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Refractory Design Work for Refinery
For this refinery, refractory design work involved heaters, entire sulphur plant upgrades, as well a... Read More →Refractory Capital Work Project
REBL participated in the removal of reactor and stripper units and all associated piping and replace... Read More →Refractory Services
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Refractories QA Inspection
REBL provided refractories quality assurance inspection services during the plant turnaround for the plant sulfur recovery units and various heaters throughout the plant. REBL was a part of the quality assurance team for the major projects group for coker, sulfur … Continue reading
Refractories Engineering Consulting Services
Refractory technical expertise and refractory quality assurance inspection services provided to project field engineers, integrity, QA and RFO (Ready for Operations) groups. REBL also provided on-site QC testing of the pre-qualification and installation samples through its site-based mobile testing laboratory.
Sulfur Plant Shutdown
REBL participated in a sulfur plant shutdown in order to improve the existing design in the reaction furnace, waste heat boiler, incinerators, convectors, and reactors as well as checker wall design in the reaction furnace. Material improvements in design were … Continue reading
OSB Plant Emergency Shutdown
REBL was a key factor in the emergency shutdown of an OSB plant’s energy system in assessing repair scope and in the subsequent inspection of the installation to assure proper installation procedures and aiding in assuring a planned budget.
Refractory Design Work for Refinery
For this refinery, refractory design work involved heaters, entire sulphur plant upgrades, as well as coker calciner modifications. REBL was on-site daily during major plant shutdowns, co-ordinating all quality assurance and inspection work involving refractories, ensuring correct execution of design … Continue reading
Turnaround QA Inspections
REBL provided QA inspection services during the plant turnaround These were intensive turnarounds which required work in many areas of the plant. We were part of the team that included client inspection personnel and a client Refractory Engineer that carried … Continue reading
Refractories Repair, Including Work Scope, Monitoring and Documenting
Inspected all the refractory lined units in the plant including heaters. REBL prepared all repair work scopes, liaised with the refractory contractor and monitored their progress then documented all repairs. The final report included the original repair recommendations, repair summaries … Continue reading
Refractory Capital Work Project
REBL participated in the removal of reactor and stripper units and all associated piping and replaced it with a new unit. The flue gas line from the regenerator was entirely replaced, as well as various new equipment installations into the … Continue reading
Regenerator and Cyclone Replacement
REBL reviewed all design changes and made recommendations for refractory design. The project involved a regenerator and cyclone replacement. A new reactor was installed and new reactor riser line. REBL was involved prior to shut down at vendor shops to … Continue reading
Refractory Installation Inspection
REBL was a key factor in the emergency shutdown of an OSB plant’s energy system, in assessing repair scope, in the subsequent inspection of the installation to assure proper installation procedures, and aiding in assuring a planned budget