Petroleum Assay Crude Oil Distillation part 1

Learning objectives

• How to generate petroleum assay from Light crude, Medium 

crude and Heavy crude to have mix crude for atmospheric distillation.

 

• Preheat train for atmospheric distillation.

 

Problem Statement Crude Oil Feed:

 

100°F, 300 Psig, 101,000 bpd ,Preheater-1 outlet: 260°F, 294 Psig ,Desalter outlet: 260°F, 294

    

psig , 500 bpd water , Preheat-2 outlet: 450°F, 260 psig

 

Table 1

Table 2