Development and Commercial Application of High-Platinum CCR Catalyst with Low Coke Deposition Rate

By means of selecting proper additives and optimizing catalyst composition and preparation procedures, a high-platinum and low coke deposition catalyst PS-Ⅶ for continuous catalytic reforming （CCR） without reducing its specific surface area has been successfully developed. This catalyst PS-Ⅶ was evaluated in a 100-mL pilot test unit. Study results showed that under the same reaction conditions the newly developed catalyst PS-Ⅶ achieved a 26% reduction in coke deposition as compared to the existing high-platinum CCR catalyst. This catalyst upon its first commercial application in a 1.39 Mt/a CCR unit had exhibited good anti-attrition performance and good stability in terms of its specific surface area. Compared to the original CCR catalyst this PS-Ⅶ type catalyst could reduce the coke deposition by 27.32% when operating on feedstock with low potential aromatic content, along with apparent increase in C6^＋ liquid yield, hydrogen yield and aromatics yield, which could grapple with the problem associated with the catalyst regeneration constraints after CCR capacity expansion to ensure the longcycle high-load operation of the CCR unit.

Development and CommercialApplication of RSDS-II Technology for Selective Hydrodesulfurization of FCC Naphtha

The FCC naphtha selective hydrodesulfurization technology(RSDS-II)has been tested with different feedstocks in pilot scale.The results show that RSDS-II technology is viable in terms of its adaptability to different feedstocks.To produce gasoline with a sulfur content of less than 50μg/g by the RSDS-II technology,the gasoline RON loss is less than 1.8,0.9and 0.2 units,respectively,upon processing the conventional high-sulfur and high-olefin FCC naphtha,the high-sulfur MIP naphtha,and the medium-sulfur or low-sulfur MIP naphtha.Upon using the naphtha produced from pre-hydrotreated FCC feedstock as the RSDS-II feedstock to manufacture gasoline with a sulfur content of lower than 10μg/g,the RON loss does not exceed 1.0 unit.The RSDS-II technology has been commercialized successfully at many refineries.The result of operating commercial RSDS-II unit at the Shanghai Petrochemical Company has revealed that upon processing a feedstock containing 38.7 v% —43.3 v% of olefins and 250—470 mg/g of sulfur,the sulfur content in the treated gasoline ranges from 33μg/g to 46μg/g and the RON loss is equal to only 0.3—0.6 units.Till now this RSDS-II unit has been operating smoothly over 30 months.Thanks to its high HDS activity and good selectivity,the RSDS-II technology can meet the refinery’s needs for adequate upgrading of gasoline.

Physiological characteristics and commercial application of edible mushroom dietary fiber

Edible mushrooms are considered as healthy food because they are low in calories and fat but rich in proteins minerals and dietary fiber(DF). Edible mushrooms are recognized as new potential resource of DF since the components of edible mushroom dietary fiber(EMDF) have shown special physiological and pharmacological effects on human and animals. In this article,the soluble and insoluble fractions of DF in different edible mushroom species have been evaluated. Biological effects of EMDF are related to promoting desired responses,for example,reducing blood cholesterol,protecting cells from free radicals attack by antioxidative effects,attenuating levels and fluctuations of blood glucose and selectively supporting the growth of beneficial gut bacteria. The EMDF plays an important role in reducing risk of cardiovascular diseases,diabetes mellitus and intestinal diseases. The non-starch polysaccharides(NSP),a kind of EMDF,is the best known and most potent mushroom-derived substances with antitumor and immunomodulatory properties. EMDF has also been reported to take part in the control of body weight,lipid homeostasis and insulin sensitivity due to its effect on specific chemical structures and physical properties. Many pharmaceutical substances with potent and unique health- enhancing properties were isolated recently from edible mushrooms and distributed worldwide. Mushroom-based dietary supplements(DSs) with potential therapeutic effects are produced from the mycelia or the fruiting bodies of mushrooms,and are consumed in the forms of capsules,tablets,or extracts. The EMDF, based on its special physiological functions on human health,shows a wide range of potential application prospects.

Study and Commercial Application of Graded Optimization of Catalysts for Fixed Bed Residue Upgrading Unit

The SHIFT-G technology of inverse catalyst loading is used to optimize the catalyst grading in the residue hydrotreating unit. The results, taken from pilot tests and commercial units, have showed that the optimized catalyst grading system can reasonably distribute the reaction load, effectively improve the prop- erties of hydrotreated products, prolong the operating cycle and promote economic benefits.

Commercial Application of Polymetallic Reforming Catalysts PRT

The commercial application results showed that the polymetallic reforming catalysts PRT exhibited high activity, good selectivity and stability. The performance of said catalysts could be restored completely through regeneration. After long period of operation, the activity of said catalysts still exhibited good sensitivity to temperature rise. Compared with the PR series catalysts, the PRT series catalysts had obviously better stability and lower coking rate.

Study on Commercial Application of FP-DSN Sulfur Transfer Additive in FCC Unit

The FCC unit with addition of various inventories of the FP-DSN type sulfur transfer additive was tested in a commercial scale. The effect of the sulfur transfer additive was analyzed by investigating the indicators related with the regenerator flue gas composition,the dry gas composition before desulfurization,the LPG composition before desulfurization,the acid gas,and the yield of gasoline and diesel. The test results indicated that the sulfur was trans ferred from the feed stream into the dry gas,LPG and acid gas,and the sulfur transfer effect was obvious only when the inventory of sulfur transfer additive exceeded over 2.0% of total FCC catalyst inventory.

Integrated Techniques of Underground CO_2 Storage and Flooding Put into Commercial Application in the Jilin Oilfield, China

Global warming touches everybody＇s nerve, and direct reason for sharp increasing of CO2 in the atmosphere results mainly from the use of fossil fuel in power generation and other industries. How can humans return this ＂devil＂ to underground, and keep a peaceful environment for human？ Scientists from all over the world have been exploring them.

Assessment on Commercial Application of Novel S-RHT Catalysts

This article refers to the commercial application assessment of the novel S-RHT catalysts.The application outcome has shown that the catalysts loading was reduced with its performance kept at the original level at the initial and middle stages of operation. The performance of catalysts at the end of operation was analyzed, and factors affecting the performance of the novel catalysts at the end of run were identified to facilitate further improvement of the said catalysts.

Commercial Application of Novel FDFCC Grid Packing Type Stripper

The novel FDFCC grid packing stripper is used to raise the stripping efficiency of the equipment. This technology aims to increase the gas-solid contact area and improve the gas-solid contact efficiency. This technology has been applied in the revamped 1.05 Mt/a No. 1 FCC unit at the SINOPEC Changling Branch Company. The outcome on application of this equipment has revealed that the fluidization of the stripper was stable coupled with smooth operation. At a steam stripping load of less than 50% of the design value the spent catalyst had a lower H/C ratio, and the hydrogen content in the coke after revamp of the FCC unit decreased by 8.1% compared to the case before the equipment revamp. The spent catalyst had higher activity with the dry gas and coke yields reduced by over 0.5%, resulting in goodeconomic benefits.

First Commercial Application of Upflow Residuum Hydrotreating Catalyst

This article refers to the first commercial application of upflow residuum hydrotreating serial catalyst, developed by Fushun Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals (FRIPP), in the residuum hydrotreating unit at Shengli refinery of Qilu Petrochemical Company. This catalyst features large pore volume and large pore diameter. The production practice for more than one year has revealed that the domestic upflow residuum hydrotreating catalyst has shown good performance and stability over the whole period of operation despite its high activity at the start of run, and has basically reached the level of similar imported catalyst.

Study on Commercial Application of FCC with Auxiliary Gasoline Reactor for Improving FCC Naphtha Quality

This article introduces the commercial application of FCC technology equipped with a gasoline auxiliary reactor in the RFCC unit at PetroChina Harbin Petrochemical Branch Company. Test results have shown the excellent outcome for commercial application of the gasoline upgrading in the auxiliary reactor to reduce the olefin content in FCC naphtha. Application of this technology can reduce the olefin content in FCC naphtha to less than 35 v%. Adjustment of the FCC operation towards more severe conditions can further reduce the olefin content in FCC naphtha to less than 20 v%, so that the FCC naphtha can meet the current standard or meet more stringent specification requirements in the future to achieve compelling economic and social benefits.

Preparation and Commercial Application of ZHC-01 Hydrocracking Catalyst

The ZHC-01 hydrocracking catalyst, characterized by high hydrogenation activity, good selectivity for middle distillates, strong resistance to nitrogen poisoning, was prepared by co-gelling. The catalyst is not only suited to the single-stage hydrocracking process, but also to the first stage of serial hydrocracking process. In parallel with the fully loaded operation of the 1.4 Mt/a hydrocracking unit at the SINOPEC Qilu Petrochemical Company, a pilot test of the ZHC-01 catalyst was also carried out on the hydrocracking unit. The test results indicated that the activity, the yield of major target products and quality of the ZHC-01 catalyst could comply with the design requirements for the hydrocracking unit, and this catalyst could be applied in the hydrocracking unit. The commercial test results showed that the ZHC-01 catalyst, featuring good activity, stability, and flexibility in production, not only could meet the demand for producing environmentally friendly middle distillates, but could also increase the resource of optimized steam cracking feedstock.

Commercial Application of MGD Technology in FCCU Using VGO as Feedstock

MGD technology effectively integrates selective cracking reaction of olefin fraction in FCC naphtha with the stepwise cracking of light and heavy feedstocks under different severity conditions for improving FCC gasoline quality and adjusting the product slate of FCC unit. The first commercial application of MGD technology in a 1.30 Mt/a FCCU using VGO as feedstock at Tianjin Petrochemical Company showed that the olefin content in FCC naphtha decreased around 10 percentage points (by volume) with slight increase in octane number. The yields of LPG and LCO increased around 4.63 and 2.04 percentage points respectively, and the ratio between LCO to naphtha increased by 0.21. Due to capacity constraints of FCCU, the capacity decreased slightly under the MGD operation mode.

Commercial Application of Properly Treated Wastewater Discharged from Ethylene Plant

The wastewater discharged from the 1.0 Mt/a ethylene unit at Maoming Petrochemical Company was separated according to its quality, and a major part ofwastewater with better quality was properly treated via the process of＂IRABF ＋ high-efficiency fiber filtering ＋ disinfection＂ to make the wastewater quality comply with the quality of recycled cooling water, so that the technique for reused petrochemical wastewater was more reliable technically and more reasonable economically,

Commercial Application of the PS-VI Catalyst in the Revamped 0.8 Mt/a Catalytic Reforming Unit

This article makes an analysis on the major technical difficulties encountered in the process of revamping and expanding the capacity of the continuous catalytic reforming （CCR） unit from 600 kt/a to 800 kt/a at Tianjin Petrochemical Company. The requirements for expanding the CCR unit capacity to 800 kt/a have been met through adopting the low carbon-make PS-Ⅵ catalyst, properly lowering the RONC of the reformate, and appropriately retrofitting the towers and furnaces while keeping the reaction system, the catalyst regeneration system and the recycle hydrogen compressor intact. The calibration results have revealed that the liquid yield of reformate products, the octane rating of reformate, the pure hydrogen yield, the aromatics yield and the overall conversion rate all have met the revamp design targets.

Development and Commercial Application of DZC Ