SPRAY NOZZLES FOR WATER WASH INJECTION APPLICATIONS

Water is injected into process lines in the refining, petrochemical, power generation, and chemical industries to wash contaminants from gas streams and piping components. This water wash process is important in refining crude oil into its component fractions.

Initially, water is injected to remove salts and halides from the crude oil through precipitation before they corrode and degrade the refining system. Later in refining, water wash injection nozzles spray into the hydrocarbon streams to clean residual solid particles.

BETE spray nozzles are designed to maximize efficiency in wash water injection applications as they atomize and distribute the water into the process stream or vessel, increasing the water’s coverage and reaction surface area. Spray nozzles coupled with BETE injection lances can distribute the water evenly along the centerline or desired areas of process streams or vessels.