NACE International recently published a new version of theCrude Unit Corrosion Guide, the third edition of its popular book on crude unit corrosion.
The how-to guide was written for plant operators, process engineers, metallurgists, maintenance engineers, inspectors, and all others who deal with crude unit corrosion and fouling issues on a daily basis.
Written by Joerg Gutzeit, an independent corrosion consultant, the book is based on the author’s experience dealing with many crude units. It also reflects the industry’s consensus experiences reported at past meetings of NACE International’s STG34 committee for refining and gas processing and the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) (Washington, DC) subcommittee on corrosion and materials.
In the newly released third edition, diluent recovery units (DRUs) and vacuum distillation units (VDUs) of bitumen upgraders are now included in the discussions, where appropriate.
The book also presents the most important aspects of corrosion and fouling control in the atmospheric and vacuum sections of crude units and the corresponding sections in bitumen upgraders.
Individual chapters are focused on on metallurgy and corrosion monitoring, crude tank settling and desalting, caustic injection, preheat exchanger fouling, sulfidic and naphthenic acid corrosion in fired heaters, transfer lines, and distillation columns.
Other chapters cover corrosion and fouling by inorganic and organic chlorides in the top of columns and in overhead systems, as well as various issues with neutralizer, corrosion inhibitor, and water injection systems. Important reports, research papers, and monographs published during the past ~60 years are cited in the text.
The 251-page book is available at
NACE International’s online bookstore.