Alfa Laval Packinox for xylene isomerization

Standard combined feed/effluent heat exchanger

Alfa Laval Packinox

heat exchanger

Recycled hydrogen
Mixed xylene

Paraxylene

Alfa Laval Packinox Standard Combined Feed/Effluent Heat

Exchangers began service in xylene isomerization units
in the mid-1990s. By 2000, some 35 Alfa Laval Packinox
Standard Combined Feed/Effluent Heat Exchangers had
been installed in paraxylene production plants.

For xylene isomerization, Alfa Laval Packinox offers against

S&Ts the advantage of capital savings on installation, trans-
port, foundation and piping, in addition to economizing fuel
on associated process equipment in operation.
New unit case study
ALFA LAVAL PACKINOX SHELL & TUBE
Hot End Approach HEA = 28°C HEA = 50°C
Number of shells 1 2
Duty MW 90 83
MM Btu/h 307.1 283.2
Heat recovery MW 7
MM Btu/h 23.9
Estimated dry weight kg 128,000.00 220,000.00

CAPEX
Estimated equipment cost $US 2,800,000 2,600,000
Estimated installation cost $US 1,120,000 1,820,000
Estimated installed cost $US 3,920,000 4,420,000
CAPEX Savings on installed heat exchanger $US 500,000
CAPEX Savings on other installed equipment (Heater, Cooler) 350,000
TOTAL CAPEX SAVINGS $US 850,000

OPEX
ENERGY SAVINGS PER YEAR:
CHARGE HEATER,COMPRESSOR,… $US 3,150,000
EMISSIONS SAVINGS PER YEAR: Nox, Sox, GHG $US 560,000

assuming: 10.5 $US/ MM BTU, 1 Euro = 1,2 $US, GHG = 20 $US/Ton, Nox = 0,5 $US/Lb, Sox = 0,5 $US/Lb

PPI00203EN 0705 Alfa Laval reserves the right to change specifications without prior notification.

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