Lube Refining

Essence of Solvent Extraction

PROCESS FLOW PLAN - LUBE REFINERY

SPO D H2 SPO R 150N R 500N R 1300N R

150N D

RCO

V D U

500N D

1300N D DAO D
IO100 D IO1600 D

S E U

HY. R E A C T O R

SPO 150N\T 500N\T P D U 1300N SBS IO100

DAO R
IO-100 HD

P D A
FLO

IOH H2-PLANT
H2

IO-1600

LPG\NAPHTHA

IO-1600

HD
RPO CBFS

ASPHALT.

TO-FR

S W

Process Objectives
PROCESSES
VDU SOLVENT EXTRACTION & HYDROFINER PROPANE DEASPHALTING UNIT(PDA) PROPANE DEWAXING UNIT(PDU) SOLVENT EXTRACTION & HYDROFINER PROPANE DEASPHALTING UNIT(PDA) PROPANE DEWAXING UNIT(PDU)

OBJECTIVES
VI, COLOR-STABILITY, DENITRIFICATION, DE-SULPHURIZATION VISCOSITY, COLOR, FLASH POINT VISCOSITY, COLOR, CCR CLOUD POINT , POUR POINT VISCOSITY, COLOR, FLASH POINT VISCOSITY, COLOR, CCR CLOUD POINT , POUR POINT

Solvent Extraction
Raffinate Solution

Raffinate Recovery

NMP

Feed

Treater Tower

Solvent & Stripping Gas Recovery

Extract Solution

Extract Recovery

Extraction concepts
Using solvent, you extract either desirable or undesirable compounds from a liquid mixture. Counter-current liquid/liquid contacting in Treater Tower Two phase system - heavy & light phase Improves viscosity index, color of lube oil Removes aromatic compounds Reduce viscosity

Properties of NMP
Full name : N-methyl-2pyrrolidone Density, 25 C : 1.027 Boiling Point, C : 204 Freezing Point, C: -24.1 Viscosity, cP @140 C: 1.02
H2C CH2

H2C

C=O NCH3

Extract Recovery
Extract solution (treater tower bottom - aromatic distillate) preheated to 225 C before entering the Extract Recovery Furnace

Extract Recovery Tower:

27 trays; top temperature : 260 - 265 C, Bot temperature : 250 - 275 C (top & bot depend on type of grade) Stripping medium : LPG at 210 C Extract oil stripped down to 5 ppm of NMP Overhead product : stripping gas, water vapor, light HC and NMP Vap Overhead product is combined with raffinate recovery tower overhead. They go to dry solvent drum through series of exchanger which generate intermediate steam and increase Extract Recovery Furnace Bottom product is stripped off of light HC and cooled to 80 C and then goes to tankage.

Raffinate Recovery
Raffinate solution (treater tower overhead - paraffinic distillate) preheated to 210 C before entering the Raffinate Recovery Furnace.

Raffinate Recovery :
27 trays; top temperature : 225-235 C, Bot temperature : 290 310 C (top & bot depend on type of grade) Stripping medium : LPG at 210 C Raffinate oil stripped down to 5 ppm of NMP Overhead product : stripping gas ,water vapor ,light HC and NMP Vap Overhead product is combined with extract recovery tower overhead. They go to dry solvent drum through series of exchanger which generate intermediate steam and increase Extract Recovery Furnace Bottom product goes to Hydrofiner reactor