The fouling in the crude distillation preheat train of Algerian reffinery

Fouling in crude distillation unit preheat train petroleum refineries is a complex phenomenon. Besides, fouling of equipment by oil undergoes different mechanisms at stages preheating. Hence, understanding the essential formulating appropriate mitigation strategies. In this respect, use concept threshold conditions one approaches for mitigating through operating conditions. Indeed, during study, monitoring temporal resistance evolution E102 exchanger battery Algerian refinery was carried out. However, calculated based on classical method proposed Kern. Given that pressure drops widely used so as to detect tubes heat exchangers, it decided study its over time. Nonetheless, has effectively revealed had clogging problem since increased addition, considerable discrepancy noted between values read manometers and those from theoretical expression. virtue which, these deviations could be consequence measurement uncertainties or instability conditions, also fact considering constant internal diameter tubes.