Oil & Gas Refinery Machinery and Equipment
Refinery equipment can be grouped by process function, since refineries convert crude oil into useful petroleum products (LPG, petrol, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, lubricants, etc.).
Primary Processing Units
- Atmospheric Distillation (CDU): Separates crude into fractions.
- Vacuum Distillation (VDU): Processes heavier crude residues.
- Desalters: Removes salts, water, sediments.
Secondary Processing Units
- FCCU: Converts heavy fractions into gasoline, LPG, olefins.
- Hydrocrackers: Break heavy oil into cleaner fuels.
- Coking Units: Converts residues into lighter hydrocarbons.
Treating & Reforming
- Hydrotreaters: Removes sulfur & metals → cleaner fuels.
- Catalytic Reformers: Converts naphtha into aromatics.
- Gas Treating Units: Removes H₂S, CO₂.
Utility & Support Equipment
- Boilers & Steam Systems: Process steam.
- Cooling Towers: Removes heat from water.
- Pumps & Compressors: For crude & gas movement.
Storage & Material Handling Equipment
- Storage Tanks: Fixed roof, floating roof, bullet tanks (for LPG, naphtha, diesel).
- Pressure Vessels & Reactors: For catalytic reactions, hydrotreating, reforming.
- Pipelines & Manifolds: Transport crude and refined products across units.
- Loading/Unloading Systems: For ships, trucks, and rail wagons.
Heat Transfer & Separation Equipment
- Heat Exchangers: Shell & tube, air-cooled, plate type.
- Condensers: Condense vapors into liquid fuels.
- Separators & Knock-Out Drums: Remove entrained liquid from vapor streams.
- Scrubbers: Gas purification (removing particulates, H₂S, SO₂).
Safety & Environmental Equipment
- Flare Systems: Safely burn off excess gases.
- Wet Scrubbers: Remove pollutants from exhaust gases.
- Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP): Treat refinery wastewater.
- Gas Recovery Units: Minimize venting and emissions.
Rotating & Static Equipment
- Rotating: Pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, mixers.
- Static: Columns, reactors, drums, exchangers, tanks.
- Applications: Power plants, refineries, chemical industries, cement, food & beverage.
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