Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Kochi Refinery has developed a 'unique' environment protection technology for removing toxic hydrogen sulphide gas produced when crude oil is heated to high temperature. BPCL has entered in to an agreement with Asia's leading Engineering Company in the hydrocarbon industry, M/s Engineers India Limited (EIL) for commercializing the technology, BPCL-KRL said in a press release here. The technology has been deve
loped in house with in-house expertise for desulphurization of very low pressure off-gas generated from Vacuum Distillation Unit, the release said. E Nandakumar,Executive Director,Kochi Refinery,and K Joshi, Director (Technical), EIL, exchanged the collaboration agreement.The agreement was signed by John Minu Mathew, General Manager (Technical), Kochi Refinery on behalf of BPCL and by Ajay Deshpande, HOD (R&D), EIL. The technology is used to remove harmful hydrogen sulphide gas produced when crude oil is heated to high temperatures during separation of valuable products such as kerosene and diesel.The sulphur, in the hydrogen sulphide gas so removed, is recovered in pure solid form and can be used as feedstock in sulphur based industries.The off gas burns clean with very low sulphur dioxide emissions. The key challenge in developing the technology was the very low pressure of the off gas and need to develop hardware which can operate at such low pressures.BPCL has applied for patent for the technology to Registrar of Patents,Chennai. BPCL now plans to license this technology to other refineries in India and abroad jointly with Engineers India Limited.
loped in house with in-house expertise for desulphurization of very low pressure off-gas generated from Vacuum Distillation Unit, the release said. E Nandakumar,Executive Director,Kochi Refinery,and K Joshi, Director (Technical), EIL, exchanged the collaboration agreement.The agreement was signed by John Minu Mathew, General Manager (Technical), Kochi Refinery on behalf of BPCL and by Ajay Deshpande, HOD (R&D), EIL. The technology is used to remove harmful hydrogen sulphide gas produced when crude oil is heated to high temperatures during separation of valuable products such as kerosene and diesel.The sulphur, in the hydrogen sulphide gas so removed, is recovered in pure solid form and can be used as feedstock in sulphur based industries.The off gas burns clean with very low sulphur dioxide emissions. The key challenge in developing the technology was the very low pressure of the off gas and need to develop hardware which can operate at such low pressures.BPCL has applied for patent for the technology to Registrar of Patents,Chennai. BPCL now plans to license this technology to other refineries in India and abroad jointly with Engineers India Limited.Source:www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200906171852.htm
