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A Shell-and-tube heat exchanger enhancement that increases Energy Efficiency in the Oil, Gas, Power & Chemical Process Sectors

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Project "FlowEnhancer" data sheet

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Coordinator
TUBE TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

Organization address
address: RAWRETH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RAWRETH LANE 14
city: RAYLEIGH
postcode: SS6 9RL
website: www.tubetech.com

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 Coordinator Country United Kingdom [UK]
 Project website https://www.flowoptimiser.com/
 Total cost 3˙302˙801 €
 EC max contribution 2˙497˙288 € (76%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.3. (PRIORITY 'Societal challenges)
2. H2020-EU.2.1. (INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies)
 Code Call H2020-EIC-FTI-2018-2020
 Funding Scheme IA
 Starting year 2018
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2018-11-01   to  2020-10-31

 Partnership

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# participants  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    TUBE TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED UK (RAYLEIGH) coordinator 925˙428.00
2    TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN DE (DRESDEN) participant 617˙760.00
3    MANOIR PITRES SAS FR (PARIS) participant 483˙787.00
4    SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV NL (RIJSWIJK) participant 470˙312.00

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 Project objective

In oil refineries, the Pre-Heat Train (PHT) is a network of usually shell-and-tube heat exchangers which aims to reduce the energy requirements in the crude distillation unit, i.e. the unit where the fractionation of the all the crude-oil takes place. When the PHT does not work efficiently, more fuel must be burnt in the downstream furnace. A typical decay rate in the coil inlet temperature in the PHT is 2-5℃ per year, or 8-11℃ per year according to less optimistic estimates. A yearly average drop of 5℃ costs a refinery about €1 - €1,5 million. A 1℃ drop in the furnace coil inlet temperature has been reported to cost for a UK refinery (processing 210,000 bbl per day ) ca. €400,000 per year. There are several modifications or enhancements that can improve heat exchanger efficiency, but unless they are installed during manufacturing, it is not cost efficient to apply them after the heat exchanger has been put to operation. The Flow Enhancer is a shell-and-tube heat exchanger enhancement that improves crude oil flow from the header’s inlet towards the heat exchanger’s tubes. It ensures reduced turbulence, a 10% increase in tube inflow velocity and a corresponding 7°C increase in outlet temperature. The potential savings to refineries could reach up to €1.8m per year and a 9:1 return on investment. In order to ensure the adoption of the technology, we have formed a partnership that brings together all the necessary elements: technology, manufacturing, commercialisation and scientific analysis to develop a marketing strategy based on proven results. The Flow Enhancer will increase the efficiency of European and global refineries, with significant environmental benefits, as it results in a reduction of 8 tonnes of CO2 per day for each 100k barrels processed, and has the potential to reduce EU CO2 emissions by 466k tonnes per year.

 Deliverables

List of deliverables.
Flow Enhancer website and final Communication Plan Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. 2020-02-07 15:50:14

Take a look to the deliverables list in detail:  detailed list of FlowEnhancer deliverables.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
List of publications.
2019 DEREK SUMSION and MIKE WATSON Tube Tech International TIM DORAU, RICHARD SCHAB, SIMON UNZ, MICHAEL BECKMANN and M REZA MALAYERI Technische Universität Dresden
Flow maldistribution in shell and tube heat exchangers
published pages: 4, ISSN: 1362-363X, DOI:
PTQ Magazine Quarter 4 2019, Once a quarter 2020-01-28

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