The Use of Quenched and Tempered 2 ¼ Cr-1 Mo Steel for Thick Wall Reactor Vessels in Petroleum Refinery Processes: An Interpretive Review of 25 Years of Research and Application
The Use of Quenched and Tempered 2 ¼ Cr-1 Mo Steel for Thick Wall Reactor Vessels in Petroleum Refinery Processes: An Interpretive Review of 25 Years of Research and Application
Summary
This report is intended to review and summarize approximately 25 years of industry development and application of 2 ¼ Cr-lMo steel in hydroprocessing reactors.A major part of the research reported herein will be on projects undertaken by Standard Oil Company of California and its subsidiary Chevron Research Company (hereafter collectively referred to as Chevron) beginning in 1962 and continuing today.Discussion is also devoted to field experience with reactors, safeguards necessary to assure safe operation, and stainless steel cladding which is important to overall pressure vessel integrity.Finally, some discussion of ongoing research and needs for future research are identified.