Fouling and Coking Technology - Fouling Plant Experience

Over thirty years experience in various fields of carbon chemistry, asphaltene chemistry, fouling and coking in various refinery and petrochemical processes. Work included mechanisms, fouling measurements, characterization methods, antifoulant development and fouling/coking mitigation.

Work closely in plants investigating and solving fouling problems world-wide.
Among processes investigated:

REFINERY PROCESSES

Crude oil units
Cokers
Visbreakers
Hydrotreaters
Hydrocrackers
Fluid Cat Cracking
Asphaltene incompatibility measurements
Pyrolsis gasoline
Lube furfural extraction
H-oil

PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSES

Steam cracking
Mixed C4 and butadiene
Mixed C5 and butadiene
Styrene
Ethylene dichloride
Ethylbenzene
Xylene isomerization
Dissolved oxygen related to fouling of olefins and diolefins
Catalyst fouling and spent catalyst characterization

FOULING MEASUREMENTS

Crude oil fouling analyzer (Development and production)

REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICALS WASTE PROCESSING

Processing FCC slurry tank resides to useful feedstock
Processing of FCC slurry into mesophase carbon fiber
Processing steam cracker residues into carbon products

GAS PROCESSING

NGL fractionator fouling

MISCELLANEOUS

Gas compressor fouling
Fireside fouling
Burner fouling

LUBES and FUELS

Pryolysis gasoline
Diesel fuel
Diesel engine filter fouling
Used lube oil fouling
Lube oil oxidation using high temperature oxidation unit

CARBON PRODUCTION

FCC mesophase carbon fiber
Anisotropic binder for carbon electrode (for steel and aluminum production)