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arboVac designs and supplies Vapour Recovery Systems for Truck, Rail and
Marine loading facilities for petroleum and volatile chemical products. The
CarboVac team of engineers is very experienced in the eld of gaseous efuent

treatment in the petroleum and petro-chemical industry and has installed systems in almost
all parts of the world.
The recovery process is based on adsorption on activated carbon and regeneration of
the carbon by means of vacuum. The recovered product is usually blended with one of the
products stored on the terminal.
The high quality and safety standards applied to the design and manufacturing of our
systems render our units highly efcient, easy and safe to operate with an annual availability
of 100%.
The CarboVac Vapour Recovery Systems are considered to be best available technology
on the market today by many of the worlds largest Oil Companies and Liquid Storage
Companies.
The life time satisfaction of our clients with our equipment is our highest priority.

MarineLoading VRU
10 000 m 3 /h

ADVANTAGES

OF THE

CARBOVAC DRY VACUUM VAPOUR RECOVERY SYSTEM

Simplicity of the process

Energy consumption

Two adsorbers, a simple vacuum system, an absorber and two

The energy consumption can be as low as 0.08 kWh per m3

absorbents circulation pumps make up a complete operational

vapour treated depending on inlet concentration and emission

system.

level requirements.

The level in the re-absorber column is controlled by variable

speed control of the return pump (no control valve required).

The vacuum pumps are frequency controlled and can be adapted

to all variable inlet conditions and any emission requirement.

Safety

Flexibility of the process

The unit is the safest available on the market with zero accidents

The standard system can be used for a wide range of chemical

reported to date caused by or related to its process of adsorption

and petroleum products (gasoline, alcohols, aromatics,

on activated carbon and vacuum regeneration.

solvents) with highly variable compositions, concentrations

The system operates at near atmospheric pressure (and vacuum)

and near ambient temperatures.
The system is complies with European ATEX guideline and is
supplied with standard HAZOP assessment report. The SIL

and flow rates.

The system fully eliminates the requirement for intermediate
vapour holders or other means of peak shaving without loosing
its energy and emission efciency.

assessment result is A (no further safety measures required).

Since all three elements required for an ignition are principally

Operation and maintenance requirements

present inside the process (combustible material, rotating equipment

The system requires minimal operational attention.

and oxygen from air) an internal explosion under off set conditions

Maintenance is reduced to merely only periodical safety tests.

cannot be totally excluded. The CarboVac VRU is therefore designed

No internal contact between the screws and the housing (no

to be completely explosion shock proof (most adequate solution).

wear).

Each of the two absorbent circulation lines is equipped with two

independent fail closing valves.

Service life expectancy

The units are designed for a minimum service life of 20 years

Natural emission level

including the life time of the activated carbon under normal

Due to the unique process control software supplied by CarboVac

operating conditions.

the standard hydrocarbon emission level of the unit for gasoline

service is less than 5 g/m3.

No secondary wastes

The dry screw pump system can operate at various vacuum levels,

The system creates no secondary waste products such as glycol.

which makes the standard system suitable for many products and

The product used as absorbent is not polluted by lubrication oil

any emission requirement.

or any other sealant product from the vacuum system.

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Vapour Recovery Systems

CONTACT

MANAGEMENT

US

Of ce address: 38, rue de Paris

94470 Boissy-Saint-Lger
France
Tel:
Fax:
Mail:

+33 1 45 98 00 17
+33 1 43 82 68 84
info@carbovac.com

Technical:
Mail:

Francis Walter
francis.walter@carbovac.com

Commercial:
Mail:

Ties Mulder
ties.mulder@carbovac.com

06035 www.ciem.fr

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