【Haichuan Expands Horizons】Shenghong Refining & Chemical’s 145-meter-tall, 2,200-ton torch tower structure along with 8 torch units

From October 20th to 21st, the kick-off meeting for the torch facility project of Shenghong Refining & Chemicals (Lianyungang) Co., Ltd.’s integrated refining and chemical project was successfully held in Handan. Responsible persons from the Equipment Branch, Honeywell-UOP Engineering Technology R&D Co., Ltd., and Keller Combustion Technology & Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as UOP Company) attended the meeting. The welding of the torch cylinder and the torch tower will be carried out at the Handan manufacturing base and the Weixian manufacturing base respectively. The project management teams from both sides maintained efficient communication, jointly discussed the project implementation plan and defined the goals, thereby laying a solid foundation for the equipment subsidiary to expand its presence in the petrochemical industry market. At the meeting, Wang Yi, the head of the project management department at UOP, gave a brief introduction and explanation on aspects such as the project overview, scope of work, plan for submitting design drawings, schedule, as well as the key technical challenges. Li Junhua, deputy chief engineer of Handan Zhongcai and director of the Equipment Branch, gave a detailed presentation on aspects such as project safety management, scope of supply, project organization structure, operational processes, and document control. The two sides had in-depth discussions on issues that required clarification and coordination, such as quality standards, manufacturing progress, delivery schedules, and cycles. Li Junhua said that although the late submission of design drawings has led to a tight project schedule, the Equipment Branch will still work closely with the design institute to optimize the designs and improve the efficiency of drawing production. Adhering to the principle of providing honest service, it will overcome all difficulties that arise during project implementation, allocate more human and mechanical resources to this project, and strive to meet the owner’s expectations. The flare facility of the Shenghong refining and chemical integration project consists of a flare barrel and a flare tower. The total volume of the project is approximately 3,500 tons; the height of the flare tower is 140 meters. All deliveries for this project will be completed by April 2021.

Removable overhead torches: There is a removable overhead torch of similar scale at the Shijiazhuang refinery in China.

That one seems to be five groups of torches, while this one has more

This post was last edited by Zhizhi Ming on 2021-12-26 at 11:56. The detachable elevated torch consists of tower module installation plus the self-elevating installation of the torch; the core technology lies in the \"self-elevating system\". During maintenance, the flare tip can also be removed for inspection using the self-lifting system. The flare system can be maintained independently (either one, several, or all of them) depending on the maintenance needs and operating conditions of the facility, without the need to shut down the entire plant.

The 170-meter multi-tube self-elevating flare tower for the Oman Liwa Ethylene project was successfully ignited for the first time. This flare tower is located in the Sohar Industrial City in Oman, and it is part of the utility projects under the Liwa Plastic Industries complex project undertaken by China National Chemical Engineering Corporation for the Oman Oil Refining and Petroleum Industries Company. It features a 170-meter-high multi-tube self-elevating tower-style flare tower, which serves as the pressure-relief combustion system for burning the combustible gases generated by the entire ethylene plant.

Guess which refining project’s torch this is