(112a) The Future of Delayed Coking, Expanding Flexibility Will be the Key.

Thermal conversion and batch processing may not be as exciting as high pressure, ebbulated bed catalytic units or organometalic alkylation but it makes up for this in flexibility and potential uses for the 21st century. The presentation will review the history of delayed coking as well as the future uses of the workhorse unit in refining. There are no other process units in refining that can operate at 35-120+% of rated capacity or can take feedstocks that vary from basically whole crude to bottomless light sweet to waste streams from other processes. In the future, the potential exists to support the battery market and chemicals intermediates with this type of unit as well. The future of refining will include a significant amount of rationalization of capacity and sites. If you want your refinery to survive and thrive into the foreseeable future, a delayed Coker is the price of admission. The presentation will explore the range of operations possible now and into the future.