Design, operation factors can up coker liquid yields. [Delayed liquid cooling]

Journal Article · Mon Feb 04 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Oil and Gas Journal; (USA)

OSTI ID:5598481

Elliott, J D ^[1]

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1. Foster Wheeler Corp., Clinton, NJ (US)

Among refineries with delayed cokers, there is now major incentive to maximize coker fresh feed throughput while producing maximum possible liquid yields. There are design features and operating considerations that can increase liquid yields. Maximizing coke throughput is typically a necessity in overall refinery operations because coker capacity to process the bottom of the barrel can be a bottleneck to the entire refinery crude throughput. The incentive for achieving the maximum liquid yield from a coker is: clean distillates, even cracked distillates, are valuable while fuel grade coke is not. Another way to look at a maximum liquid yield coker operation is as a minimum coke yield operation.

• OSTI ID: 5598481
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA) Vol. 89:5; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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