A Computer Aided Tool for the Simulation of the Hydrotreating Reactor for Real Time Refinery Operations Optimization

A computer aided tool is an important part of a real time optimizer . In this paper a three phase reactor model for describing the hydro desulfurization reactionsin a trickle bed reactor was developed. A steady state plug -flow heterogeneus one -dimensional model was employed to implement the HDS simulator. the reactor model considers the main reation present in the hydro desulfurization process. Simulations were performed for a pilot trickle bed reactor, and the results are discussed in terms of variations with axial position of partial pressure and concentrations in liquid phase. the simulation results show a good agreement with the experimental data.

کلیدواژه ها:

hydrotreating ، reactor ، modeling ، trickle -bed ، RTO