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Refinery cooling-water corrosion-inhibitor program

Programme outline, dosing range, feed points, target parameters, and lead times for the AAS corrosion-inhibitor program into the refineries segment in Pakistan. Sole Pakistan agent for Shaanxi Ande Technology (China) and Innovative Water Technology (Pakistan). Karachi office, same-business-day technical response.

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Field note Refineries · Corrosion-Inhibitor Program

PRL's Euro-5 deep-conversion upgrade and ARL / Cnergyico parallel upgrades are writing new utilities-chemistry scopes in 2026. Corrosion-inhibitor packages are typically the first chemistry line to ship at commissioning.

Programme spec

Dosing programme outline

Programme outline below is the AAS default for refineries applications. Final dose is set against the customer's source-water analysis, equipment metallurgy, and operating cycles. Every drum ships with a Certificate of Analysis; SDS is shipped pre-shipment for HSE-document review.

Active chemistry
HEDP / ATMP phosphonate + zinc + tolyltriazole
Feed point
Continuous slug to cooling-tower basin
Target pH
7.5–8.6
Target Ca hardness
≤ 800 ppm as CaCO₃
Cycles target
4.5–6.0
Cu / brass protection
Tolyltriazole 0.5–1.5 ppm
Mild-steel target
≤ 3 mpy on D2776 coupon
Compatibility
Free chlorine ≤ 0.5 ppm, bromide-stable
Lead time
Ex-Karachi stock; 4–6 wks direct-import on bulk
Why this matters in refineries

Why a refinery cooling loop kills cheap inhibitor programs

Refinery cooling water sees the worst combination in Pakistani industry: hot process side (90–110 °C skin temperature on overhead condensers and pump-seal coolers), aggressive makeup chemistry from KW&SB blends, intermittent hypochlorite shocks for legionella control, and brass / admiralty tubes in older condenser bundles. A flat HEDP-only inhibitor fails on two of those failure modes simultaneously — phosphate reversion under shock-load, and de-zincification of yellow-metal tubes when zinc is dosed low. AAS programs sit on a phosphonate-zinc-azole balance specifically tuned against PRL / PARCO / ARL feedwater profiles.

Procurement & engineering enquiry

Request a technical proposal for corrosion-inhibitor program.

Send the unit you're trying to protect (site, loop or train, symptom or KPI, volume, deadline) plus a source-water analysis if you have one. Same-business-day Karachi reply with a programme outline, dose range, and the relevant CoAs / SDS attached.

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