The atmospheric distillation column is a vertical cylinder, approximately 50 meters high and 8 meters in diameter. Once the crude oil is vaporized, it is injected into this column. Throughout the column, vaporized crude oil carries properties such as moisture and corrosivity, thereby diffusing the chemical factors of corrosion throughout the column walls. This study aims to utilize the physicochemical properties of vaporized crude oil and its upward flow motion to quantify corrosion induced by atmospheric distillation. The objective of this article is to characterize this specific flow and to measure corrosion within the atmospheric distillation column. This study is conducted by modelling the flow using dimensionless numbers and programming the characteristic equations of this flow in a specific geometry and under physicochemical conditions. The results indicate that the regime of this flow is a critical turbulent flow regime. However, induced flow corrosion increases significantly due to turbulence.
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