Refinery Process Modeling

This book was written to aid practicing chemical engineers in the steady state simulation of oil refineries with commercially available software. It is a practical guide, and the outgrowth of the author's extensive career in modeling oil refineries. Emphasis is on the practical versus theoretical and the book is based on hundreds of training courses given by the author. Down to earth methods to use available data for process conditions and laboratory results for petroleum products are presented, as well as ways to make reasonable approximations for missing data that are relevant to the calculations. Typical operating data and flow sheets are presented for nearly all of the processes used in refining petroleum oils.Processes discussed include: crude/vacuum, FCC processes, naphtha reformers, hydrocrackers , hydrotreaters, alkylation, isomerization units, visbreaking, delayed coking,polymerization, ether production, and amine treating.The methodology presented in the book are not specific to any one simulator and they have been successfully applied with nearly all of the existing simulators that have the capability to model crude oil and the resultant refined products. Read more