New waste-heat refrigeration unit cuts flaring, reduces pollution

Benjamin Brant, Sabine Brueske, Donald Erickson, Riyaz Papar

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Abstract

Planetec Utility Services Co. Inc. and Energy Concepts Co., in cooperation with the US Department of Energy developed and commissioned a unique waste-heat powered ammonia absorption refrigeration (AAR) plant for LPG recovery at the Denver refinery operated by Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. The environmentally-friendly technology reduces flare emissions and the loss of salable liquid-petroleum products to the fuel-gas system. AAR is applied to the refinery's fuel-gas makeup streams to condense over 180 b/d of salable liquid hydrocarbon products, increasing annual profits by nearly $1 million, while substantially reducing air polluting emissions from the refinery's flare.

Original languageEnglish
Pages61-65
Number of pages5
Volume96
No20
Specialist publicationOil and Gas Journal
StatePublished - Jan 1 1998
Externally publishedYes

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