2020 REFINING PROCESSES HANDBOOK PROCESS CATEGORIES COMPANY INDEX TREATING, GAS/LIQUID NAPFINING™ and NAPFINING™ HiTAN Acid removal from heavy hydrocarbons Application: Removes naphthenic acid compounds mainly from jet fuel, kerosene, diesel, condensate and crude oil streams. Description: NAPFINING and NAPFINING HiTAN technologies employ the FIBER FILM® Contactor as the mass-transfer device and utilize caustic as the treating reagent. Advantages: The onstream factor between routine turnarounds is 100%; whereas, electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) are much less reliable and incapable of processing feeds with a total acid number (TAN) higher than 0.1 mg KOH/g. Advantages: The non-dispersive FIBER FILM Contactor achieves reduced CAPEX and requires less plant space compared to most treating alternatives. These benefits make NAPFINING and NAPFINING HiTAN the technologies-of-choice. Installations: NAPFINING technologies were first licensed in 1977. To date, Merichem has granted 80 unit operating licenses worldwide. Licensor: Merichem Website: https://www.merichem.com/technology/napthenic-acid-extractionwith-napfining/ Contact: www.merichem.com/company/contact-us Copyright © 2020 Gulf Energy Information. All rights reserved.http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/ https://www.merichem.com/technology/napthenic-acid-extraction-with-napfining/ https://www.merichem.com/technology/napthenic-acid-extraction-with-napfining/ http://www.merichem.com/company/contact-us