Processing Difficult Heavy Crudes with Electrostatic Muscle
Heavy crudes present challenges to conventional AC dehydration and desalting technologies. To deal with high conductivity, the presence of crystalline salts, and heavy solids loads, you need advanced technology to ensure stable operations and improved performance. NATCO’s Dual Frequency® technology brings the strongest electrostatic field available in the industry to battle the toughest crudes.
Effective Dehydration for Upstream Heavy Crude Applications
NATCO technology is effectively dehydrating heavy crudes as low as 16 Deg API, at high salt and BS&W loads. Our Dual Frequency technology delivers:
- The strongest electrostatic field to maintain coalescence even with highly conductive crudes
- Improved performance to reduce chemical costs
- Operational flexibility for process swings
- Process control with our load responsive controller LRC® II
- Improved mixing to manage crystalline salt
Improved Desalting for Toughest Refinery Crude Blends
Sustainable refinery desalter performance is possible even with highly conductive and heavy crude blends. We can help you improve feedstock flexibility and desalter control even in unstable and upset operations with the patented Load Responsive Controller LRC II. Our advanced Dual Frequency technology can help you get a handle on your crude unit operations with:
- Improved electrostatic performance to reduce chemical costs
- Stable, predictable operations even with challenging crudes like heavy Canadian
- Lowest risk of desalter upsets and the strongest electrostatic field available in the industry
- Protection for downstream equipment through better salt removal
- Cleaner effluent brine – reduced demand to waste water systems even with higher solids and asphaltene loads
- Improved mixing to manage crystalline salt