Sru Operation

SRU, ARU, SWS
OPERATION
&
CRITICAL OPERATING
PARAMETERS
Diagram of Refinery Sour Water Stripper Unit
TO FLARE
90 OC
1 KG/CM 2
SOUR GAS
SOUR WATER
FROM UNITS TO SRU
65 OC
REFINERY SOUR WATER STRIPPER COLUMN

REFINERY STRIPPER
CR AIR COOLER
SOUR WATER
92.4 OC
SURGE DRUM
FEED/BOTTOMS
EXCHANGER
90 OC
71.6 C
O
REFINERY STRIPPER
CR PUMP
40 OC
123.6 OC
123.8 OC
SWS FEED PUMPS LP
STEAM
STRIPPED REFINERY
WATER STRIPPER
TO ETP STRIPPED WATER REBOILER
40 OC AIR COOLER
LP CONDENSATE
STRIPPED WATER 123.8 OC LP CONDENSATE
TRIM COOLER
REFINERY STRIPPER
STRIPPED WATER TO CDU/DCU BOTTOM PUMP 2
SWS CRITICAL PARAMETERS
Column feed temperature.

Column pressure difference(pdi).
Column reboiling steam.
Sour water Stripper tank levels.
Skimming operations.
• The Rich Amine Flash Drum separates any
entrained liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon from
the rich amine.
• Hydrocarbon vapor separated in the Rich Amine
Flash drum, which also contains some H2S and
water vapor, is scrubbed with a small lean amine
slipstream.
• The Amine Stripper Reboiler uses
desuperheated MP steam as controlling the
steam flow controls the heating medium Reboiler
heating rate.
• Vapor from column top is condensed in
overhead condenser before entering the
reflux drum.
• Reflux is pumped to the column on reflux
tray and descends down. This prevents
MDEA losses into the overhead and
ensures complete removal of H2S.
• Slip stream from lean amine pump is
introduced in a cartridge filter to filter any
dirt, scales etc. down to 5 micron size.
• From the cartridge filter slip stream enters
the charcoal filter to remove degraded
amine product.
ARU CRITICAL PARAMETERS
Lean ARU Solvent Temperature and

Composition.
ARU Water Balance & Hydrocarbon
Condensation.
Composition of the Lean and Rich Amine
Streams.
Flash drum pressure.
SRU OPERATION
• The amine acid gas feed from the Amine Regeneration
Unit is introduced via the knockout drum.
• The air to main burners is supplied by main air blower,
which also supplies air to the SUPERCLAUS stage and
the sulphur degassing.
• To remove the heat generated in the main burner the
gas passes through the tube bundle located in waste
heat boiler.
• Then the process gas is introduced into first sulphur
condenser in which it is cooled, the sulphur vapor is
condensed and the liquid sulphur is separated from the
gas.
• Upstream of first reactor, the process stream from the waste
heat boiler is heated by the first steam reheater to obtain the
optimum temperature for the catalytic conversion.
• 1st Claus Reactor
• Inlet temperature Norm. / max. : 240 / 350 °C
• Outlet temperature Norm. / max. : 309 / 350 °C
• 2nd Claus Reactor
• Inlet temperature Norm. / Max. : 210/350 °C
• Outlet temperature Norm. / Max. : 232 / 350 °C
• The inlet temperature has to be kept between 130 to 150°C
(above sulphur dew point) to prevent sulphur condensation
• The sulphur after each reactor is condensed in the sulphur
condenser.
• The heat liberated in waste heat boiler and condensers
is utilized to generate steam.
• Boiler feed water is introduced to the shell side of the
waste heat boiler and sulphur Condensers on level
control.
• The sulphur as it is produced in the train contains about
350 ppm (wt) H2S.
• The sulphur pit consists of a degassing section and a
storage section of one day.
• Unconverted SO2 is then fed to Tail Gas Treating Unit.
CRITICAL PARAMETERS SRU
H2S/SO2 Ratio.
Reaction Furnace Temperature.
Converter Temperatures.
Final condenser outlet temperature.
Tail Gas Treating Unit
The Tail Gas Unit (TGU) removes the remaining sulfur from the Claus
unit tail gas by a combination of chemical reaction and absorption.
The process involves:
 Converting all the remaining sulfur in the Claus tail gas to hydrogen
sulfide.
 Selectively absorbing the hydrogen sulfide from the rest of the tail
gas constituents.
 Stripping the absorbed hydrogen sulfide from the solvent and

returning it to the front of the Claus unit for subsequent sulfur
recovery.
• In thermal incinerator, the combustible components in
the tail gas from coalescer and vent gas from the sulphur
pit are thermally oxidized at a temperature of 730 °C with
an excess of air.
• The incinerator burner is a low NO, burner in which a
shortage of oxygen exists in the flame zone to obtain a
tow NO, production.
• This is achieved by staged combustion: primary air is
supplied at 80 % stoichiometry to the burner chamber.
• The remainder of the combustion air (staged air) is
supplied after the burner throat.
• The staged air quantity ensures a 10 % excess air on
total combustion air to obtain complete combustion of
fuel gas.
• To remove the heat generated in the thermal incinerator,
the flue gas passes through the tube bundle located in
the waste heat boiler.
• The flue gas is further cooled to 308 °C in the steam
superheated for HP steam superheating.
• Finally, the flue gas is routed to the stack.
TGTU CRITICAL PARAMETERS
Hydrogenation Reactor
Temperature.
Excess Hydrogen
Lean TGU Solvent Temperature
and Composition
TGU Water Balance

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REFINERY SOUR WATER STRIPPER COLUMN

Column feed temperature.

Lean ARU Solvent Temperature and

 Stripping the absorbed hydrogen sulfide from the solvent and

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