Sour Water Optimization: A Key to Refinery Sustainability

Arvind Chaturvedi

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Enhance your career in chemical engineering with expertise in Sour Water System Optimization! By mastering this specialized skill, you'll become a highly sought-after professional in the oil and gas industry, qualified for roles like Process Engineer, Operations Optimization Specialist, or Environmental Engineer. With expertise in sour water system optimization, you'll minimize environmental impact, reduce operating costs, and improve safety for top companies like Shell, Total, or Saudi Aramco. This course will give you the edge to advance your career, lead process optimization teams, and drive sustainable operations in the energy sector.

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Introduction to Hydrocarbon Contamination

Sources and types of hydrocarbon contaminants

Formation of stable oil emulsions

Chemistry of Sour Water Streams

Interaction of H2S and NH3 in aqueous phases

Impact on refining and gas processing operations

Challenges of Droplet Settling

Factors affecting droplet settling rates

Common operational issues caused by slow settling

Optimization Techniques for Sour Water Strippers

Enhancing droplet separation

Design and operational improvements

Energy Efficiency Strategies

Reducing energy consumption in separation processes

Techniques for energy savings in sour water management

Emission Control Measures

Reducing H2S and NH3 emissions

Environmental compliance strategies

Improving Sulfur Recovery

Advanced sulfur recovery techniques

Maximizing efficiency and yield

Case Studies and Practical Examples

Real-world scenarios and solutions

Best practices from leading industry players

Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving

Addressing common operational challenges

Practical tools and techniques for operators

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Hydrocarbon contamination of sour water streams feeding sour water strippers is a well-known challenge in the refining and gas processing industry. The source of this challenge is the formation of a stable oil emulsion in an aqueous phase that may contain both H2S and NH3. The typical approach to the problem involves large residence time tanks under the estimation that droplet settling will occur over a long enough time frame. In practice, droplet settling is very slow due to a variety of reasons, and as a result, operators encounter sour water heat exchanger fouling, stripper fouling, hydrocarbon excursions to sulfur recovery units along with other operating challenges. This course will address the relevant issues and identify possible approaches to optimisation, with very significant contribution to energy savings, emission control and improved sulphur recovery goals.