Providing a solid introduction to integrated refinery process modeling and optimization, this textbook adopts a practical approach, using many of the tools and techniques currently employed in modern refineries.
By showing how to work with real data, the book guides senior-level undergraduates, graduate students, and industrial practitioners in how to quantitatively model key refinery reaction and fractionation processes. The systematic structure of the text covers theory, case studies and hands-on workshops, enabling engineers to develop and use the latest computer models for simulation and optimization of integrated refinery processes.
Additional material available online includes relevant spreadsheets and simulation files for all the models and examples presented in the book.
Contents
1 Characterization, Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Oil Fractions
- 1.1 Crude Assay
- 1.2 Pseudocomponent Generation Based on Boiling-Point Ranges
- 1.3 Workshop 1.1 – Interconvert Distillation Curves
- 1.4 Workshop 1.2 – Extrapolate an Incomplete Distillation Curve
- 1.5 Workshop 1.3 – Calculate MeABP of a Given Assay
- 1.6 Workshop 1.4 – Duplicate the Oil Fraction in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining
- 1.7 Property Requirements for Refinery Process Models
- 1.8 Physical Properties
- 1.9 Process Thermodynamics
- 1.10 Miscellaneous Physical Properties for Refinery Modeling
- 1.11 Conclusions
- 1.12 Nomenclature
- 1.13 References
2 Atmospheric Distillation Unit
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Scope of the Chapter
- 2.3 Process Overview
- 2.4 Model Development
- 2.5 Feed Characterization
- 2.6 Data Requirements and Validation
- 2.7 Representative Atmospheric Distillation Unit
- 2.8 Building the Model in Aspen HYSYS
- 2.9 Results
- 2.10 Model Applications to Process Optimization
- 2.11 Workshop 2.1 –Rebuild Model Using “Back-blending” Procedure
- 2.12 Workshop 2.2 – Investigate Changes in Product Profiles with New Product Demands
- 2.13 Conclusions
- 2.14 Nomenclature
- 2.15 References
3 Vacuum Distillation Unit
- 3.1 Process Description
- 3.2 Data Reconciliation
- 3.3 Model Implementation
- 3.4 Model Applications to Process Optimization – VDU Deep-Cut Operation
- 3.5 Workshop – Using Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining to Implement the Deep-Cut Operation
- 3.6 References
4 Predictive Modeling of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Process
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Process Description
- 4.3 Process Chemistry
- 4.4 Literature Review
- 4.5 Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining FCC Model
- 4.6 Calibrating the Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining FCC Model
- 4.7 Fractionation
- 4.8 Mapping Feed Information to Kinetic Lumps
- 4.9 Overall Modeling Strategy
- 4.10 Results 176
- 4.11 Model Applications to Process Optimization
- 4.12 Model Application to Refinery Production Planning
- 4.13 Workshop 4.1: Guide for Modeling FCC Units in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining
- 4.14 Workshop 4.2: Calibrating Basic FCC Model
- 4.15 Workshop 4.3: Build Main Fractionator and Gas Plant System
- 4.16 Workshop 4.4: Model Applications to Process Optimization – Perform Case Study to Identify Different Gasoline Production Scenarios
- 4.17 Workshop 4.5: Model Application to Production Planning – Generate DELTA-BASE Vectors for Linear-Programming (LP)-Based Production Planning
- 4.18 Conclusions
- 4.20 Nomenclature
- 4.21 References
5 Predictive Modeling of the Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Reforming Process
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Process Overview
- 5.3 Process Chemistry
- 5.4 Literature Review
- 5.5 Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Catalytic Reformer Model
- 5.6 Thermophysical Properties
- 5.7 Fractionation System
- 5.8 Feed Characterization
- 5.9 Model Implementation
- 5.10 Overall Modeling Strategy
- 5.11 Results
- 5.12 Model Applications to Process Optimization
- 5.13 Model Applications to Refinery Production Planning
- 5.14 Workshop 5.1: Guide for Modeling CCR Units in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining
- 5.15 Workshop 5.2: Model Calibration
- 5.16 Workshop 5.3: Build a Downstream Fractionation
- 5.17 Workshop 5.4: Case Study to Vary RON and Product Distribution Profile
- 5.18 Conclusions
- 5.19 Nomenclature
- 5.20 References
6 Predictive Modeling of the Hydroprocessing Units
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining HCR Modeling Tool
- 6.3 Process Description
- 6.4 Model Development
- 6.5 Modeling Results of MP HCR Process
- 6.6 Modeling Results of HP HCR Process
- 6.7 Model Applications to Process Optimization
- 6.8 Model Application – Delta-Base Vector Generation
- 6.9 Conclusions
- 6.10 Workshop 6.1 – Build Preliminary Reactor Model of HCR Process
- 6.11 Workshop 6.2 – Calibrate Preliminary Reactor Model to Match Plant Data
- 6.12 Workshop 6.3 – Model Applications to Process Optimization
- 6.13 Workshop 6.4 – Connect Reactor Model to Fractionator Simulation
- 6.14 Nomenclature
- 6.15 References
- Supporting Materials: List of Computer Files
- Subject Index
Book Details
- Paperback: 522 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (May 29, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3527333576
- ISBN-13: 978-3527333578
- Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 1 inches
List Price: $120.00