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§ Industry · 06

Petrochemicals: continuous processes, single-point-of-failure assets.

Petrochemical plants run continuously and rely on critical reactor systems, compressor trains, and column trains that are too large to spare. Droz provides plant-wide reliability and applied-AI programs to keep these assets available between turnarounds — and to make turnaround scope evidence-based rather than calendar-driven.

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Asset focus
Reactors · Compressors · Columns
Key disciplines
Vibration · Thermography · Ultrasound · Alignment
Standards
API · ASME · ISO 10816
Engagement
Turnaround-aligned programs
§ Operating context

Why downtime is brutal here.

Petrochemical economics depend on continuous operation; the cost of a trip is rarely just the lost product.

  • Cracking-furnace cycles. Olefin cracker units operate to a strict decoking cadence; off-schedule outages compound coke buildup.
  • Critical compressor trains. Ethylene refrigeration, propylene refrigeration, and process gas compressors are single-point-of-failure.
  • Polymer-line continuity. Reactor instability propagates into off-spec product that must be reprocessed or sold at a discount.
  • Flare events. Unplanned trips generate emissions and trigger regulatory scrutiny.
§ Disciplines

Disciplines we apply.

DSC · 01

Vibration analysis

Compressor trains, refrigeration screw compressors, pumps, extruders.
DSC · 02

Thermography

Switchgear, transformers, fired-heater tube surveys.
DSC · 03

Ultrasound

Steam-trap audits, integrity surveys, leak detection.
DSC · 04

Laser alignment

Compressor and pump couplings; long-train alignment.
§ Assets addressed

Assets we monitor.

DZ-A · Rotating equipment

Process rotating fleet

Compressors · extruders · pumps

  • Centrifugal compressorsTrended
  • Refrigeration screwsTrended
  • Process pumpsTrended
  • Extruders · gearboxesTrended
DZ-B · Static equipment

Reactor & column boundaries

Reactors · columns · heaters

  • ReactorsInsp.
  • ColumnsInsp.
  • Fired heatersInsp.
  • Piping & vesselsNDT
DZ-C · Electrical & controls

Switchyard & controls

Switchgear · DCS · MCCs

  • SwitchgearIR scan
  • MCCs · transformersIR scan
  • PLCs · SCADAIntegrated
  • DCSIntegrated
DZ-D · Production lines

Process units

Crackers · polymers · aromatics

  • Olefin crackerTrained
  • Polymer reactor trainsTrained
  • Aromatics complexTrained
  • Recovery loopsTrained
§ Standards

Standards we operate under.

API
Petroleum / petrochemical
ASME
Pressure-vessel & piping codes
ISO 10816
Vibration severity
Vibration Institute
Cat. I–IV
§ Software layer

Software services for this industry.

SW · 01

AI & Machine Learning Systems

Compressor-surge prediction; reactor-trip pattern recognition.
SW · 02

Reliability Data Platform

Trended condition data across multi-unit sites.
SW · 03

Cloud Migration & Architecture

Historian-to-data-lake patterns for fleet-wide rollups.
§ Engagements

Case studies.

CS · 01

Engagement case studies forthcoming

Public engagement summaries for this industry are added as they are cleared for publication. Specific outcome metrics — availability lift, MTBF improvement, and avoided downtime cost — are documented under NDA until cleared.

CS · 02

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