VRU Recovery Units

To meet emission standards, a Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU) is installed in crude oil or distillate storage tanks to recover and recycle the vapours that would otherwise escape. There are several different types of VRU systems. Thus they may be used in many different chemical industries. Storage facilities may reuse the gas released during the distillation and storage of crude oil by installing vapour recovery systems for the tanks.

Profitability and lower operating costs: two key benefits of a VRU system. It is possible to re-eject the recovered vapours into oil wells, distribute them to end customers, or utilize them as fuel, all of which add to the facility’s bottom line.

Responsibility to society and the environment is improved because venting is no longer necessary, and emissions of harmful pollutants are reduced by as much as 95%. This illustrates your dedication to doing what’s right for the community and protecting the environment.

Explain the distinction between mechanical vapour recovery units and those that rely on carbon beds or adsorption.

Tank vapours, or gas produced when the liquid in a storage tank is heated by external temperatures and collected in a compartment at the top of the tank, are frequently recovered using a mechanical VRU compression package. The tank’s vapour is transported to a mechanical VRU, which is compressed before being piped to another location inside the factory or a sales pipeline.

An adsorption or carbon bed VRU functions much like a massive filtering device. When liquids are loaded into trucks, railcars, marine vessels, or tanks, these are employed to deal with the offsetting vapours. The VRU is where vapour is sent to be purified before being released back into the atmosphere. Here, the carbon bed removes the hydrocarbons. If the carbon bed is full, a vacuum pump may remove the hydrocarbon vapour, deliver it to an absorber tower, and transform it into a recycled liquid.