(81a) Operating an Unstable Acetylene Hydrogenation Reactor after a Runaway
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2017
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
The 29th Ethylene Producers' Conference
Ethylene Plant Operations
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 8:05am to 8:30am
In an unfortunate circumstance of a major plant upset, an operating and process automation error occurred which caused the guard catalyst bed to have a significant exotherm. This led to hot spot formations in the catalyst bed due to maldistribution of cracked gas flow.
Through the ups and downs of the series of exotherms, root cause investigations and execution of the catalyst change out, significant learning has been gained on operating these catalyst beds.
This presentation will share some of the details of this incident, the impact on reactor operations, and the development of new operating discipline with unstable catalyst.
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