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Essar Refinery at Vadinar, India at a Glance

The refinery at Vadinar, India of Essar Oil Limited was commissioned on November 28, 2006. The refinery has the most advanced configuration with following major process units:
1. Crude Distillation Unit (CDU):
  This is a mother unit in which crude oil is fractionated into different products like light naphtha, heavy naphtha, Lkero, Hkero, LGO and HGO by distillation process.
The unit has major equipments like world's tallest crude distillation column, fired heater, network of heat exchangers, coolers and air coolers, pumps, compressors and vessels.
The unit operation is fully automatic with the most advanced instrumentation and control system to ensure safe and the most energy efficient operation.
CDU
2. Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU):
  This is a basic unit to upgrade the atmospheric residual oil received from CDU through distillation process carried out under vacuum and to derive the products like vacuum distillate, LVGO, HVGO and HHVGO.
The unit has major equipments like vacuum distillation column, ejector system, fired heater, pumps, vessels and the integrated network of heat exchangers, coolers and air coolers with CDU.
VDU
3. Visbreaker Unit (VBU):
  The vacuum residue received from VDU is further upgraded to derive more distillates by thermal cracking process in this unit.
The thermal cracking takes place in the furnace and distillates are obtained through two stage distillation in atmospheric and vacuum distillation columns.
VBU
4. Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU):
  The LVGO and HVGO (received from VDU) as well as gas oils obtained from VBU are further upgraded into useful products like LPG, gasoline, diesel components, etc. through catalytic cracking process carried out in the specially deigned reactor in this unit.
The catalyst is also continuously regenerated and reused in the unit to reduce production cost drastically.
FCCU
5. Saturated Gas Unit (SGU):
  Refinery gases and light naphtha steams are processed in this unit to recover LPG components and reduce gaseous losses such as to maximize LPG production.  
6. Naphtha Hydrotreater and Catalytic Reformer Unit (NHT-CCR):
  Naphtha produced in the refinery is processed in this unit to produce high octane blending component to boost octane of the gasoline pool.
NHT- CCR
7. Treating Units:
  The products like LPG, gasoline, kerosene, ATF, diesel, etc. obtained from various units in the refinery undergo finishing treatments to meet the highest quality standards for these products mainly w.r.t. sulfur and olefins contents.
The refinery has following treating units:
a) Diesel Hydro Desulfurization Unit( Under construction)
b) Kerosene Treating Unit
c) Gasoline Treating Unit
d) LPG Treating Unit

 
8. Environmental Units:
  The refinery concerns for healthy environment are reflected into incorporating the following units to eliminate pollutants:
a) Sulfur Recovery Unit
b) Amine Wash and Regeneration Unit
c) Sour Water Stripping Unit
d) Spent Caustic Treatment System
e) Waste Water Treatment System

 
9. Support Services Units:
  The refinery operation can be safe and sustained efficiently mainly through following units:
a) Desalination and Demineralization Water Unit
b) Cooling Towers
c) Nitrogen Generation Unit
d) Air Generation Unit (for plant and Instrument air)
e) Fire Water System
f) Tempered Water System
g) Steam Generation Unit
h) Captive Power Plant
i) Crude Oil Storage
j) Products Storage
K)Products Loading, Unloading and Dispatch Facilities
(see port and other infrastructure)
Support Service Units
10. Automation of Refinery Operation:
  The operation of the entire refinery involving all the process units and all the facilities is made fully automatic with the most advanced instrumentation and control system to ensure safe and the most energy efficient operation. Automation
 
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