CONVERSION UNITS

Delayed Coking Unit (DCU)

Severe thermal conversion of vacuum residue into lighter products and petroleum coke.

Delayed Coking Unit (DCU)

PROCESS & OPERATING PHILOSOPHY

Feed heating, coke-drum cycles, vapor fractionation, blowdown, cutting and coke handling. The operating sequence, recycle paths, start-up/shutdown cases and normal/turndown behavior are defined before equipment finalization.

MAIN EQUIPMENT & PACKAGE LIMITS

Coker heater, coke drums, fractionator, blowdown system, cutting equipment and coke handling. Materials, design margins, maintainability, isolation, access, lifting and spare philosophy are coordinated with the approved operating cases.

CRITICAL DESIGN INPUTS

Feed assay/composition, design capacity, operating pressure and temperature, product specifications, turndown, utilities, battery limits and site ambient conditions.

ENGINEERING DELIVERABLES

Cycle/yield basis, heater and drum design, switching philosophy, relief study, PFD/P&ID and layout. The package also includes line/equipment lists, relief and utility summaries, layouts or 3D interfaces, vendor-document requirements, inspection plans and commissioning inputs as applicable.

AUTOMATION, SAFETY & HSE

DCS regulatory control, critical interlocks, relief and depressuring, gas/fire detection, hazardous-area classification, HAZOP actions and applicable SIS/ESD functions.

APPLICATIONS & PERFORMANCE BASIS

Deep-conversion refineries processing high-residue crude slates. Capacity, product quality, consumption and emissions commitments are confirmed only after the representative feed and project Design Basis are approved.

CODES, STANDARDS & QUALITY BASIS

API 560, ASME, API 521, coke-drum fatigue and high-temperature piping practices. The contractual code basis is selected by destination and client specification. ASME/API/TEMA, EN/DIN and GOST/EAC requirements are not mixed without an approved code-equivalency and authority review.

CONTRACTUAL CODE BASIS

API 560, ASME, API 521, coke-drum fatigue and high-temperature piping practices.