Presentation topics for RefComm® Budapest are categorized in 3 tracks: Delayed Coker, Fluid Catalytic Cracker and Sulfur Recovery (amine, sour water, claus and tail gas). This is an excellent opportunity for Operators and Solution Providers to share Lessons Learned, Best Practices and new technologies to optimize productivity and safety.
Delayed Coker
Delayed Coker
Approved Presentations
- MOL Group Strategy 2030 (Keynote presentation)
– Miika Eerola – MOL Group - WHY SIL? – Use of SIL in the Design of Hydraulic Valve Actuators for FCCU and DCU
– Neal Cammy – BLAC INC. - Case Study – Venezuelan Coker Unit Emergency Shutdown: Preparing for Vessel Entry
– Martha Smith – ZymeFlow Decon Technology - Closed Coke Slurry System: An Advanced Coke Handling Process
– Bernd Lankers – Triplan Technology - Opening Process Equipment (OPE) – ExxonMobil Best Practice
– Mitchell Moloney – ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A - Delayed Coker Blowdown System Water Reuse
– Mitchell Moloney – ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A - Center Feed: Maximizing Coke Drum Life
– Ruben Lah – DeltaValve LLC - Nuclear Level Measurement in DCU – Challenges, Solutions, and Interpretations
– Dr. Jan Sielk – Berthold Technologies GmbH & Co KG - A New Automatic Bottom Unheading Valve: Combining the Advantages of Existing Classical Concepts in an Innovative Way
– Wolfgang Zingsem – Paul Wurth Oil & Gas Division - Handling Delayed Coker Disturbances with APC
– Arnaud Nougues – Yokogawa Europe Solutions B.V. - Up or Down? Understanding Nuclear Gauges on Delayed Cokers
-David Williams – VEGA Americas - Integration of FCC Unit with Hydrocracker and Delayed Coker Units
– TUPRAS – Izmet Refinery – Şeyma Avcılar & Aytaç Gül - Modernization of Romanian Cokers, Executed in a Major Revamp at OMV Petrom Refinery
– Vera Predescu & Dr. Wolfgang Paul – OMV Petrom Refinery & Ruhrpumpen GmbH - Delayed Coking Unit – How to Avoid Coking Issues on Isolation and Feeding Valves
– Rudy Repellin – Guichon Valves - IMI Z&J: State of the Art Delayed Coking Unheading Technology
– Reiner Mehr – IMI Z&J - Assessment, Mitigation, Management and Extension of Coke Drum Life Through Equipment Health Monitoring Systems and On Line Inspection
– Julian Bedoya – Stress Engineering Services, Inc. - Understanding Coke Drum Levels
– VEGA Americas, Berthold Technologies, Amec Foster Wheeler, Bechtel - Q&A: Process Engineering Focus
– Coking.com Inc. - Best Practices for Keeping Your Coker Clean
– Coking.com, RuhrPumpen, DeltaValve, ExxonMobil, Flowserve - Closing the Gap to 100% Coke Drum Unheading Automation
– IMI Z&J, RuhrPumpen, Paul Wurth, DeltaValve - Q&A: Mechanical/Reliability Focus
– Coking.com Inc. - Continuous Level Measurement on Coke Drum
– Miklos Gal – MOL PLC. - Modern Coke Drum Design
– Steve Beeston – Amec Foster Wheeler
Coke Drum Reliability and Repair
This block of presentations will be followed by a panel discussion / Q&A with the participating presenters.
