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Utility air and Nitrogen capacity for Refinery

Utility air and Nitrogen capacity for Refinery

Utility air and Nitrogen capacity for Refinery

(OP)
Hello everybody,

Can anybody give me some guidelines or point me to some documentation in order to be able to establish the necessary quantity of utility air/inert air/ nitrogen for a refinery of about 75,000bbl crude/day?

Thanks

Lori

RE: Utility air and Nitrogen capacity for Refinery

I am working in china refinery with 350*10000t/a.
In our refinery,we have two air plant quantity with 160?200Nm3/min. according to the design our necessary air quantity are about 180Nm3/min.
we have nitrogen plant with 30Nm3/min.
this mabey usefull for you.

RE: Utility air and Nitrogen capacity for Refinery

(OP)
Thank you for your reply.

Can you send me more details about the guidelines for
determine these air plant capacity?

Like per unit in the refinery, or per number of
utility stations?
Also if you have and can spare some guidelines for
instrument air and nitrogen.

Thank you very much.

RE: Utility air and Nitrogen capacity for Refinery

I think that this book may have charts for such utility uses.

PETROLEUM REFINING Technology and Economics
Third Edition
Dr. James H. Gary and Glenn E. Handwerk, 1993

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