Measurement Solutions for Petrochemical Plants
Analytical and engineered instruments for feedstock quality, sulfur control, reactors and columns, fired equipment, water systems, gas flow, and materials verification.
Connecting feedstock, process, utility, and product measurements
Petrochemical plants operate interconnected reaction, separation, heating, compression, storage, and utility systems. Measurement performance affects feedstock acceptance, process stability, product consistency, equipment protection, wastewater treatment, and maintenance decisions.
Blue Dragon Technology supports these requirements with sulfur analyzers, water-quality instruments, elemental analysis, tube-skin and multipoint temperature assemblies, and industrial gas-flow meters. Application review focuses on the process stream, expected composition, measurement location, installation constraints, response-time requirement, and lifecycle support needed by the plant.
Measurement challenges in this industry
Feedstock and process sulfur
Measure sulfur where feed quality, catalyst protection, product specification, or treatment performance depends on reliable data.
Reaction and separation profiles
Monitor multipoint temperature behavior in reactors, catalyst beds, columns, and large process vessels.
Heater and furnace protection
Measure external tube-wall temperature to support safe thermal operation and identify abnormal heat distribution.
Water and effluent control
Track TOC, oil contamination, and turbidity in process water, cooling systems, treatment plants, and discharge streams.
Gas-flow measurement
Measure process, fuel, flare, vent, and utility-gas flows across the plant.
Material verification
Confirm alloys, components, raw materials, and maintenance replacements with elemental-analysis instruments.
Typical process areas and streams
- Feedstock receipt and preparation
- Reaction, polymerization, cracking, and reforming units
- Distillation columns, vessels, and catalyst beds
- Fired heaters, furnaces, boilers, and steam systems
- Process gas, fuel gas, flare, vent, and utility-gas networks
- Cooling water, process water, and wastewater treatment
- Storage, loading, maintenance, inspection, and quality laboratories
Applications used in this industry.
Online Total Sulfur Measurement
Continuous total-sulfur measurement for representative liquid or gas samples in process, product-quality, and treatment applications.
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Total Organic Carbon Measurement
TOC measurement for water-quality control, contamination detection, treatment monitoring, process investigation, and laboratory analysis.
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Oil-in-Water Monitoring
Online oil-in-water measurement for produced water, process water, treatment systems, wastewater, and discharge-related monitoring.
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Tube-Skin Temperature Measurement
Engineered thermocouple measurement of external tube-wall temperature in fired heaters, boilers, reformers, furnaces, and thermal equipment.
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Multipoint Temperature Profiling
Engineered measurement of temperature at multiple elevations or positions in reactors, columns, vessels, catalyst beds, and process equipment.
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Material Identification & Verification
XRF-based identification and verification of alloys, metals, components, incoming materials, maintenance replacements, and recycled material.
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Industrial Gas Flow Measurement
Ultrasonic gas-flow measurement for inline and insertion applications across natural gas, process gas, fuel gas, flare, vent, and high-temperature services.
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Elemental Analysis & Materials Characterization
X-ray fluorescence instruments for elemental composition, material identification, quality control, field screening, and industrial laboratories.
Explore series →Flow Measurement Series
Ultrasonic gas-flow measurement instruments manufactured by Lauris Technologies, Canada, and supplied and supported by Blue Dragon Technology.
Explore series →Sulfur Analysis Series
Online analyzers for total sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur ratio, and sulfur recovery unit process monitoring.
Explore series →Temperature Measurement Series
Engineered temperature-measurement assemblies manufactured by MESIT, Italy, and supplied and supported by Blue Dragon Technology.
Explore series →Water Quality & Organic Carbon Series
Online and laboratory analyzers for organic carbon, oil-in-water, turbidity, wastewater, and high-purity water measurement.
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BDT-GT Gasket-Mount Surface Thermocouples
Compact gasket-mount thermocouples for bolted or stud-mounted surface-temperature measurement on machinery, engines, housings, bearings, flanges, and industrial equipment.
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BDT-MP Multipoint Temperature Assemblies
Custom multipoint temperature assemblies with multiple thermocouple or RTD sensing points for measuring temperature profiles at defined elevations or depths within reactors, columns, vessels, tanks, and kilns.
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BDT-SKIN Tube-Skin Thermocouples
Engineered tube-skin thermocouple assemblies for direct tube-wall temperature measurement in petrochemical heaters, boiler and superheater tubes, and other demanding thermal-process equipment.
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Model 800RS Online Sulfur Ratio Analyzer
Online sulfur-ratio analyzer for continuous H₂S and SO₂ measurement, calculated H₂S-to-SO₂ ratio, and SRU air-demand control integration.
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Model 800TS Online Total Sulfur Analyzer
Industrial online total sulfur analyzer for continuous process and product-quality monitoring, with quantitative injection, UV fluorescence detection, and optional multi-stream operation.
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Model 810H2S Online Hydrogen Sulfide Tape Analyzer with Total Sulfur Option
Online H₂S tape analyzer for continuous process-gas monitoring, with an optional heated conversion path for selectable total sulfur measurement.
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Model 820TGA Online Tail Gas Analyzer
Online tail-gas analyzer for sulfur recovery unit process monitoring, H₂S and SO₂ measurement, calculated sulfur ratio, and SRU performance applications.
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Model C610OIW Online Oil-in-Water Analyzer
Online oil-in-water monitoring system for produced water, refinery and industrial wastewater, heavy-oil contamination, process trending, and alarm applications.
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Model C680 High-Temperature Combustion TOC Analyzer
Laboratory total organic carbon analyzer using 680 °C catalytic combustion, separate TC and IC reaction paths, manual microsyringe injection, and NDIR carbon-dioxide detection.
View instrumentRelated industries.
Natural Gas & LNG
Measurement solutions for gas processing, sweetening, liquefaction, LNG quality, gas flow, utilities, and materials verification.
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Fertilizers & Chemicals
Analytical and engineered measurement systems for feedstocks, process gases, reactors, utilities, effluent, flow, and material quality.
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Water & Wastewater
Online and laboratory instruments for organic carbon, oil contamination, turbidity, treatment control, discharge, reuse, and water-quality investigation.
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Industry questions.
How do petrochemical applications differ from refinery applications?
Petrochemical plants often place greater emphasis on reaction profiles, feedstock consistency, catalyst-sensitive streams, polymer or chemical product quality, and complex utility integration. The exact measurement basis must be reviewed by unit and stream.
Can multipoint temperature systems be customized for reactors or columns?
Yes. Sensor count, insertion length, process connection, support arrangement, materials, routing, and termination are engineered from the vessel design and operating conditions.
Which water measurements are commonly reviewed?
TOC, oil-in-water, and turbidity may be relevant to process water, cooling systems, treatment performance, reuse, and effluent monitoring.
Can elemental instruments support maintenance and incoming inspection?
Yes. Handheld or benchtop XRF can support material identification, alloy verification, incoming inspection, and plant laboratory workflows, subject to the required calibration and matrix.
Discuss your petrochemical measurement application.
Share the process unit, stream or equipment, measurement objective, expected composition and range, operating conditions, installation constraints, and project timeline.