ZRCC Creates the Model for 1MTPA Ethylene Plant Turnaround
ZRCC Creates the Model for 1MTPA Ethylene Plant Turnaround
After 1400 days of first cycle continuous operating, ZRCC ethylene plant was shut down for turnaround. During the 45 days turnaround, ZRCC had completed 1384 maintenance items and 37 revamps on schedule, which achieved the target of Stable Shutdown, Perfect Maintenance and Successful Restart, and also laid a solid foundation for the stable operation of the ethylene plant with long run-length and high profitability in the future.
On 18:00, July 2, the analytical results of ethylene from the ethylene cracker met the product specification, which signaled the successful completion of the initial turnaround of ZRCC 1000KTA ethylene plant. At that evening, Mr. Fu Chengyu, the president of Sinopec, sent a congratulation letter, he said” congratulations to ZRCC for your successful initial turnaround of ethylene plant! Thank you very much for your high responsibility and unselfish dedication to achieve the target of Stable Shutdown, Perfect Maintenance and Successful Restart. I hope you keep working hard toward the higher target of stable and profitable operation with long run-length so as to make due contribution to the petrochemical dream.”
Initially started up on April 20, 2010, ZRCC ethylene plant had been continuously operated for more than 1400 days. On May 18, 2014, the feed to the plant was cut off. With the guidance and assistance from the headquarter, working closely with other maintenance companies of Sinopec, ZRCC has completed all tasks without any safety or environmental incidents, especially zero flaming during shutdown and only short-time flaming during startup from the elevated flare, and achieved the two targets of Create the Model of Initial Operating Cycle and Create the Model of Turnaround for Large-scale Ethylene Plant of China.
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2014-07-10