FCC Spent Catalyst Standpipe Expansion Joint for US Refinery
Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process is a core and critical process in many refineries. It converts, inside a reactor, hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum crude or heavy oils into more valuable gasoline, olefinic gases, and other products.
Expansion joints used in FCCU service combines high temperatures and corrosive and abrasive medium and therefore they are considered highly engineered units and one of the most critical and complex types of expansion joints to be manufactured.
Project highlights:
- Type: FCC Spent Catalyst Standpipe Expansion Joint
- Refinery location: USA
- Licensor: UOP
- Design Codes and Standards
- EJMA latest edition
- ASME Code
- UOP Standards
- ND: 550 mm (22”)
- Length: 3048 mm (10’ – 0”)
- Double bellows in SB443 N06625Gr.1, 2 ply testable system
- Pipes and cones in A387Gr11 Class 2
- Welding Neck Flanges in A182 Gr. F11 or Gr. F12 according to ANSI B16.5 150 Lb.
- Pantographic system in SA516Gr.70 N
- Thermocouples K type.
- Refractory lining: Actchem 85
- Design pressure: 4,6 bar
- Design temperature for bellows and pipeline: 538°C; MDMT: -29°C
At MACOGA we have extensive experience with licensed processes of UOP, AXENS, KBR, Lummus, and others, and we have successfully designed and built hundreds of FCC and RFCC Expansion Joints for refineries throughout the world.
