Edeleanu GmbH Lube Oil Hydrotreater 1 (LHT-1)

Edeleanu GmbH Lube Oil Hydrotreater 1 (LHT-1)
Year: 1972

Hydrotreating to produce lubricating-manufacturing oils, sulfur-free, few aromatics, light color, color stability (aging).
Year of manufacture 1972
Process Design by Shell
Process Engineering by Edeleanu GmbH
Feed = Paraffinic or naphthenic distillates (range of Viscosity = 2 – 160 cst/40°C)
Throughput max. 550 t/d (approved), 600 t/d possible (yield range 72% – 96%)
Operational operating temperature = 355°C (Reactor WABT = Weighted Average Bed Temperature)

Operational operating pressure = 140 bar
1987 – Capacity expansion of the C-5401 to 550 t/d (previously designed for 400 t/d)
2015 – Revamp to operate with pure Hydrogen Make-Up gas (99,99%)
2015 – New column C-5407 (separation of slops into HTFR and HTTOPP)
2021 – new furnace (F-5401)
2021 – Construction of a feed filter (S-5408), manufacturer Fa. Eaton, fully automatic self-backwashing
2022 ­– Decommissioning