Place: Gujarat.
Company’s profile: This client was a multinational company, operating in steel, energy, infrastructure and services, oil & gas, etc. They are fully integrated oil & gas company with a strong presence across the hydrocarbon value chain – from exploration and production to oil retail. The company has access to a global portfolio of conventional and unconventional, onshore and offshore oil and gas blocks. The company is also the largest coal bed methane (cbm) player in India.
Situation:
- The refinery produces middle distillates such as Aviation Fuel, Kerosene oil & high-speed Diesel (HSD), as well as LPG & transport fuels with high quality standards. Essar refinery, vadinar is having a truck loading system for HSD and MS in dispatch area. They have 300 CMH cooling tower with a shell & tube heat exchanger for cooling of 350 CMH flow of HSD and 150 CMH flow of MS from storage tank enters. It is observed that the temperature of HSD and MS at filling area is comparatively high at 38 degrees. C (mainly during summer time) against best suitable temperature of 35 degrees C for transportation. As per customer requirement, HSD and MS temperature at 35 degrees C at filling area.
Solution:
- After assessment and studying of the situation by our experts, the solution offered was Chiller and PHE combination to cool down HSD and MS to the ideal temperature of 35 Degrees C, at filling area.
Benefits:
- Customer achieved ideal temperature control system of HSD and MS at filling area.
