college that train crude oil refining machine

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Who needs a refinery process engineering program?
  • The program is ideal for personnel involved in refinery process engineering, plant operations, troubleshooting, and technical services. Process engineers from design and construction companies as well as those providing services to the petroleum refining industry should also find this program beneficial.
  • How many heat exchangers are in a crude refinery preheat train?
  • The complete refinery crude preheat train presents 35 heat exchangers organized in five branches. The process flowsheet can be found in Figure 2. The first studied case (reference) corresponds to a simulation of the preheat train with all heat exchangers without fouling.
  • Why do oil companies need a preheat train?
  • However, during the operation of the preheat train; the thermal effectiveness of the heat exchangers diminishes due to fouling and, as a consequence, fuel costs increases. The large volumes of crude oil processed and the scenario of crescent energy prices justify the importance of this problem for the oil companies.
  • Why is crude oil fouling a problem in pre-heat train heat exchangers?
  • Crude oil fouling in pre-heat train heat exchangers has been a major problem in oil refining for decades. The operating problems, increased energy requirements and greenhouse gases emissions which arise from the inefficiencies caused by fouling are discussed.