A webinar with DigitalRefining on ceramic systems for the reformer and the Claus furnace.
One webinar, two furnaces at opposite ends of the refinery.
Presented with DigitalRefining.
In this webinar, presented with DigitalRefining.com, Uday Parekh of Blasch explains how two engineered ceramic systems raise reliability in hydrogen and sulfur recovery plants. StaBlox replaces brick flue gas tunnels in top-fired steam methane reformers, and VectorWall replaces brick checkerwalls and choke rings in Claus reaction furnaces.
| Format | Webinar, recorded |
| Presenter | Uday Parekh, Senior Global Director, Blasch Precision Ceramics |
| Host | DigitalRefining.com |
| Related article | Boosting performance and reliability, Hydrocarbon Engineering, August 2018, by the same author |
Refineries make hydrogen in the reformer for their hydrotreaters. The hydrotreaters produce sour gas, and the hydrogen sulfide from it is converted to sulfur in the Claus unit. Both furnaces depend on refractory structures inside them: the reformer on its floor tunnels, the Claus furnace on the wall or ring that mixes the gas before the waste heat boiler.
In both furnaces, mortared brick is asked to move with the heat, and in both the answer is blocks that move on their own.
The reformer side is covered on the StaBlox flue gas tunnel system page, the Claus side on the VectorWall mixing checkerwall page. The 2018 article by the same author summarizes the field and CFD results for both units.
Uday Parekh, Senior Global Director at Blasch Precision Ceramics, with DigitalRefining.com as host.
StaBlox flue gas tunnels for steam methane reformers and VectorWall checkerwalls for Claus reaction furnaces.
The published results for both units are in the 2018 Hydrocarbon Engineering article by the same author.
Tell us what limits each unit today. A Blasch engineer will look at both with you.
