SRC - Presentation
SRC - Presentation
SRC - Presentation
ETHYLENE FURNACES
STEAM CRACKING TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION
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The cracking furnaces is the core of
ethylene process
⚫ The reaction yield increases by reducing both the
gas residence time and the hydrocarbon partial
pressure.
⚫ Furnace designers are continuously modifying the
geometry of the radiant coil to improve the surface
to volume ratio.
⚫ The resulting higher heat flux and tube metal
temperature force the radiant coil to operate close
to its metallurgical limit.
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Short residence time requires small
diameter tubes which causes:
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SRC Technology Objectives:
⚫ Short residence time with large bore tubes
⚫ Increasethe heat transfer area
⚫ Enhance the radiant heat transfer
⚫ Reduce the tube metal temperature
⚫ Reduce the coking rate
⚫ Avoid tube plugging
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SRC Technology Achievements:
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Typical commercial coils
Name
Geometry Run Length days Coil ID inches Residence time sec
UDC
> 60 4÷5 0.5÷0.8
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Comparison
Standard Tube SRC Tube
SRC
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Heat transfer in cylindrical tube
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SUPER RADIANT COIL
Heat Transfer Mechanism
Heat Balance:
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SUPER RADIANT COIL – Heat Balance
Tf Fluid Temperature
Twi Tube Wall inside Temperature
TSRC SRC Temperature
Convection Heat Transfer :
SRC qC=qC1+qC2=
qC1
qC2 Awi *hC1 (Twi-Tf ) +ASRC*hSRC *(TSRC-Tf)
qC2 = qrSRC
qr SRC
hSRC > hc1
hc1 =Tube inner convection heat transfer coefficient
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Heat Transfer Over the Insert (SRC)
*(T 4-T wi
4)*A
SRC SRC
qr SRC=
f(εSRC , εT , εg , FSRC,T)
qC2
qr SRC = qC2
qr SRC
TSRC Insert temperature
ASRC Insert surface
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SUPER RADIANT COIL
Industrial Test Furnace
Polimeri Europa –Ethylene Plant- Gela (Italy)
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Test furnace: Capacity = 12 ton/h
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SRC ADVANTAGES
• Reduced film thickness
• Lower Coke formation
• TMT decrease
• Lower tube carburization
• Less maintenance
• Extended tubes’ life
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SUPER RADIANT COIL
Material Cost
Technical data:
• OD = 48 mm
• L = 12000 mm
Cost:
• Tooling = 14k€ (fix cost: 1 ∞)
• SRC Tube ≈ 5k€
SRC cost ≈ 80% of Outer Radiant tube (OD =88.8 mm) cost
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SRC OPTIONS
• FURNACE MODIFICATIONS
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SUPER RADIANT COIL: Applications
Ethane Main LPG/naphtha Main
Purpose Purpose
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SRC PERFORMANCE
• SUMMARY OF ADVANTAGES
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SUPER RADIANT COIL
Conclusions
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Pycos engineering proposition
• Feasibility Study
• Basic Design and EPC
• Startup & Acceptance Test
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SRC PROJECT SCOPE
1. Feasibility study 3 months
2. Detail Engineering 6 months
3. Material Supply ≈ 6 months
4. Installation 1 -2 months
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SUPER RADIANT COIL
PATENT GRANTED
IN EUROPE
USA & RUSSIA
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