DECEMBER 2019
Process Flow Diagrams REFINERY PROCESS
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Three Basic Refinery Process Flows
SEPARATION CONVERSION STORAGE AND BLENDING
Gas
Naphtha Kerosene Gasoline Fuel Oil Crude BLENDING
Residual/Asphalt
Separation Crude Oil into Converts Lower Value Combines the Various Various Fractions Based Products into High-Demand, Components from the on Boiling Point Premium Products Conversion Processes • Crude Desalter • Residual Conversion into End-Use Products • Atmosphere Crude Unit • Middle Distillate Upgrading • Vacuum Crude Unit • Light Ends Processing
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Key Refinery Processes and Marketable End Products
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Key Refinery Processes with Critical Pump and Control Valves Concept
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Conversion Process — Typical Distillation Unit Process Desciptions
One of the other feedstocks to a refinery is hydrogen, which can be used in a hydrotreater, isomerization, FCC, reformer, and a complex, capital-intensive unit. 5 Process Flow Diagrams — Refinery REFINERY— PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS
Vapor or Flare Examples Using SIHI Vacuum Products Throughout the Refinery
Typical Vacuum Pump Package
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Detailed Crude Distillation Process with Second-Phase, High-Vacuum Tower
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Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU), Enhanced with SIHI Vacuum Systems Options
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Basic Delayed Coking Unit
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Basic Hydrotreater
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Typical Fluid Catalytic Cracker
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Typical Hydrocracker Thermal and Pressure Balance Processes
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Hydrocracker (Simplified)
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Continuous Catalytic Reformer (Simplified)
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Continuous Bed Process Flow with Primary Control Valves
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Typical Alkylation-Unit Flow
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Vapor Recovery System Process
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Typical Vacuum Systems
PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE (Valtek MaxFlo 4)
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Typical SIHI Liquid Ring Used in Flare Gas
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Blending (Mixing) Flow with Key Pump and Control Valves
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Typical Amine Treating Process in Refineries
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Deasphalter (Simplified)
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