Belzona Saves Refinery Millions
Industry: Oil & Gas (OILG)
Application: TCC-Tanks and Chemical Containment Areas (TCC)
Substrate: Carbon Steel
Customer Location: Oil Refinery - Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Application Date: February 2008
Products:
Belzona® 1511 (Super HT-Metal)
Belzona® 1591 (Ceramic XHT)
Problem: Corrosive process fluids and elevated temperatures create an extremely aggressive corrosion rate. If corrosion was not addressed, this vessel would have gone under its minimum wall thickness and forced a shutdown.
Photograph Descriptions
- Abrasive blasted area
- Repaired area with Belzona® 1511
- Application of Belzona® 1591
- Finished application after pinhole testing
Application Situation
Amine regeneration tower operating above 250°F in an environment containing hydrogen sulfide and diglycolamine.
Application Method
Belzona® 1511 and Belzona® 1591 were applied in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet TCC-5.
Belzona Facts
Possible repairs included a Belzona solution or clad welding the affected area. The Belzona solution required less than $40,000 of product and labor and was completed in thee days. The clad welding would have required $100,000 of product and labor and more importantly 10 days. Because daily lost production costs were $9,000,000, the Belzona solution saved the refinery over $63,000,000!
