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Pyrolysis Fuel oil burning

Pyrolysis Fuel oil burning

Pyrolysis Fuel oil burning

(OP)
Hello everyone

Does anyone have Pyrolysis Fuel Oil burning in Ethylene Cracking Furnaces? or fuelgas and FOP mixed burning?

We are planning site expansion and probably we won't have market for all PFO. PFO burning question in furnaces was raised but anyone knows a plant with such kind of operation in ethylene furnaces.

We have that onsite only in steam boilers.

RE: Pyrolysis Fuel oil burning

If I remember well, non of the cracking furnaces I have seen has burner handling FOP. Therefore, this doesn't mean that using FOP is not possible but you just need to check with vendors of burners and the furnaces technology provide to assure you no impact and feasible.
But I do see the following applications that you may think about as alternative destinations for this excess FOP:
- Steam boilers
- Incinerator

I hope this would help you

Cheers
SmartEngineer

RE: Pyrolysis Fuel oil burning

(OP)
We don't have applications available for it. I'm talking about the PFO excess. We are now deactivating fueloil steam boilers to put gas turbines, consuming Steam Craker methane excess.

This is the reason why Cracking furnaces idea appeared but we have doubts because we don't know any plant in the world with this.

AndreChE

RE: Pyrolysis Fuel oil burning

Contact JohnZink Inc.  www.johnzink.com  They were "the man" when I was in the oil industry.  They can probably tell you if it has been done and if not how you can be the first.

Regards
Stonecold

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