Make your Unit Perform Again
If your unit is failing to perform to its nameplate capacity, you don’t have to put up with it. Vorteil has experience in identifying multiple levels of bottlenecks, and proposing economical solutions to return a unit to its official capacity.
Many common problems lead to bottlenecked units, including:
- Feedstock Change: When the feedstock of a petroleum unit changes, it’s often the case that key pieces of equipment or even entire circuits are over or under-sized.
- Unmaintainable Equipment: In some cases, the unit ran great when commissioned, but years of fouling and wear have created a situation where the equipment can no longer meet its new and clean specifications. While owners can simply replace the equipment in kind, a better solution could be to alter the design parameters to obtain sustainable performance.
- Controls: Over time, instruments and gauges can lose calibration and lead to a situation where the unit’s programming is no longer effective. The only way to fix this is by first carefully studying the instrumentation data, and then identifying faulty instrumentation and ineffective cause-and-effect clauses.
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Book us now for a study to debottleneck your unit. Our study will illuminate the path forward, and allow you to determine the economic feasibility of solutions to your plant’s problems.