Meeting RVP-
Different Situations, Different Answers
Lower gasoline RVP specifications have created new operating situations for many refiners. Removal of butanes from gasoline blendstocks has become more critical to meet product RVP requirements. Some refiners have made major unit modifications such as adding Alkylation capacity for butane conversion. Others have debottlenecked existing fractionation equipment increasing butane removal. This article presents three RVP reduction case studies ranging from changing unit operating targets, to maintaining existing equipment, to minor equipment debottlenecking.
