ECONOMICS 843
wt% on feed
Conversion to 340
◦
F TBP cut point 25.0
Products:
Gas to C
5
9.0
Naphtha distillate to 390
◦
F TBP cut point 20.3
Gas oil 390 to 622
◦
F cut points 24.7
Fuel oil + 622
◦
F cut point 46.0
Products
1.0 The gas shall include C
3
an C
4
’s and shall be routed to the crude unit overhead
distillate drum.
2.0 The overhead naphtha distillate product shall also be routed to the crude unit
overhead naphtha drum. The naphtha product shall have an ASTM distillation
end point of not more than 387
◦
F.
3.0 The gas oil side stream product shall have an ASTM 90 vol% distilled at a
temperature no higher than 645
◦
F.
4.0 The fuel oil as residue from the cracker primary tower shall have a minimum
Pensky Martin flash point of 200
◦
F and shall be thermally stable.
Process conditions
1.0. Thermal cracker furnace
It is required that the furnace and transfer line be capable of effecting a crack of 25
wt% on feed of gas and naphtha to a TBP cut point of 340
◦
F. The transfer line outlet
temperature from the furnace shall not be higher than 920
◦
F at a pressure of 250 psig.
The injection of HP steam into the furnace coils may be considered to increase
turbulence and minimize the lay-down of coke. Should steam be used it’s volume under
the furnace conditions must be accounted for in the design of the furnace coil(s).The
temperature of the feed to the inlet of the furnace soaking section must be control-
lable.
2.0. The main fractionator
The feed to the fractionator from the furnace must be quenched to a suitable tempera-
ture to meet the residue cut point requirement. This temperature must also be sufficient
to produce enough over flash for proper fractionation between the distillate streams.
The column will be operated at a pressure in the overhead distillate drum of 50 psig.
Naphtha distillate stream shall be maximized and steam stripping of the gas oil side
stream should be considered in this respect. Fractionation criteria in terms of gaps
(and overlaps) between the distillate streams shall be: