Monitoring
Refinery Processes
Turnarounds
Catalysts
Name this molecule
100

3 KPIs that should be included in the monthly monitoring report

What is WABT, H2 PP, reactor dP, axial dT, radial dT

100

Reaction name represented by HDN

What is Hydrodenitrogenation

100

Type of catalyst loading method

What is sock or dense loading?

100

Function of the catalyst top grading

What is particulate removal?

What is dP control?

What is spreading out the reaction?

100

R-SH

What is mercaptan

200

Behavior of lead bed reactor dT as the catalyst ages

What is decreasing

200

The term used to describe the heat release accompanying Hydrogen addition reactions.

What is exothermic?

200

Chemical used to activate a catalyst after a TAR

What is DMDS or Sulfurzol?

200

Immediate response of reducing H2 PP at the reactor outlet 

What reduced activity?


200

NH4HS

What is ammonium bisulfide

300

This term describes the differences between the highest and lowest temperatures at a given elevation in a catalyst bed

What is radial dT

300

Process denoted by the acronym "SHU"

What is Selective Hydrogenation Unit

300

DAILY DOUBLE

What is MPT? minimum pressurization temperature

300

Term that describes rapidly accelerating hydrocracking reactions 

What is runaway

300

Product of the decomposition of Sulfurzol, in addition to H2S

What is butane?

400

Poison of hydrotreater catalysts some of its sources are anti-foams and well chemicals

What is Si

400

Name 4 sites with HCUs

Where are KEN, LAR, LARW, ROB, GVL, GBR

400

Species monitored during catalyst cooldown to minimize formation of Nickel Carbonyl 

What is CO?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What is rejuvenation?

400

DMDS

What is dimethyl disulfide?

500

Fraction of the wash water injected upstream the REAC that should remain in liquid phase

What is 25-33%

500

Two "O's" preserved by the prime G process

What are olefins and octane

500

Damage mechanism of austinitic steels aided by the reaction of oxygen with sulfur species

What is PASCC polythionic acid stress corrosion cracking

500

Chemical that suppresses hydrocraking activity by titrating acid sites on the catalyst 

What is NH3

500

Composed of crystalline silica and alumina, commonly used in hydrocraking catalysts

What is zeolite

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