The delivery of the Alfa Laval’s compact heat exchangers that will be used in the distillation process of the refinery, where the crude oil is pre-heated for further refining into high-value products such as gasoline, is scheduled for 2011.
The use of the heat exchangers is expected to recover 95% of heat from other parts of the distillation process and use it to preheat the oil, thereby achieving a 35% increased energy efficiency compared with competing shell-and-tube technology.
Alfa Laval Group president and CEO Lars Renstrom said that the last years the company has seen increased investment in energy efficiency by the process industry.
"Russia is one of our most important refinery markets and this order is another example of their investments in heat-recovery duties for energy optimizations," Renstrom said.
