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FlowEnhancer SIGNED

A Shell-and-tube heat exchanger enhancement that increases Energy Efficiency in the Oil, Gas, Power & Chemical Process Sectors

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EC-Contrib. €

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Project "FlowEnhancer" data sheet

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Coordinator	TUBE TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Organization address address: RAWRETH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RAWRETH LANE 14 city: RAYLEIGH postcode: SS6 9RL website: www.tubetech.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	United Kingdom [UK]
Project website	https://www.flowoptimiser.com/
Total cost	3˙302˙801 €
EC max contribution	2˙497˙288 € (76%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.3. (PRIORITY 'Societal challenges) 2. H2020-EU.2.1. (INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies)
Code Call	H2020-EIC-FTI-2018-2020
Funding Scheme	IA
Starting year	2018
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2018-11-01 to 2020-10-31

Partnership

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TUBE TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED TUBE TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Organization address address: RAWRETH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RAWRETH LANE 14 city: RAYLEIGH postcode: SS6 9RL website: www.tubetech.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	UK (RAYLEIGH)	coordinator	925˙428.00
2	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN Organization address address: HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 10 city: DRESDEN postcode: 1069 website: http://www.tu-dresden.de/ contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	DE (DRESDEN)	participant	617˙760.00
3	MANOIR PITRES SAS MANOIR PITRES SAS Organization address address: 37 RUE DE LIEGE city: PARIS postcode: 75008 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	FR (PARIS)	participant	483˙787.00
4	SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV Organization address address: LANGE KLEIWEG 40 city: RIJSWIJK postcode: 2288 GK website: www.shell.com/globalsolutions contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	NL (RIJSWIJK)	participant	470˙312.00

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Project objective

In oil refineries, the Pre-Heat Train (PHT) is a network of usually shell-and-tube heat exchangers which aims to reduce the energy requirements in the crude distillation unit, i.e. the unit where the fractionation of the all the crude-oil takes place. When the PHT does not work efficiently, more fuel must be burnt in the downstream furnace. A typical decay rate in the coil inlet temperature in the PHT is 2-5â„ƒ per year, or 8-11â„ƒ per year according to less optimistic estimates. A yearly average drop of 5â„ƒ costs a refinery about €1 - €1,5 million. A 1â„ƒ drop in the furnace coil inlet temperature has been reported to cost for a UK refinery (processing 210,000 bbl per day ) ca. €400,000 per year. There are several modifications or enhancements that can improve heat exchanger efficiency, but unless they are installed during manufacturing, it is not cost efficient to apply them after the heat exchanger has been put to operation. The Flow Enhancer is a shell-and-tube heat exchanger enhancement that improves crude oil flow from the header’s inlet towards the heat exchanger’s tubes. It ensures reduced turbulence, a 10% increase in tube inflow velocity and a corresponding 7°C increase in outlet temperature. The potential savings to refineries could reach up to €1.8m per year and a 9:1 return on investment. In order to ensure the adoption of the technology, we have formed a partnership that brings together all the necessary elements: technology, manufacturing, commercialisation and scientific analysis to develop a marketing strategy based on proven results. The Flow Enhancer will increase the efficiency of European and global refineries, with significant environmental benefits, as it results in a reduction of 8 tonnes of CO2 per day for each 100k barrels processed, and has the potential to reduce EU CO2 emissions by 466k tonnes per year.

Deliverables

List of deliverables.
Flow Enhancer website and final Communication Plan	Websites, patent fillings, videos etc.	2020-02-07 15:50:14

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Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2019	DEREK SUMSION and MIKE WATSON Tube Tech International TIM DORAU, RICHARD SCHAB, SIMON UNZ, MICHAEL BECKMANN and M REZA MALAYERI Technische UniversitÃ¤t Dresden Flow maldistribution in shell and tube heat exchangers published pages: 4, ISSN: 1362-363X, DOI:	PTQ Magazine Quarter 4 2019, Once a quarter	2020-01-28

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