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Classification of petrochemical equipment: There are many and complex standards for classifying chemical plant equipment; here only the \"classification of petrochemical equipment\" method is used for a brief introduction. 2.1.1 Furnaces 1. Heating furnaces (including box-type, tubular, and cylindrical types) 2. Gas (oil) generator furnaces 3. Dry distillation furnaces 4. Pyrolysis furnaces 5. Conversion furnaces 6. Dehydrogenation furnaces 7. Hydrogen production furnaces 8. Others 2.1.2 Columns 1. Tray columns 2. Floating valve columns 3. Bubble cap columns 4. Packed columns 5. Coke columns 6. Cooling columns 7. Others 2.1.3 Reaction equipment 1. Polymerization reactors 2. Hydrogenation reactors 3. Cracking reactors 4. Reforming reactors 5. Disproportionation reactors 6. Isomerization reactors 7. Synthesis towers 8. Others 2.1.4 Storage tanks 1. Metal storage tanks 2. Spherical tanks 3. Non-metallic storage tanks 4. Gas holders 5. Stirred tanks 6. Others 2.1.5 Heat exchange equipment 1. Fixed-tube-sheet heat exchangers 2. Floating-head heat exchangers 3. U-tube heat exchangers 4. Plate heat exchangers 5. Shell-and-tube heat exchangers 6. Evaporators 7. Air coolers 8. Waste heat boilers 9. Others 2.1.6 Chemical machinery 1. Centrifuges 2. Vacuum filters 3. Leaf filters 4. Plate and frame filter presses 5. Vibrators 6. Molding machines 7. Mixers 8. Extruders 9. Granulators 10. Conveyors 11. Stirrers 12. Dryers 13. Crystallizers 14. Packaging machines 2.1.7 Textile machinery 1. Spinning/molding machines 2. Drawing machines 3. Washing machines 4. Softening machines 5. Dryers 6. Curling machines 7. Winding/folding machines 8. Twisting machines 9. Texturing machines 10. Drawing machines 11. Cutting machines 12. Carding machines 13. Packing machines 14. False-twist machines 15. Others 2.1.8 General machinery 1. Pumps (1) Centrifugal pumps (2) Reciprocating pumps (3) Proportional pumps (4) Gear pumps (5) Vacuum pumps (6) Screw pumps (7) Vortex pumps (8) Slurry pumps (9) Shielded pumps 2. Compressors (1) Centrifugal compressors (2) Reciprocating compressors (3) Screw compressors (4) Rotary (slurry) compressors (5) Others 3. Blowers (1) Centrifugal blowers (2) Roots blowers (3) Axial flow fans 2.1.9 Power equipment 1. Industrial boilers 2. Steam turbines 3. Steam engines 4. Internal combustion engines 5. Electric motors (100 kW and above) 6. AC and DC generators 7. Transformers (100 kVA and above) 8. Switchgear cabinets 2.1.10 Instruments and meters 1. Measuring instruments 2. Control instruments 3. Quality measurement instruments 4. Computers 2.1.11 Machine repair equipment 1. Machine tools (1) Lathes (2) Milling machines (3) Boring machines (4) Planing machines (5) Grinding machines (6) Slotting machines (7) Drilling machines (drill diameter 25 mm and above) (8) Gear processing machine tools (9) Dynamic balancing machines 2. Ferroconcentration furnaces (0.5 t and above) 3. Steelmaking furnaces (0.5 t and above) 4. Heat treatment furnaces 5. Heating furnaces 6. Hammers 7. Presses (or hydraulic presses) 8. Sheet rolling machines 9. Sheet cutting machines 10. Welding machines 11. Others 2.1.12 Lifting, transportation, and construction machinery 1. Cranes (1) Bridge cranes (2) Truck (tire) cranes (3) Crawler cranes (4) Tower cranes (5) Gantry cranes (6) Electric hoists (3 t and above) 2. Belt conveyors 3. Turnover trucks 4. Forklifts 5. Steam locomotives 6. Electric locomotives 7. Internal combustion locomotives 8. Vehicles (1) Trucks (2) Three-wheeled trucks (3) Trailers (4) Fire trucks (5) Ambulances 9. Tank cars 10. Tractors 11. Bulldozers 12. Excavators 13. Ball mills 14. Grinders 2.1.13 Others (Equipment not included in the first twelve categories)
It’s great to see that furnace equipment is classified as the first category among petrochemical equipment; those of us who work on the design of heating furnaces are greatly inspired by this.