Tomorrow s Innovation Today September 24, 2018 Houston, Texas Process Equipment Technology (PET)

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1 Tomorrow s Innovation Today September 24, 2018 Houston, Texas Process Equipment Technology (PET) Brad Fleming, General Manager/PET Group North America Operations

2 GTC Business Organization Technology Licensing Technology Licensing Engineering Technical Services R&D Chemicals & Catalysts GTC Technology Process Equipment Technology EPCm Design & Manufacturing Mass Transfer Solutions Engineering Services Procurement Construction Management Energy Services Online Boiler/Heating Cleaning Fired Heater Service Ceramic Coating Insulation 2

3 PET Mass Transfer Solutions Troubleshoot Urgent Replacement Conceptual Design/ Simulation Solution Installation Support Engineer/ Manufacture Flow Test 3

4 Process Equipment Technology Product Portfolio Mass transfer equipment Conventional & high performance trays Conventional & high performance structured packing Fouling resistant grid packing for severe services Conventional & high performance random packing Column internals Reactor internals Internals for separations, mist eliminator and coalescer 4

5 GTC PET Major Accomplishments Key Staffs retained from Glitsch Supplied trayed & 800+ packed columns references since inception of process equipment technology division in 2007 thru Patents on Mass Transfer Devices Developed wide range of high performance distillation / liquidliquid extraction, anti-fouling trays and high performance packing East & West Hemisphere Manufacturing Facilities (ISO-9001) Seamless integration with technology licensing to deliver best available technologies at minimum time spans. 5

6 Mega Size Column Reference Crude atmospheric (grassroots): 34 ft ID Crude atmospheric (revamp) 27ft ID Crude vacuum (revamp): 50 ft ID FCC Main Fractionator (grassroots): 38 ft ID Hydrocracker main fractionator (grassroots): 35 ft ID Amine regenerator: 24.5 ft ID Aromatic Toluene Column (revamp): 22 ft ID PTA dehydration tower (titanium material): 25 ft ID 6

7 50 Ft. ID Vacuum Distillation Tower (15.24 m) 7

8 Process Equipment Technology Design & Manufacturing Shop in USA for Western Hemisphere Shop in Korea for Eastern Hemisphere Euless, Texas, USA ISO 9001 Certified Global Customer Approved Liquid Distributor Test Facilities Pilot Test Facility 8

9 Process Equipment Technology Design & Manufacturing Global process design standard Global mechanical design standard Aspen / Pro II FRI resources/ hydraulic models Nonsan, Korea Nonsan, Korea Proprietary hydraulic models AutoCAD Solidworks 3D 9

10 GTC Manufacturing Facility Indoor Distributor Test Facility Distributor max size (full ID test) Korea, 12.2 m (40 ft) USA, 7.6 m (25 ft) Installed pump capacity Korea, 1750 m 3 /hr (7700 gpm) USA, 1020 m 3 /hr (4500 gpm) 10

11 Advanced Distillation Systems High Performance Internals 11

12 GT-OPTIM High Performance Tray Capacity Comparison 12

13 GT-OPTIM High Performance Tray Tray Liquid Distribution Comparison Conventional Tray GT-OPTIM High Performance Tray Cylindrical shape induces liquid gradient inherently Non uniform vapor-liquid contact across active area Reduced capacity & efficiency Plug flow using special design & features Optimum vapor-liquid contact across active area Improved capacity & efficiency 13

14 GT-OPTIM High Performance Tray Advanced Contactor Portfolio GT-mFIX Product development through: 1. CFD modelling 2. Air-water simulator testing 3. Fractionation Research Institute (FRI) testing GT-Thrust GT-mTZV GT-DMV 14

15 GTC R&D Facility Pilot Column (3 Ft. ID) 15

16 Pilot Column 16

17 Pressure Drop, inch H 2 0 Pilot Column Pressure Drop Valve Tray Test Dry Pressure Drop Air C s, ft/s ZJUT_Measured_RV1 GTC_Measured_RV1 TZV Predictions 17

18 Entrainment Rate, kg Entrainment/ kg Vap. Pilot Column - Entrainment 16% RV-1 Valve Tray Test Entrainment Air-Water, 24 inch TS 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% C s, ft/s 4.04 gpm/inch_zjut 4.00 gpm/inch_gtc DMV6_Hi Deck DMV45_Hi Deck 18

19 GT-OPTIM Trays Efficiency Improvement Study (FRI) To study the effect of GT-OPTIM design features on tray performances To learn the effectiveness of push valves over a wide range of operating conditions. 19

20 Tray Geometry 20

21 1-Pass Tray Parameters 21

22 Efficiency, % 8ft Column Diameter 1-Pass ; 23.5 psia Weir Load, gpm/inch Sieve Tray GT-mfix Valve Tray Push Valve Tray 22

23 FRI 2016 Category 1 Test GT-OPTIM Tray with GT-DMV 23

24 FRI 2016 Category 1 24

25 FRI 2016 Category 1 25

26 FRI 2016 Category 1 26

27 GT-OPTIM with GT-DMV 27

28 Efficiency, % FRI Testing GT-OPTIM Tray Efficient Capacity ic4/nc4 165 psia (11.4 bara) C s, m/s C b, ft/s SUPERFRAC SULZER MVGT GT-OPTIM 28

29 Efficiency, % FRI Testing GT-OPTIM Tray Efficient Capacity ic4/nc4 100 psia (6.9 bara) C b, m/s SULZER MVGT C b, ft/s GT-OPTIM 29

30 Efficiency, % FRI Testing GT-OPTIM Tray Efficient Capacity C6/C7 50 psia (3.4 bara) C b, m/s Max limit for C6/C C b, ft/s Ballast Tray_50 Sieve_50 10% OA GT-OPTIM 30

31 Efficiency, % FRI Testing GT-OPTIM Tray Efficient Capacity C6/C psia (1.6 bara) C b, m/s Max limit for C6/C C b, ft/s NORTON TRITON Phase 2 NUTTER MVG GT-OPTIM 31

32 C b, ft/s C b, m/s FRI Testing GT-OPTIM Tray Hydraulic Capacity C 6 /C psia (1.6 bara) Weir Load, m 3 /h-m Weir Load, gpm/inch NORTON TRITON NUTTER MVG GT-OPTIM FRI TYPE 2 33

33 C b, ft/s C b, m/s FRI Testing GT-OPTIM Tray Hydraulic Capacity C 6 /C psia (1.6 bara) Weir Load, m 3 /h-m Sulzer UFM Weir Load, gpm/inch NORTON TRITON NUTTER MVG GT-OPTIM 33

34 GTC Structured Packing GT-PAK Standard Structured Packing GT-AQUA PAK Aqueous Service Structured Packing GT-OPTIM PAK High Capacity Structured Packing 34

35 GTC Random Packing Portfolio 2 nd Generation: GT-PR 3 rd Generation: GT-CR TM, GT-IR TM 35

36 GT-GRID and GT-mixGRID Extremely high open structure (higher capacity, low pressure drop) Higher fouling coking resistance than structured packing Higher mechanical strength (thicker material & robust construction) Typically applied to coking prone service (ex. Wash & slurry PA) 36

37 Process Equipment Technology (PET) Tomorrow s Innovation Today September 24, 2018 Houston, Texas Brad Fleming, General Manager/PET Group North America Operations, bfleming@gtctech.com