CREATESPACE Delayed Cokers - Coke Drum Basics

The internet has greatly expanded the amount of information made readily available to essentially everyone, available at a keystroke. With some knowledge, perseverance, patience, and determination a person can become quite knowledgeable on virtually any subject. What can be frustrating, however, in the internet environment is a lack of organization of the available information. Such is the case for virtually any subject one may have an interest. Industry personnel (operations, management, manufacturers, sales people, purchasing agents, engineers, designers, and constructors) requiring differing levels of coking knowledge come from varying backgrounds. Even those with countless years of technical experience in one specific area perhaps do not have sufficient knowledge and experience in other specific technical areas to fully grasp and understand needed concepts, details, and nuances. Courses, operations manuals, and on the job training are available for operations personnel; coking seminars are regularly held for plant owners, operators, inspectors, manufacturers, fabricators, suppliers, engineers, and designers. What is missing is a relatively concise overview document, with a level of detail to fill in vital missing particulars, specifics, and distinctions. This document is intended to provide a desktop reference tool, an organized basic overview of the delayed coking process focusing particularly on the coke drum.