Refinery Applications​


​Technical Papers
Boiling Range Distributions: In the Lab In the Process
​D7798 Round Robin Results and Implications
Fast Gas Chromatography in the Refinery Quality Control Laboratory
​​Fast Process Gas Chromatography Implementations in Refining and Petrochemical Plants​
​Making SimDist Faster and More Robust: Minimizing the impact of retention time drift​


​Industry (Facility)

​Service

​Parameter

​Range

​Background

​Teledyne Model

​​​​​​Continuous Catalytic Reformer - CCR: See application note in Petrochemical​ for Aromatic Plant

​​​​​​​​​Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit - FCCU - 1st & 2nd Stage Regenerator Cyclones​

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​Catalyst Regeneration

​Percent O2

​0-1%

​Flue gas

3000 Series​


​Percent CO

​0-1%, 0-10%



7500Z NDIR

​Percent O2

​0-1, 0-5, 0-25%



3110P​ plus sample system

​Flue gas / stack incinerator

​Percent O2 & SO2

​0-5% O2 & 0-1%



6000 UV (SO2)
3000P (O2)

​Desulfide separator vent gas

​Percent O2

​0-25%

​Process gas

3020M Paramagnetic

​​Hydrocracker Unit


​Recycled gas compressor suction

​​Percent H2

​​50-100%

​​Hydrocarbons

​​2020

​Make-up gas

​Total gas downstream confluence point

​Crude & Vacuum Distillation Units - CDU & VDU

​Color analysis / Diesel product

​ASTM / APHA / Saybolt

​Pr​oduct dependent

​Fuel oil

​​6000 UV


​​2 Naphtha pump around to Atm crude tower

​Light naphtha

​CDU / VDU Heaters

​Stack gas / CEM Appl

​PPM NOX / SOX

​0-500 ppm

​Stack gas

9110TH & ​6000 UV

​Cooling Tower Water

​Hydrocarbon breakthrough

​PPM hydrocarbons

​0-10 ppm

​Water

​4080

PSA Unit

​H2 purification off gas

​PPM CO

​0-10 ppm

​H2

​7​500Z NDIR Series

​Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU)

​Flue gas to SRU stack incinerator

​Percent O2 & SO2

​0-5% O2
0-1% SO2

​Flue gas

3000P (O2) / 6000 UV (SO2)

​​​Tail Gas Treating Unit (TGTU)



​SCOT quencher overhead

​Percent H2


​0-4, 0-8%

​N2 / CO2 / H2S

2020



​Recycle gas compressor discharge

​70-100%

​CH4, H2S + trace HC

​Recycle gas to gas scrubber

​Percent H2S

​0-5%

​H2, CH4, H2O

6000 UV

​Recycle gas scrubber overhead

​PPM H2S

​0-2,000 ppm

​H2, CH4, H2O

​Isomerization Unit

​Recycle gas

​Percent H2

​50-100%

​C1, C2, C3+

2020

​Process gas / "Burn off only"

​Percent O2

​0-5%

​N2, CO2

3000PA or 3000PB

​Wastewater Treatment Unit (WWTU)

​Setting pond / Drain channel

​Oil

​0-10 ppm

​Rain run-off, etc.

6650SP​

​API SINK

0-100 ppm

​Catch basin

​Carbon Black Unit

​​Partial combustion - furnace process

​Percent O2

​0-5%

​C.B + H.C + CO

3000 Series​
(dirty application)

​​​​​Methanol / MTBE

CD Tech, UOP, ABB Lummas





​Purge gas to reformer

​​​Percent H​2






​​70-100%




​CH4 / CO2 / CH3OH

​​​2020







​Methanol convertor effluent

​​CH4 / CO2 / CO / N2


​Circulator gas compressor

​Net gas from knockout pot

​50-100%

​C1, C2, C3, C4

​Reactor column - purification

​Percent CH3OH

​0-2%

​MTBE

5020 (NIR)​

​MTBE in gasoline

​Percent MTBE

​0-20%

​Gasoline

7320​ (NDIR)

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