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Kochi

Crude Blending
CONFIDENTIAL

CHT - Integrated Refinery
Business Improvement Program
March 2007
Confidential
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Crude Blending Layout
Crude
A
Crude
B
Crude
C
Crude
D
Blend Ratio Control
to CDU
QMI (i.e. Sulphur)
Confidential
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Crude Blending Layout
Crude
A
Crude
B
Crude
C
Crude
D
to CDU
FC
FC
FC
QMI (i.e. Sulphur)
Confidential
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Crude blending Phase 1 - BRC
ILB
Blending rules
RQE
TQE
XL_Blend
flows
Density (API)
sulphur, Distillation
MRCT, PPT, Asphat
Optimum
recipe
BRC

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sequences
Density or API
sulphur,
Distillation
CDU
Off-line NIR
Confidential
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Crude blending Phase 2 - BPC
ILB
SMOC_pro
Density (API), N, Neutral
sulphur, Distillation
CCR, PPT, Asphat
Optimum
recipe
BRC
CDU1
On-line NIR
Confidential
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Crude blending
CDU1
on-line
NMR / NIR
on-line
NMR / NIR
Blend
Control/Opt.
CDU2
API-Grav.
TBP(wt% at
38, 05,165, 365,
565C
sulphur
15 type of crudes
monitored properties
on-line
NMR / NIR
Confidential
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Thank You