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3.6 VGO - HDT Unit:: Process Description
3.6 VGO - HDT Unit:: Process Description
6 VGO-HDT UNIT:
Design capacity:5.4MMTPA
Licensor: Axens, France
Unit objective:
It is designed to produce FCC feed containing less than 600ppmw
Sulphur and 500ppmw N2
Feed source:
. Hydro treated VGO to FCCU
Process description:
VGO-HDT stands for vacuum gas oil hydrotreating unit
Feed is treated in this unit called feed preparation unit. Hydrogen
gas is supplied for cracking 21% of undesired cracking take place in the
process of treating the feed. Its running time is 8320 hours on an
average with a capacity of 5.4MMTPA or 650 tons/hours or 700m/hour.
There are 8 heat exchangers present after it which are FEES i.e. feed
effluent exchangers. IN the fractionator the feed get separated with
naphtha at the top, diesel at the middle and VGO at the bottom.
Centralized compressor increase the pressure from2-5kg/cm2 to 80-
100kg/cm2.The recycle gas contains 92-98%H2 gas .We get the
hydrotreated VGO as the final product with some other by products like
cracket products,naptha etc.