Wednesday Breakout Discussion

Operations
1. Hot Drums
a. Feed orientation
i. New nozzle technology
2. Spalling and Heater Fouling
a. Coating alternatives interested in data/alternatives
3. Quenching
a. Use of alternate quench point. Ring Line After 1 hour
4. Procedure Usage
a. Trend towards more formalized use of procedures.
b. Electronic Documentation; update to shift notes when deviation is found

Safety
1. Top head exposure
a. Chemical exposure and steam burns
b. Adhere to good drum checklist
i. 215 F
c. What is the value of measuring that outage
2. Wear and tear on operators
a. Fatiguing injuries Knees, Rotator cuffs
b. Elevator reliability (three trips a shift/12 stories/2592 stairs
3. Standard of Safety
a. Theres always the safety framework, such as; OSHA 1910, EPA RP752
b. What it comes down to is its something you can measure. You have a passion for safety and watch each others backs

Maintenance/Reliability A
1. Auto Shift/Switch Tool
a. Higher pressure all 3 failed
i. Fix available
ii. Less exposure to personnel with tool
2. Bridge Crane
a. Sized right to be able to operate and maintain.
3. Conveyer belts
a. Intelligently design system
b. Dedicated maintenance crew
4. Mazes
a. Not designed for use push too much rate through
5. Rotary joints/ Air motors
a. Lubrication with plant air and scheduled PM
6. Top Heads
a. Still have manual systems in place; lots of issues

Maintenance/Reliability B
1. Maze Pumps
a. Godwin Pumps more reliable
b. Hazelton pumps, 8 yrs, hi reliable
c. Install a shark cage in conjunction with check valve to improve reliability.
2. Decoking Control Valve.
a. Typical runtimes between failure 1 to 2 years
b. 3 primary options for control valve between failure 1 to 2 years
3. Flowserve
4. BOC Water Hydraulics
5. Elwood Valve
6. Drill stem change out
a. Hydraulic tools are best for maintenance
b. Recommend torque each section, measure and record torque values.
c. Maintain at least 1 complete drill string in stores

Process
1. Coke Fines in Water
a. < 500 ppm = Good
b. < 2000 ppm = Bad
2. Hot Drums
a. Totalizers (Water in, SW out)
b. COT Ramp (aka Kicker)
c. Monitor feed quality
i. Vac EP, recycle, gravity, etc
3. Heater Fouling
a. Velocity Steam = more is better
b. Generally steam preferred over HC
c. Resonance time vs. Heat flux = Flux wins