Better antifoulant chemistry to minimize the costly effects of fouled equipment

Process equipment fouling in oil refineries and petrochemical industries is an on-going, tenacious, and extremely costly problem. Severe economic and operational penalties related to fouling include:

• Inefficient heat transfer and subsequent increases in energy costs
• Reduced reliability and processing flexibility
• Excessive maintenance requirements
• Throughput limitations
• Equipment damage
• Significant safety and environmental concerns
• Eventual unit shutdown

Antifoulant Product Features

For more than 30 years, GE has developed antifoulant technology and applications expertise. The benefits of GE’s Thermoflo solutions include:

• Maximized throughput and increased production
• Improved product quality
• Improved overall equipment reliability
• Reduced equipment cleaning and replacement costs
• Lower overall energy cost
• Lower waste disposal cost
• Improved worker safety and environmental compliance

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Prevent corrosion and damage in your refinery’s critical units

Proper chemical treatment is essential to prevent corrosion in critical and complex production units for hydrocarbon and chemicals processing.

Proper chemical treatment is essential to prevent corrosion in critical and complex production units for hydrocarbon and chemicals processing.

GE’s corrosion treatment chemicals include neutralizers, filmers, and non-nitrogen-based corrosion inhibitors. These help prevent damage from galvanic (two-metal) corrosion, under-deposit corrosion, pitting, intergranular corrosion and stress corrosion.

In addition, specialized GE products are available that provide dual capability in filming, neutralizing, dispersing, scavenging and/or inhibiting corrosion.

Corrosion Inhibitor Features

• Maximized throughput and increased production
• Improved product quality
• Improved overall equipment reliability
• Reduced equipment cleaning and replacement costs
• Lower overall energy cost
• Lower waste disposal cost
• Improved worker safety and environmental compliance

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Remove impurities and control foaming with patented emulsion breakers

In chemical production or hydrocarbon refining facilities, many units are designed to extract impurities, control foaming, and separate hydrocarbons from aqueous-based fluids. Over the past decade, GE has developed patented products (oil-based, water-based, and silicone-based) for improving phase separation efficiency while reducing overall operating costs.

EmBreak* Features

• Maximized throughput and increased production
• Improved product quality
• Improved operational reliability
• Lower overall energy costs
• Improved environmental, health, and safety compliance
• Increased profits resulting from higher ash removal efficiency

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Meet finished fuel quality specifications while lowering treatment costs

Petroleum refiners and marketers spend millions of dollars on additives to help meet finished fuel quality specifications. Many traditional finished product additivess are inefficient and result in unnecessary costs.

GE’s SpecAid* additives are designed to help meet fuel specifications at minimum costs. These are combined with comprehensive services, including on-site monitoring, chemical analysis, and recommendations from GE’s testing laboratories, for a complete product additive solution.

Finished Product Additive Features

• Helps refiners and marketers cost effectively meet fuel specifications.
• Ensures proper fuel handling and performance characteristics.
• State-of-the-art gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, blend component, biofuel and feed stock additives.
• Customized feedback and system recommendations from GE treatment specialists.
• ACT NOW rapid response and cargo treatments.

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Minimize H2S levels, reduce odors, and improve work conditions with GE’s sulfide scavengers

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) scavengers are widely used in hydrocarbon and chemical processing facilities. These specialized chemicals react selectively with and remove H2S to help meet product and process specifications.

GE’s sulfide scavengers, including the ProSweet* portfolio of products, are specifically designed to be a cost-effective solution for a broad range of operating conditions and product compositions.

Hydrogen Sulfide Scavenger Features

ProSweet hydrogen sulfide scavengers are designed to:

• Reduce the health, safety, and environmental hazards of handling fuels that contain H2S
• Improve fuel quality by controlling H2S in the vapor space of fuel storage, loading, and shipping equipment
• Improve the copper strip rating of fuels that contain H2S

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