Abstract
Maintaining the constant supply out of aging hydrocarbon facilities always remains as a challenge for the operating plants. The critical nature of well-established reliable facilities create no room for error or operational outages. In order to ensure that the processing of hydrocarbons is constant, aging facilities must also ensure that the stream and processing of the supporting utilities is also meeting the operational requirements. Utility streams in plant facility may encounter several challenges especially in the ageing facility (70+ year) that might result in a shutdown and thus it can interrupt the feed. This in return would result the operation to be forced to rely on the steam reserve until the return of normal operation. In this paper, a case study will be presented on a component performance and the rectification to return the service to normal operating condition in a timely manner through the utilization of an optimized nonmetallic solution based on reinforced thermosetting resin (RTR) materials. This approach for CPVC piping systems provided the required resolution with additional benefits to the facility. RTR blinds provided better manufacturability, long term integrity, endurance to better absorb the upset condition and in-Kingdom availability.
