DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT OF A MINI REFINERY

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dc.contributor.authorSHEHU, MUKHTAR
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T08:40:04Z
dc.date.available2017-03-10T08:40:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractNigeria is one of the top oil-producing nations in the world but processing this oil into finished products has been a major challenge for the countries. Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units of Nigerian Refineries produced petroleum products at far below their installed capacities.This work is aimed at effective design and fabrication of a mini FCC Unit. The FCCU was designed to process 0.56bbl/hr of Escravos gas oil and fabrication of same was carried out. Equipments fabricated include Feed Surge Drum (Diameter 0.631m and Height 1.002m), Feed/LCO Heat Exchanger (Shell Diameter 0.260m, Tube Diameter 0.030m and Exchanger Length 1.000m), Feed/DCO Heat Exchanger(Shell Diameter 0.275m, Tube Diameter 0.0245m and Exchanger Length 1.000m) , Feed/Slurry Heat Exchanger(Shell Diameter 0.260m, Tube Diameter 0.024m and Exchanger Length 1.000m) , Feed Fired Heater (Base Diameter 0.872m, Height 1.745m and Tube Diameter 0.024m), Riser Reactor (Diameter 0.545m and Height 1.817m), Main Fractionator (Column Diameter 0.520m and Column Height 2.925m) and Overhead Condenser (Shell Diameter 0.310m, Tube Diameter 0.0245m and Condenser Length 1.000m). Both manual and Hysys simulation software were used to carryout the design and the results obtained were compared to ascertain most acceptable technique for the design of FCCU.While Hysys simulation gave more detailed and effective results, the manual design technique shows little descrepancy to Hysys simulation result. Therefore, the manual design technique is also valid and can also serve in the absence of the software for FCCU design.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8773
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDESIGN AND FABRICATIONen_US
dc.subjectFLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT,en_US
dc.subjectMINI REFINERY,en_US
dc.titleDESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT OF A MINI REFINERYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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