• Carbon letters
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2013

Needle coke is an important material for graphite electrodes. Delayed coking is used to produce needle coke. Producing good quality needle coke is not simple because it is a multi-parameter controlled process. Apart from that, it is important to understand the mechanism responsible for the delayed coking process, which involves mesophase formation and uniaxial rearrangement. Temperature and pressure need to be optimized for the different substances in every feedstock. Saturate hydrocarbon, aromatic, resin and asphaltene compounds are the main components in the delayed coking process for a low Coefficient Thermal Expansion value. In addition, heteroatoms, such as sulphur, oxygen, nitrogen and metal impurities, must be considered for a better graphitization process that prevents the puffing effect and produces better mesophase formation.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2008

석유를 대체할 수 있는 자원 중의 하나인 오일샌드 역청의 열화학적 전환을 통해 생산된 연료유 특성을 열천칭 분석기와 중질유들의 전환 공정에 사용되는 딜레이드 코킹 반응기(600ml)를 이용하여 분석하였다. 동일한 $50^{\circ}C/min$의 승온 속도로 최종 코킹 온도를 $400{\sim}550^{\circ}C$까지 변화시킨 결과, 최종 코킹 온도가 증가할수록 코킹이 완료되는 시간과 전환률이 증가하였다. 그러나 $450^{\circ}C$이상의 온도에서는 미비하게 증가하여 코킹 운전이 적어도 $450^{\circ}C$ 이상이 되어야 함을 알 수 있었다. 딜레이드 코킹 반응기의 최대 액체 수율은 $475^{\circ}C$의 조건으로 나타났으며 코킹에 의해 생성되는 오일의 API, SIMDAS분석을 통해 경질화가 진행되어 일반적인 디젤과 비슷한 연료 특성을 가짐을 확인하였다.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.675-680
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• 2002

Cracking and bulging in welded and internally lined pressure vessels that work in thermal-mechanical cycling service have been well known problems in the petrochemical, power and nuclear industries. However, published literature and industry surveys show that similar problems have been occurring during the last 50 years. A better understanding of the causes of cracking and bulging causes is needed to improve the reliability of these pressure vessels. This study attempts to add information required for increasing the knowledge and fundamental understanding required. Typical examples of this problem are the coke drums in the delayed coking units refinery process. This case was selected for experimental work, field study and results comparison. Delayed coking units are among the refinery units that have higher economical yields. To shut down these units represents a high negative economical impact in refinery operations. Also, the maintenance costs associated with repairs are commonly very high. Cracking and bulging occurrences in the coke drums, most often at the weld areas, characterize the history of the operation of delayed coking units. To design and operate more robust coke drums with fewer problems, an improved metallurgical understanding of the cracking and bulging mechanisms is required. A methodology that is based field experience revision and metallurgical analyses for the screening of the most important variables, and subsequent finite element analyses to verify hypotheses and to rank the variables according to their impact on the coke drum lives has been developed. This indicated approach provides useful information for increasing coke drum reliability. The results of this work not only order the most important variables according to their impact in the life of the vessels, but also permit estimation of the life spans of coke drums. In conclusion, the current work shows that coke drums may fail as a combination of thermal fatigue and other degradation mechanisms such as: corrosion at high and low temperatures, detrimental metallurgical transformations and plastic deformation. It was also found that FEA is a very valuable tool for understanding cracking and bulging mechanisms in these services and for ranking the design, fabrication, operation and maintenance variables that affect coke drum reliability.