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Distillation Fundamentals Expertise

A few of the successful distillation projects

we have helped implement

1.    1988 - Reformer Stabilizer - retrayed a reformer stabilizer for increased capacity -  Houston Texas, USA

2.    1991 - Aromatic Solvent Tower - retrayed an aromatic solvent tower for increased capacity and efficiency - Houston Texas, USA

3.    1992 - UDEX BTX Stripper Column - retrayed a UDEX BTX stripper tower - Houston, Texas, USA

4.    1994 - Crude Vacuum Tower - changed vacuum tower from random rings to structured packing - Houston, Texas, USA

5.    1995 - Commissioning of an Ethyl Benzene Plant - Merak, Indonesia

6.    1996 - Commissioning of an Ethyl Benzene / Styrene Monomer Plant - Panjin, China

7.    1997 - Commissioning of a EP Cracker - total of eleven columns - Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

5.    1998 - Debutanizer Column - modified the down comers for increased capacity - Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

6.    2000 - Ethylene Saturator - changed from random packing and pan distributors to grid and v-notched distributors for increased reliability - Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

7.    2001 - BTX Extractive Distillation - changed trays and packing distributors for increased capacity in extractor and stripper columns- Johor, Malaysia

8.    2001 - Propylene Splitter - installed redistributors to increase efficiencies - Johor, Malaysia

9.    2002 - Ethylene Quench Tower - changed from random packing and pan distributors to grid and v-notched distributors for increased reliability - Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

10.  2003 - Ethylene Quench Tower - changed from random packing and pan distributors to grid and v-notched distributors for increased reliability - Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

11.  2003 - Ethylene DeMethanizer - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

12. 2004 - Crude Vacuum Tower - upgraded distributors and packing - Singapore       

13. 2004 - Specialty Chemical Unit - Retrayed dual flow trays for increased capacity, Thailand

14. 2005 - Ethylene DeMethanizer - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia

15. 2005 - Ethylene Cracked Gas Absorber - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia

16. 2005 - Ethylene Process Water Stripper - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia

17. 2005 - Aromatics BTX DePentanizer - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia

18. 2005  - Aromatics BTX De Hexanizer - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia

19. 2005 - Aromatics BTX DeHeptanizer - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia

20. 2005 - Gasoline Hydrotreater Stabilizer - retrayed with high capacity trays to increase capacity - South East Asia