PLANTSERV^® Success Story - Petrochemical Plant Environmental Compliance

The challenge: As required by its environmental permit, the plant must maintain a minimum threshold of 99.99% destruction efficiency of emissions from their industrial processes. Due to the corrosive nature of the plant’s waste stream, the operator monitors stack emission levels. A slight degradation in destruction efficiency performance of the plant's thermal oxidation system was noted, putting it at risk of falling below the threshold and subjecting the plant to regulatory fines.

Degradation in destruction efficiency can be caused over time by the wastes corroding the injector assembly nozzle or sub-component parts, reducing the effectiveness of the oxidation system.

Objective: Identify a cost-effective solution that keeps the plant in compliance.

Solution: Linde PLANTSERV evaluated the plant’s reliability and economic goals, providing a cost benefit analysis for the nozzle assembly replacement, including materials selection and an optimized inspection and replacement plan.

Result: The customer now has an optimized solution balancing reliability and cost with a plan to ensure long-term consistent operation and environmental compliance.