Preparation

• All instruments and the furnace fuel controllers have been checked
• The blinds should still be in place
• Isolate the compressors K-3001
• The reaction section is open, Remove the blinds on the "start-up" lines or intermittent use
lines (reactors by-pass lines).
• Start the reactor effluent air cooler.
• The reactor effluent trim cooler is online.
• Introduce nitrogen upstream of compressor K-3001and open the discharge.
Dry out
Start the recycle compressor K-3001 at 6-7 bar suction and circulate the nitrogen at
maximum rate through the reaction section.
 Start F-3001 (reactor feed heater).
 Start free water draining at all the low points and the V-3002 separator drum water
boot. While the system is heating up, check for leaks. If required, perform hot bolting
to tighten.
 Raise reactor R-3001 inlet temperature up to 300deg. C maximum at 15deg. C/hr.
Hold this temperature for 24 hours. During this operation flames inside H-3001
should be observed to detect any wrong pattern and specially flame impingement.
 Continue free water draining at all the low points and the V-3002 separator drum
water boot. The system is considered as dry when the amount of water drained at all
the low points is less than 1.0 ltr/h for two consecutive hours.
 Decrease R-3001 reactor inlet temperature down to 150deg. C at 50deg. C/hr.
 Shutdown the F-3001 heater and continue the circulation of nitrogen in reaction
section loop until R-3001 reactor temperature reaches K-3001 recycle compressor
discharge temperature.
 Shutdown and isolate K-3001 recycle compressor. Depressurize the reaction section
loop and start the preparation of R-301 catalyst loading.