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Spontaneous Combustion Mechanism and Influencing Factors of Sulfur Corrosion Products in Petroleum Refining Equipment

Received: 28 July 2022    Accepted: 11 August 2022    Published: 24 August 2022
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With the continuous development of China's economy, the demand for petroleum energy continues to rise. High sulfur crude oil leads to the formation of sulfur corrosion products in petroleum refining equipment and its spontaneous combustion hazard seriously threatens the safety production in the petrochemical field. To explore spontaneous combustion of the sulfur corrosion products in oil refining equipment, the formation of sulfur corrosion products and its preparing method were described in detail. And the spontaneous combustion characteristics and its influencing factors were interpreted and the current relevant prevention and control technology of sulfur corrosion products spontaneous combustion was classified. The results show that the spontaneous combustion of sulfur corrosion products can be divided into three stages. The spontaneous combustion characteristics of sulfur corrosion products are simulated under working conditions. The prevention and control technology can be divided into raw material desulfurization, equipment anti-corrosion, corrosion monitoring and industrial prevention and treatment. Influencing factors are divided into product properties and external environments. Based on the properties of sulfur corrosion products, the influencing factors include particle size, moisture content and vulcanization mode. In terms of the external environment, the influencing factors include air flow, oxygen concentration, ambient temperature, heating rate and oil products. It provides a theoretical basis for solving the spontaneous combustion of sulfur corrosion products in petroleum refining equipment.

Published in American Journal of Applied and Industrial Chemistry (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajaic.20220602.12
Page(s) 36-46
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Spontaneous Combustion, Sulfur Corrosion Products, Prevention Technology, Influencing Factors

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      abstract = {With the continuous development of China's economy, the demand for petroleum energy continues to rise. High sulfur crude oil leads to the formation of sulfur corrosion products in petroleum refining equipment and its spontaneous combustion hazard seriously threatens the safety production in the petrochemical field. To explore spontaneous combustion of the sulfur corrosion products in oil refining equipment, the formation of sulfur corrosion products and its preparing method were described in detail. And the spontaneous combustion characteristics and its influencing factors were interpreted and the current relevant prevention and control technology of sulfur corrosion products spontaneous combustion was classified. The results show that the spontaneous combustion of sulfur corrosion products can be divided into three stages. The spontaneous combustion characteristics of sulfur corrosion products are simulated under working conditions. The prevention and control technology can be divided into raw material desulfurization, equipment anti-corrosion, corrosion monitoring and industrial prevention and treatment. Influencing factors are divided into product properties and external environments. Based on the properties of sulfur corrosion products, the influencing factors include particle size, moisture content and vulcanization mode. In terms of the external environment, the influencing factors include air flow, oxygen concentration, ambient temperature, heating rate and oil products. It provides a theoretical basis for solving the spontaneous combustion of sulfur corrosion products in petroleum refining equipment.},
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