Highlights
Highlights
Benefits
- Improve low-temperature operability
- Decrease filter plugging caused by paraffin wax buildup
- Reduce handling and storage costs
- Increase margins and improve crude diet flexibility
- Reduce OPEX costs for heating high pour crude and intermediate streams
Applications
- Middle distillate fuels like diesel and light heating oils
- Crude oil and intermediate streams
- Terminals and tank farms
- Refining operations
Overview
Overview
Middle-distillate fuels and crude oils face flow challenges at low temperatures as paraffin wax precipitates out of solution. Unchecked wax crystal growth leads to fuel solidification in transfer lines and tanks and an increased risk of blocked fuel filters and fuel lines.
TOLAD™ cold flow improvers from Baker Hughes offer cost-effective solutions to keep fuels stable and flowing freely in cold weather conditions. Our additives help deliver proven cold flow performance for fuels and crudes, including reduced wax deposits, improved fuel quality and handling, and wider crude diet flexibility.
Modify wax crystal formation in your fuels
The high-molecular-weight copolymers in TOLAD cold flow improvers modify the size and shape of wax crystals as they form. By minimizing crystal growth and deposition, these products enhance the low-temperature handling properties of a wide variety of mid-distillate fuels and crudes.
Improve your cold filter plugging point and pour point
Work with our fuel additives specialists to find the optimal type and dosage of cold flow improver for your applications. Our products work effectively at low rates to lower your fuel’s pour point and reduce the risks of filter plugging—without the added costs and complexity of blending with kerosene.
The excellent handling properties of TOLAD cold flow improvers help lower your handling and storage costs. At the same time, our products reduce the need for dilution and heated storage at many locations.
And by improving flow characteristics near or below a fuel’s natural pour point, our cold flow improvers help lower your energy usage, reduce pumping equipment needs, and shorten transport vessel cleanout time and carry-back.
Increase margins and upgrade lower-value crude and intermediate streams
As refineries diversify their crude diets to reduce purchase costs and improve product yields, cold flow stability is crucial. Our cold flow improvers help reduce pour points and filter plugging to boost value in various downstream operations.
For your terminals and refineries, this translates to a reduced risk of blocked pipelines, less fouling of lines and process units, and minimal buildup of wax solids in storage tanks.
You’re also assured a wider refining window and increased margins by delivering finished fuels that reliably meet pipeline and exchange specifications at low temperatures.
Contact Baker Hughes today to learn how TOLAD cold flow improvers can improve your products low-temperature handling, stability, and profitability.