Refineries utilize a continuous supply of high process steam to maintain refining operations, and steam is vital to sustain operations, so a boiler can supply high quality steam is necessary in this industry.
Converting crude oil into refined products such as vehicle fuels and lubricants for diverse industrial applications, the refining industry produces a vast number of byproducts that can, in turn, be used to fuel its boilers. Most refinery boilers run primarily on gas byproducts, which is then supplemented with purchased natural gas and residual oil.
The following are the ideal boiler types for this industry.
How to Select a Proper Boiler for Petroleum industry
1. Determine the capacity of the boiler. The boiler capacity should based on the Heating Load Curve or Heat Balance Diagram, and includes the heat loss in pipelines, self-used heat of boiler room, available used waste heat. While, usually, it is difficult to get the Heating Load Curve, the heating load could get based on the max thermal consumption per hour within production/heating/domestic, and then determine by using the coefficient.
2. Determine the boiler heating parameters, including pressure, temperature, etc.
3. Determine the boiler efficiency. In order to benefit for economic management, the boilers should have high thermal efficiency, and the boiler output, quantity and other performances have to adapt to the change of heat loading.
4. It is better to select the boilers with same capacity or combustion equipment. If different, the max limitation is two models, to decrease the problems of equipment layout and management.
