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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HYDROPROCESSING
Instrustor: Ph.D Nguyen Manh Huan Presentation by: Group 1
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I. INTRODUCTION II. FEED AND PRODUCT CHANGES III. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IV. CATALYST DEVELOPMENT V. MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMING YEARS
I. Introduction The refinery industry is continuously faced with changes. These changes are in the quality of: The crudes processed. The product slate. the required qualities of the products.
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I. Introduction
Must introduce new technologies or improve technologies.
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2.1 Feed changes The average quality of crudes processed worldwide was fairly constant the last ten years. However, important differences can be observed for the various geographic areas.
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2.1 Feed changes
Area South America USA Middle East North sea Western Europe Density (API) 24.8 32.3 32.9 36.1 34.6 Sulfur content (%wt) 2.2 0.87 1.8 0.23 1.02
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2.1 Feed changes
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2.1 Feed changes
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2.2. Product slate changes
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2.2. Product slate changes
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2.2. Product slate changes
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2.3. Product quality changes
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III. Technology development
3.1 Technology installed to meet changes in feed and products
The changes in feed quality In product slate and in product qualities The refining industry has installed both well established
and new technologies.
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Changes in product oil specification
Table 1:
Conversion capacity
Table 2: Installed conversion capacities ~ early 1985, 1990 and 1995 in various geographic areas
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Conversion capacity Conversion capacity is total of:
Thermal cracking,
FCC Hydrocracking
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North America about 50 % of the added conversion capacity in between 1985 - 1995 was based on hydrocracking; FCC adding only 20 %. For Japan were 19 % and 81 %. Japan did not install thermal cracking capacity but thermal cracking remains to play an important role in North America.
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Company: Unocal/UOP IFP and Chevron Texaco The alliance between Mobil, Akzo Nobel and Kellogg (MAK).
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The type of conversion units installed differ greatly for the various regions.
The most important trend in product qualities changes for all oil products is the continuous decrease in sulfur level resulting in a worldwide increase in hydrotreating capacity as is shown
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III. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 3.2 New hydroprocessing technologies Each year new hydroprocessing technologies are announced. Mostly at well attended conferences such as the annual spring meeting of the National Petroleum Refiners Association.
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III. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Most of these technologies lack success due to: Less interest in resid upgrading mainly caused by:
The low profitability of the refining industry Abundant supply of sweet crudes Successful introduction of resid FCC technologies Selection of well proven technologies such as fixed bed processes and ebullated bed processes.
III. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Two new technologies were recently announced for hydrocracking of VGO type feeds. Ebullated bed licensed by Texaco and a lower pressure process Lower investment costs. Technology :licensed as MAK
III. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Most of the technologies announced in the nineties do have the production of high quality diesel oil as objective.
Dewaxing
high quality diesel oils
Desulfurization
Hydrogenation
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3.2.1 OCR process
3.2.1 OCR process Catalysts used in the OCR: ICR 138 and ICR 143. The OCR process can be applied in two ways: 1. In new designs to decrease reactor volume and to improve flexibility to process different crudes. 2. As pretreat step in existing units to allow refiners to process heavier crudes.
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3.2.1 OCR process
The main objective of OCR process is demetallization of residues. To decrease reactor volume and to make an effective use of the catalyst Chevron developed a technology in which oil and catalyst are fed to the reactor in countercurrent flow.
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3.2.2 Akzo-Fina CFI process The main objective of the Akzo-Fina CFI process is to improve cold flow properties (cloud point, pour point, cold filter plugging point) of hydrocarbon feedstocks. However, in addition to dewaxing activity, desulfurization,denitrogenation, hydroconversion or hydrogenation activity also can be incorporated giving this technology a high degree of flexibility.
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3.2.2 Akzo-Fina CFI process For instance, high sulfur gasoils can be processed to yield diesel oils low in sulfur with excellent cold flow properties. Light vacuum gasoils can be processed to yield a product which can be sent without further treatment or distillation to the diesel oil pool. Catalysts applied in the process are only available under license.
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3.2.3 Dodd process The objective of this process is the deep desulfurization of middistillate types of feedstocks Exxon licensed hydrotreating units in the past, but decided that a new technology had to be developed for deep desulfurization of diesel oil. Main differences from the existing technology is the different desulfurization kinetics for deep desulfurization.
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3.2.3 Dodd process The Exxon process for diesel oil production with sulfur levels between 200-500 ppm was introduced in 1989. Various catalysts are approved for this process. RT 601 is the most active one.
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3.2.4 Synsat process The objective of the Synsat process is to convert feedstocks boiling between 200 and 360~to high quality diesel oils low in sulfur and aromatics.
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Each year 15 - 20 new catalysts are introduced in the market. Companies: Akzo Nobel Chevron Criterion Grace Texaco
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Catalyst: HC-H and C-411 of Criterion. HC-K, Ketjenfine 843 of Akzo Nobel. New catalysts from technology licensors as Unocal/UOP and Chevron.
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V. CATALYST DEVELOPMENTS
V. MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMING YEARS
In summary the most important developments are: Crude oil supplied to the refineries will not change significantly in quality. Distillate and jet will be the products with the strongest growth. Technlogy development.
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New technologies are: The OCR process licensed by Chevron. The Akzo-Fina CFI process licensed by Akzo Nobel. The DODD process licensed by Exxon. The Synsat process licensed by ABB Lummus.
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Technology development
Catalyst development
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