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We are suffering from water carryover with tail gases form quench top in tail gas treater unit of Sulphur Recovery Block.
In case of absorber bypass due to S/D of Common Regeneration Unit; tail gases are routed from quench tower top to incinerator which results in water accumulation inside incinerator which is a major problem.
To tackle this it has been planned not to bypass absorber and flow tail gases from absorber without any amine flow.
I wish to know what could be possible ill effect or problems with the same?
 
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15/11/2015 A: Ralph Ragsdale, Ragsdale Refining Courses, ralph.ragsdale@att.net
Sounds like a good idea to me. The water drawn from the bottom should go to the sour water stripper for safe handling.