator

MP Separator
FEED H2 Make-up Naphtha UCU Gasoil Kero

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Hydrogen Production Unit (HPU)


SOR EOR Temp. (oC)
Sweet Gas

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SOR EOR

Press. (kg/cm2g)

538 560

25.2 Steam Reformer Boosting Compressor

Steam Drum
Hydrogen Product

852 860

22.2

PSA Unit

380 28.7 28.6

Process Gas Boiler

39 HT Shift 40 Converter

19.8

Condensate Separator

Hydrogenator Desulphurizers

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4) UNIT SCHEMATICS SWS, ARU, SRU & TGTU


SWS, ARU, SRU

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SWS
TO TREAT SOUR WATER BY STEAM STRIPPING COMPLYING WITH WASH WATER FOR HYDROTREATING AND WWT FEED REQUIREMENT PHENOLIC SOUR WATER AND NON-PHENOLIC SOUR WATER

ARU
TO REGENERATE RICH AMINE TO LEAN AMINE, IN ORDER TO MEET SPECIFICATION REQUIRED FOR UPSTREAM ABSORBER SATURATED GAS AND UNSATURATED GAS ARU

SRU & TGTU


TO CONVERT H2S INTO SULPHUR IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

SRU

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Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU)

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Acid Gas

Steam

NG

Reducing gas gen.

NH3 Rich Gas

1355

tail gas

0.63 kg/cm2g Sulfur

Furnace
condensed sulfur

Flake PKG.

Hydrogenation reactor

Lean Amine

Sulfur Pit

Amine absorber

650 0.01 kg/cm2g

Rich Amine

Incinerator

Contact condenser

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4) UNIT SCHEMATICS UTILITY AND OFFSITE


UTILITY AND OFFSITE
RAW WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM COOLING WATER SYSTEM STEAM AND CONDENSATE SYSTEM / BOILER FEED WATER SYSTEM AIR SYSTEM NITROGEN SYSTEM REFINERY FUEL GAS SYSTEM FLARE SYSTEM WASTE WATER SYSTEM TANKAGE FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION

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