An overview of naphthenic acid corrosion in a vacuum distillation plant

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1403-1406

  Alvisi, Paulo P ^a   Lins, Vanessa F C ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical plant failures; Naphthenic acid corrosion; Petrochemical; Vacuum distillation plant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL-PLANT FAILURES; NAPHTHENIC ACID; TOTAL ACID NUMBER; TOTAL SULFUR; VACUUM DISTILLATION; VACUUM DISTILLATION PLANT;

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; CRUDE OIL; DISTILLATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR; VACUUM;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79956151502     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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