Design selection for the primary filtration station in refineries
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For the primary filtration station in the refinery, the process design conditions are as follows. . . Oil flow rate: 317.1 x 1.2 m3/hr. Operating temperature: 154.4°C (maximum 200°C). Operating pressure: 7.3 Barg. Allowable pressure drop for a clean filter: 0.5 bar; maximum pressure drop for a dirty filter: 1.5 bar. API gravity: 19.5 API. Oil density at operating temperature: 840.1 kg/m3. Oil viscosity at operating temperature: 2.703 cp. Solid content: normally 20–40 ppmw; maximum 200 ppmw. Design temperature: 260°C. Design pressure: 14.2 bar. Automatic backwashing is available, with a backwashing set point of 1.4 bar. Maximum acceptable flow rate during normal operation: 4.9 m3/hr/m2. How to design and select this feed filter bank…
OP, are you trying to help design a filtering solution? What is the required filtration precision?