Corrosion Problems and Solutions in Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (32))

This book addresses corrosion problems and their solutions at facilities in the oil refining and petrochemical industry, including cooling water and boiler feed water units. Further, it describes and analyzes corrosion control actions, corrosion monitoring, and corrosion management. Corrosion problems are a perennial issue in the oil refining and petrochemical industry, as they lead to a deterioration of the functional properties of metallic equipment and harm the environment – both of which need to be protected for the sake of current and future generations. Accordingly, this book examines and analyzes typical and atypical corrosion failure cases and their prevention at refineries and petrochemical facilities, including problems with: pipelines, tanks, furnaces, distillation columns, absorbers, heat exchangers, and pumps. In addition, it describes naphthenic acid corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen damages, sulfidic corrosion, microbiologically induced corrosion, erosion-corrosion, and corrosion fatigue occurring at refinery units. At last, fouling, corrosion and cleaning are discussed in this book. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Process Units in Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Plants....Pages 1-7 Physicochemical Properties of Crude Oils....Pages 9-15 Physicochemical Basics of Corrosion at Refineriesʼ Units....Pages 17-36 Corrosion Problems and Solutions at Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Units....Pages 37-99 Corrosion Failures and Solutions at Units....Pages 101-182 Corrosion Phenomena....Pages 183-212 Fouling, Corrosion, and Cleaning....Pages 213-234 Corrosion Control at Oil Refinery Units....Pages 235-268 Corrosion Management....Pages 269-288 Back Matter....Pages 289-356