- Field Modification of DCU Support Skirt-to-Vessel Attachment Weld Geometry
– Pedro Amador – AZZ Specialty Welding - The Different Types and Causes of Coke Drum Bulging
– Dr. Mahmod Samman – Houston Engineering Solutions, LLC - A Different Approach to Arrest Through Wall Cracks on a Coke Drum using Weld Overlay
– Yurik Leon – Weld O Latinoamerica - Imagining a World Without Coke Drum Cracking
– Panelists – Houston Engineering Solutions LLC, Weld O Latinoamerica, AZZ WSI, Stress Engineering Services
FCCU
Fluid Catalytic Cracker
Approved for the Program
- MOL Group Strategy 2030 (Keynote presentation)
– Miika Eerola – MOL Group - BLAC Inc. New Division for FCCU / RFCCU Valve Systems
– Phillip Black – BLAC INC. - Refractory Selection for FCCUs
– Giuseppe Pettenati – HarbisonWalker International - Reducing Octane Loss – Solutions for FCC Gasoline Post-Treatment Services
– Claus Brostrom Nielsen – Haldor Topsoe A/S - WHY SIL? – Use of SIL in the Design of Hydraulic Valve Actuators for FCCU and DCU
– Neal Cammy – BLAC INC. - FCCU Heartburn Panel
- Opening Process Equipment (OPE) – ExxonMobil Best Practice
– Mitchell Moloney – ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A - SOx Additive Effects on FCC Emissions
– Miray Genç – TUPRAS - Upgrading a FCC Main Fractionator to Improve Operational Reliability and Flexibility
– Giuseppe Mosca – Sulzer Chemtech Italia srl - Integration of FCC Unit with Hydrocracker and Delayed Coker Units
– TUPRAS – Izmet Refinery – Şeyma Avcılar & Aytaç Gül - FCC Reactor Overhead Line Vapor Isolation Valve
– Freddie Gines -IMI Z&J – Houston TX - Future FCC Revamp Opportunities for Increasing Propylene, and other Petrochemical Feedstocks
– Christopher Dean – CatCracking.com - FCC Catalyst Withdrawal and Special Valve Solutions
– Rudy Repellin – Guichon Valves - Assessing FCC Unit Performance after Revamp with Advanced Spent Cat Stripper Technology
– Rama Rao Marri – CB&I - Slovnaft’s FCC Contribution to the MOL Group’s 2030 Strategy
– Norbert Kovac & Dominik Gibala – Slovnaft - FCC Unit Feedstock Flexibility in Danube Refinery
– Tamas Kasza & Tamas Nemeth – MOL PLC. - Three Stream Online Analyzer Installation in HFA Unit
– Miklos Gal – MOL PLC.
Sulfur Recovery
Sulfur Recovery
Approved for the Program
- MOL Group Strategy 2030 (Keynote presentation)
– Miika Eerola – MOL Group - Opening Process Equipment (OPE) – ExxonMobil Best Practice
– Mitchell Moloney – ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A - Licensing an EPC Project – Case Study on a Fully Modularized SRU and AGE Package for Gas Field in Egypt
– Alessandro Buonomini & Armando Costantini – KT – Kenetic Technology S.p.A - Welded Plate Bloc-Heat Exchangers in Amine Systems and Sour Water Strippers
– Roy Niekerk – Kelvion - Efficiently Reducing SO2 Emissions on a Smaller Plot: A Case Study at Ta-Lin Refinery, Taiwan
– Yves Herssens – Dupont Clean Technologies - Stoichiometry-Controlled Oxidation: A technical and economical camparison between a conventional Sulphur Recovery Unit and one with an ammonia bypass
– Stijn Hoffland – Duiker Combustion Engineers B.V - Lower Hydrogen Cost and Higher Capacity Using Purified Sour RFG
– Jens Michael Poulsen – Haldor Topsoe A/S - Refractory Selection for SRUs
– Giuseppe Pattenati – HarbisonWalker International - Overcoming Operational Problems in a Claus Tail Gas Unit
– Claus Brostrom Nielsen – Haldor Topsoe A/S - SRU Heartburn Panel
- Root Cause Analysis and Successful Modifications to Eliminate Hot Spots in SRU at MOL’s Danube Refinery
– Akos Nemeth – MOL DS Production - Unconventional SRU Capacity Debottlenecking via ATS Production
– Jozef Halas – SLOVNAFT, a member of the MOL Group - Top 10 Operating Issues
- Preventing Corrosion in Sulphur Storage Tanks with Controtrace
– Stefaan Gouhie – Ametek CSI
“I sincerely enjoyed meeting with other refiners and the open and honest discussion of their processes and lessons learned. Motiva sent several of our operators, engineers, and support staff. All of which left the conference with a much richer knowledge of the safe and reliable operation of Delayed Cokers than when they arrived. This conference was definitely worth the time and money. Thank you so very much for making this happen. I think it helps make this industry a safer more reliable place to work.” Jamie Husen, Production Unit Manager-DCU, Motiva