US 12,276,379 B2
Hot oil media for sulfur export line and sulfur storage tank
Abdullah Almousa, Dammam (SA); Hussain Almomen, Udhailiyah (SA); Abdulrahman Al-Methn, Riyadh (SA); and Mishar K. Paul, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,778.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184390 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. F17D 1/08 (2006.01); F16L 53/32 (2018.01); F28F 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC F17D 1/084 (2013.01) [F16L 53/32 (2018.01); F28F 27/02 (2013.01); F28F 2250/104 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for heating one or more sulfur transport and storage systems, the system comprising:
a hot oil distribution system configured for feeding a first hot oil stream to one or more reboilers;
a first transport line fluidly connecting the one or more reboilers to an inlet on a heating jacket on a first sulfur transport and storage system, the first transport line configured to transport a second hot oil stream from the one or more reboilers to the inlet on the heating jacket on the first sulfur transport and storage system;
a second transport line fluidly connecting an outlet of the heating jacket on the first sulfur transport and storage system to an inlet on a heating coil in a second sulfur transport and storage system, the second transport line configured to transport a first cooled hot oil stream from the outlet of the heating jacket on the first sulfur transport and storage system to the inlet on the heating coil in the second sulfur transport and storage system;
a third transport line fluidly connecting an outlet on the heating coil in the second sulfur transport and storage system to a return header on the hot oil distribution system, the third transport line configured to transport a second cooled hot oil stream from the outlet of the heating coil in the second sulfur transport and storage system to a return header on the hot oil distribution system, and
a fourth transport line fluidly connecting the hot oil distribution system to the first transport line at a point upstream of the inlet on the heating jacket on the first sulfur transport and storage system, the fourth transport line configured to feed a hot oil makeup stream from the hot oil distribution system to the first transport line bypassing the one or more reboilers and forming an intermediate hot oil stream.