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ANK400
Nano-Crystalline Spinel Surface
ANK400 is new anti-coking cracking tube product that achieves an inner surface chemistry with a demonstrated ability to significantly reduce coking. NOVA chemicals, Canada's largest ethylene producer, developed this proprietary technology using metallurgy from Kubota, who is now marketing ANK400 to the ethylene industry. ANK400 achieves unprecedented furnace run length by dramatically lowering coke formation. This novel surface chemistry has increased run length by more than 10 times in multiple ethane crackers at NOVA's E1 and E2 plants in Joffre, Alberta. After that, in order to get the higher thermal stability in the carbon rich environment of up to 1100 degree C, improved ANK was developed and has been in commercial operation since January, 2006. It is expected to give good repeatability of excellent performance throughout the life of the coil.

Supply List of ANK400 (As of Sep.2009)

Year 2003 2004 Country Japan Canada Canada Thai Kuwait USA 2005 Canada France USA India Kuwait 2007 Japan Saudi-Arabia UK India 2008 USA France Belgium Canada France 2009 India Japan ID D B B E F H B G H I F J K L I H G M B P I O Coil Design Lummus SRT-V S&W 32M-coil S&W 32M-coil Lummus SRT-III KTI 24W-coil Selas 9pass S&W 32M-coil Selas 8pass KBR Millisecond S&W 24W-coil Technip 24W-coil Lummus SRT II i Selas 9pass 6pass S&W 24W-coil Selas 9pass Selas 8pass Original Design S&W 32M-coil S&W 6pass S&W 24W-coil Mitsui 6pass

Excluding supply for NOVA Chemicals

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