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Fouling of Some Canadian Crude Oils Refereed Proceedings Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning: Fundamentals and Applications Engineering Conferences International Year 2003 Fouling of Some Canadian Crude Oils M. Srinivasan ∗ A. P. Watkinsony ∗The University of British Columbia yThe University of British Columbia This paper is posted at ECI Digital Archives. http://dc.engconfintl.org/heatexchanger/26 Srinivasan and Watkinson: Fouling of Canadian Crude Oils FOULING OF SOME CANADIAN CRUDE OILS M.Srinivasan and A.P.Watkinson Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering The University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4 [email protected] v) coke formation due to reactions of polar fractions ABSTRACT These factors (i) to (v) become progressively more A thermal fouling study was undertaken using three sour important as the oil temperature is raised- i.e., factor (i) can Canadian crude oils. Experiments were carried out in a re- predominate at lower temperatures in the preheat train, circulation fouling loop, equipped with an annular (HTRI) whereas factors (iv) and (v) become more important near electrically heated probe. Fluids at pressures of about 1000- the furnace inlet temperature. 1340 kPa under a nitrogen atmosphere were re-circulated at a velocity of 0.75 m/s for periods of 48 hours, and the This research focused on three Canadian crude oils, all of decline in heat transfer coefficient followed under which have significant sulphur content. For two of the oils, conditions of constant heat flux. Bulk temperatures were only a few results are reported, whereas the other oil was varied over the range 200-285°C, and initial surface subject to more extensive study. temperatures from 300 to 380°C. Heat fluxes were in the range of 265-485 kW/m2. MATERIALS Surface temperature effects on fouling of the three oils were Properties of the three oils are listed in Table 1. Cold Lake compared, and fouling activation energies estimated. For crude arises from heavy oil production, and is high in C7 the lightest oil, a more detailed study of velocity, and bulk asphaltene content (8.6 %), and is substantially higher in and surface temperature effects was carried out. Fouling viscosity, and in organic sulphur content (3.7 %) than the rate decreased slightly with increasing velocity. Fouling rate other two oils. Midale, has properties intermediate between increased with both surface and bulk temperatures; a rough those of Cold Lake and Light Sour Blend, with asphaltenes correlation was developed using a modified film of 5%, and sulphur of 2.5%. Light Sour Blend has a temperature weighted more heavily on the surface viscosity a factor of 13 below that of Cold Lake, temperature. Deposits showed high concentrations of asphaltenes of 2 %, and a sulphur content of 1.3%. Oils sulphur and of minerals, indicating the importance of iron were provided by Shell Canada Ltd. sulphide deposition. The oils were characterized [4] using the Automated Flocculation Titrimeter (AFT), to determine the insolubility INTRODUCTION number (IN) and the solubility blending number SBN [5]. The results are listed below in Table 2. Viscosity at the film Fouling in crude oil pre-heat trains is costly in terms of temperature was estimated using several methods [6-8], and energy, maintenance and lost production. Although crude the value from [8] which was close to the average prediction oil fouling has been a subject of much study [1-3], there are was used. few investigations of fouling under controlled conditions which give guidance on predicting fouling rates for APPARATUS different oils under non-coking conditions. A fouling loop was constructed for this research which could operate at pressures to 2 MPa, and at bulk Reported causes of fouling from crude oils include temperatures of up to 285 °C. The feed tank (Fig. 1) has a i) impurities such as water, rust and other particulates capacity of 7.5-L of oil, and is equipped with external band ii) gum or polymeric species formed through heaters. oxidation of reactive species in the oils iii) insoluble asphaltenes from self-incompatible oils or from blending iv) iron sulphide formation Published by ECI Digital Archives, 2003 1 Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning: Fundamentals and Applications, Art. 26 [2003] Table 1 Bench mark crude analytical data. pump circulates the fluid at a pressure limited to 1.25 MPa (as supplied by Shell Canada Limited) by the packing in the pump. Flow was measured by an orifice plate. S.No Analysis CLK MDL LSB An annular test section was used, with an HTRI-type probe Density @ 15 oC 1 0.9582 0.8994 0.8534 of 1.065 cm outside diameter supplied by Ashland (gm/cc) Chemical, Drew Division. The annulus was fabricated from Viscosity@ 25 oC 2 157.80 27.26 12.74 Type 316 stainless steel pipe with an inside diameter of (mPa-s) 1.585 cm. Viscosity@ 6 oC 3 566.20 113.50 161.70 (mPa-s) The heat flow was calculated from measured voltage and “C5 Asphaltenes Shell 4 Method” 13.20 6.44 3.13 current readings, and the over all heat transfer coefficient (wt %) calculated by: “C7 Asphaltenes 5 (ASTM D3279-97)” 8.58 5.05 2.05 U = Q / (A· ∆ T) (1) (wt %) Carbon Residues 6 10.60 6.49 3.56 Pressure in the loop was maintained manually using (wt %) nitrogen which was bled into the system during initial Ash 7 0.036 0.003 0.003 (wt %) heating of the oil. After experiments, the probe was Toluene Insolubles removed for mechanical deposit recovery and chemical 8 0.09 0.06 0.06 (%) cleaning. The loop was then drained, purged with nitrogen, “Hot Filtration (ASTM cleaned with Varsol at 75°C, and re-purged. 9 0.03 0.02 < 0.01 D4870)” (%) Organic Sulfur 10 36750 24580 12600 (ppm) Nickel 11 66 18 7 (ppm) 24O V AC T out b HTRI Probe Vanadium 12 157 30 10 (ppm) Vent PT-4E Calcium 13 2< 1< 1 Knockout pot (mEq/L) All instruments Sodium connected to 14 15 1 < 1 DAS-8 (mEq/L) Liquid Drain PRV DAS - 8 Section Iron Test Annular 15 4< 1< 1 (ppm) Holder Pins PC Aluminium 16 < 5< 5< 5 PG (ppm) T in T tank b Zinc PG DPT PRG 17 < 1< 1< 1 T bulk (ppm) Orifice Plate Assy. Copper Relief Safety CW out 18 < 1< 1< 1 T (ppm) tank Pulsation Dampener CW in Ceramic Heaters Filterable Solids Band Heaters 19 0.07 0.15 0.05 N Cyl Supply Tank (wt %) 2 Centrifugal Solids T line 20 0.35 0.1 < 0.025 (BS&W (v %)) Gear Pump Drain API Gravity 21 16.17 25.83 34.31 15 oC Table 2 Oil Compatibility Measurements. 0.5 0.5 Crude Pa Po P IN SBN δ δ oil ( Mpa ) f ( Mpa ) Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of the fouling loop. MDL 0.6102 0.8442 2.1655 38.5 75.0 17.53 16.40 LSB 0.6420 0.6523 1.8219 36.1 64.2 17.19 16.32 CLK 0.6817 0.7105 2.2324 31.4 64.3 17.19 16.17 Temperature control is maintained through a heated secondary surge vessel. A roto-gear positive displacement http://dc.engconfintl.org/heatexchanger/26 2 Srinivasan and Watkinson: Fouling of Canadian Crude Oils RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 500 5 q Fouling Tests with the Three Oils C) o 400 ( s 4.5 Ts For comparisons of fouling characteristics of the three crude K 2 C),T 300 o oils, experiments were carried out at bulk temperatures of ( b Tb 4 210-275 °C, and surface temperatures about 100 °C higher. ),T 2 200 Velocity was set at 0.75 m/s. Due to the marked difference U kW/m U, in viscosity, Reynolds numbers were much lower for the 3.5 100 Cold Lake crude. q (kW/m Figures 2 a-c show results from typical fouling experiments, 0 3 0 1020304050 which lasted about 2 days. For LSB (Fig. 2a), after an Time (Hours) initial unsteady period which lasted about 3 hours, the overall heat transfer coefficient remained constant at 4.56 Fig. 2a Overall parameter plot of fouling for LSB crude 2 kW/m K for another six hours. It then declined oil (Reb 5000) approximately linearly with time by about 20 % over the 500 5 final 45 hours of the run. The surface temperature increased q C) by some 22°C from its initial value of 350°C. Bulk o 400 ( T temperature remained constant. s s 4.5 K 2 C),T 300 o ( Results for Midale crude are shown in Fig. 2b. There is no b Tb 4 induction period observed after the initial unsteady state ),T 2 200 period. The overall heat transfer coefficient decreased by U, kW/m 3.5 27% in two stages, with more rapid fouling for the first nine 100 U hours than for the remaining 42 hours. For this run, the q (kW/m fouling rate was taken over the second stage, which had the 0 3 longer time period. The heaviest crude oil, Cold Lake, had 0 102030405060 the lowest initial heat transfer coefficient, as shown in Fig. Time (Hours) 2c. A 4-5 hour induction period preceded an 18 % decline in heat transfer coefficient over the duration of the run. Fig. 2b Overall parameter plot of fouling for MDL crude oil. ( Reb 3300) The value of the clean coefficient was calculated from ten data points taken over the time period 2.5 to 3.5 hours. 500 4 The fouling resistance was then determined as C) o 400 ( s Ts 3.5 Rf = 1/U – 1/ Uo (2) q K 2 C),T 300 o ( and the fouling rate calculated from the slope of the linear b Tb 3 ),T plot of 1/U versus time, after any induction period.
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