Today’s global economy is heavily dependent on petrochemicals. Petrochemical (Oil & Gas) products are everywhere and are integral to modern societies. Global petrochemicals market size was predicted at $ 441.0 billion in 2019. The growth of the market for petrochemicals will be driven by rising demand for downstream products from end-use industries and capacity additions in the base chemical industry.
The petrochemical industry is a vital component of numerous industrial processes as it provides raw materials for a wide array of products that find application in automotive, construction, and manufacturing. Some of the products derived from petrochemicals are tires, detergents, industrial oil, fertilizers, plastics, medical devices. The basic chemicals and plastic derived from the petrochemicals act as a building block for numerous non-durable and durable consumer goods.
The Future of Petrochemicals takes a close look at the consequences of growing demand for these products, and what we can do to accelerate a clean energy transition for the petrochemical industry.
Petrochemical complex processes crude oil with the heating source up to 600°C thereafter pass through a cracking process in distillation column which separates petroleum into simple molecular structure. With respect to different temperature zones various oil grades & gases are recovered. Some are (LPG , Gasoline, Light Oil, Jet fuel, Heavy oil) used directly after refining process whereas some like Naptha gas is again processed with the help of Natural gas with thermal cracking to recover olefins such as ethylene, propylene, etc. for various industries uses such as solvents, dyes, detergents, adhesives, rubbers lubricants, plastic manufacturing process.
Petrochemical complex has various facilities to aid different petroleum processes which have a huge needs of utilities such as steam, power, compressed air & water. Captive Power plant, Centralised compressed air plant and water & wastewater treatment plant must be efficiently control for optimum used of resources.
LEOMI plays a significant role in providing some optimizing solutions for flow measurement of important resources and its control
- Boiler primary air & secondary air measurement for optimizing combustion air-fuel ratio
- Flue gas stack flow measurement in captive thermal power plant for emission control
- Compressed air consumption monitoring for peak load management & energy saving
- Nitrogen blanketing necessary for safety of reaction vessels
- Aeration air control & optimizing DO levels in wastewater treatment plants
- Ventilation air control in power plant for fire safety & hazards
LEOMI offer features to match your exact requirements
- Highly sensitive for compressed air leakage monitoring with wide turndown ratio
- Saves energy while monitoring with NO pressure drop
- Least affected by moisture in air or gases
- Nitrogen blanketing Online Sensor removal possible without interruption of processnecessary for safety of reaction vessels
LEOMI Insertion thermal mass flow meter features
- No moving parts, direct mass flow measurement independent of pressure and temperature
- Most suitable for leakage detection due high turn down ratio
- Measures accurately even in wet gas effectively
- Long life & rugged sensor insensitive to dust and dirt
- Special sensor HALAR® or PFA Coated for highly corrosive gases
- Accurate measurement over entire temperature ranges upto 400°C applicable
- Versatile & Adjustable from various pipe dimensions
- Easy & cost effective installation even for large pipe sizes
Chemical and petrochemical processing plants are demanding environments requiring air and gas measurement. LEOMI air flow meters can precisely measure air and gas requirements of these industries.
Our compressed air flow meters are used in Chemical plants for measuring the raw materials as well as the finished products. It is also used in the refinery process of crude oil into a variety of petroleum products.
For your specific application of chemical and petrochemical industry, explore our Gas wise application section.