• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2005

The likelihood of failure for the thinning of high temperature sulfide and naphthenic acid corrosion, which affect to a risk of facilities, was analyzed through the risk based inspection using API-581 BRD. We found that the corrosion rate was increased with increasing temperature and total acid number(TAN). And maximum value of the technical module subfactor(TMSF) was not varied with operating condition, but the TMSF was sensitively changed at the range of low temperature, low flow rate, and high TAN. Also, the TMSF was increased as an used year and inspection effectiveness increased, but it was increased as thickness, inspection number, and over design decreased.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.350-361
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• 2008

Canada's oil sands contain one of the largest reserves of oil in the world. According to recent estimates, there are nearly 180 billion barrels of oil in the Canadian oil sands trapped in a complex mixture of sand, water and clay. More than 40 companies have been currently operating or developing oil sands facilities since the first production in 1967. The process of oil sands upgrading is similar with down stream refinery, but the corrosion environment in upgrading refinery is often more severe than in the refinery because of high chlorides, mineral contents, carbonic acid, heavy viscosity and fouling, higher naphthenic acid [$NA-R(CH_{2})nCOOH$], and greater sulfur contents. Naphthenic acid corrosion (NAC) which is one of the most critical corrosion issues in up & downstream refinery plants was observed for the first time in 1920's in refinery distillation processes of Rumania, Azerbaizan (Baku), Venezuela, and California. As a first API report, the 11th annual meeting stated sources and mechanism of NAC in early 1930's. API has been developing the risk base standards, such as API RP580, 571, and Publication 581 which are based on the worst NAC damage in the world since 2000. Nevertheless not only the NAC phenomena and control in Canadian sands oil process are not much widely known but also there are still no engineering guidances for the Canadian sands oil in API standards. This paper will give NAC phenomina and materials selection guidance against NA environment in Canadian oil sands upgrading processes.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2003

도금폐수로부터 철, 구리, 아연 및 니켈 등 중금속을 분리ㆍ회수하기 위한 용매추출시 추출제의 종류 및 평형 pH에 따른 각 금속의 분리효과를 조사하였다. 실험결과 아연은 추출제로 PC-88A가 가장 효과적이며, pH 2.5에서 100% 추출할 수 있다. 구리와 니켈은 LIX 84를 사용하여 추출하면 각각 pH2에서 100% 그리고 pH4～5에서 90% 이상 추출할 수 있다. 한편, 중금속이 혼재한산ㆍ알칼리계 도금폐수에 대한 용매추출에서는 먼저 3가 철을 지방산인 20％의 Naphthenic acid나 10％의 Versatic acid-10로 pH2∼2.5 부근에서 분리ㆍ회수하고, 그 다음에 3%의 LIX 84를 사용하여 pH2에서 구리를 용매추출하여 분리하고 난 후 20% PC-88A 로 pH2.5∼3에서 아연을 용매추출하여 회수하면 수상에 니켈만이 잔류하여 각각의 금속분리가 가능하다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2009

This paper focuses on techniques of improving refinery reliability, availability, and profitability. Our team developed a corrosion control document(CCD) for processing of the crude distillation unit(CDU). Recent study shows the loss due to corrosion in US is around $276 billion. It's a big concern for both managers and engineers of refinery industry. The CCD consists of numerous parts namely damage mechanism(DM), design data, critical reliability variable(CRV), guidelines, etc. The first step in the development of CCD is to build material selection diagram(MSD). Damage mechanisms affecting equipments and process need to be chosen carefully based on API 571. The selected nine DM from API 571 are (1) creep/stress rupture, (2) fuel ash corrosion, (3) oxidation, (4) high temperature sulfidation, (5) naphthenic acid corrosion, (6) hydrochloric acid(HCL) corrosion, (7) ammonium chloride(salt) corrosion, (8) wet $H_2S$ corrosion, and (9) ammonia stress corrosion cracking. Each DM related to corrosion of CDU process was selected by design data, P&ID, PFD, corrosion loop, flow of process, equipment's history, and experience. Operating variables affecting severity of DM are selected in initial stage of CRV. We propose the guidelines for reliability of equipments based on CRV. The CCD has been developed on the basis of the corrosion control in refinery industry. It also improves the safety of refinery process and reduces the cost of corrosion greatly.