The effects of corrosion control by crude desalting, alkaline neutralizers and corrosion inhibitors in crude oil distillation unit were investigated by charging the laboratory distillation apparatuses and topping plant (40, 000 BPSD) with Middle East crudes.
Following results were obtained;
(1) Desalting contributes little to corrosion protection unless the salt content of the crude oil is decreased sufficiently.
(2) When stripping steam is added to the crude unit, the generation of hydrogen chloride tends to increase with the increase of salt in the crude oil and the rise in distillating temperature. However, appreciable amount of hydrogen chloride is generated even with no stripping steam.
(3) When injecting corrosion inhibitors to overhead lines better results are obtained when the pH in the overhead water is maintained at 7.0 and ammonia injection is employed than when the pH is of a lower value.
(4) Concerning the injection of alkaline neutralizers into the crude oil charge line;
(a) Both caustic soda and sodium carbonate are effective to corrosion control, however, the effect is greater when larger volume is injected after dillution.
(b) The injection of caustic soda plus aqueous ammonia into the crude oil is further effective than injecting caustic soda alone.
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