Lummus Technology announced awards from Reliance Industries Ltd. to supply four Short Residence Time (SRT®) ethylene cracking heaters at two facilities in India.
Lummus’ scope includes design, engineering, procurement, supply, commissioning and startup of four ethylene cracking heaters. Two heaters will be installed at Reliance’s gas cracking unit (GCU) in Dahej, Gujarat, India, and the other two at Reliance’s GCU in Nagothane, Maharashtra, India. To maximize energy efficiency, the heaters will also be equipped with advanced heat recovery systems and designed for 100 percent hydrogen firing.
The Lummus Heat Transfer (LHT) business specializes in heat transfer solutions and systems for critical process environments. LHT has produced industry-leading technology for fired heaters including the SRT® pyrolysis furnace, and heat exchangers including the Helixchanger™ heat exchanger, LABLEXTM and Polaris™ advanced breech-lock exchanger.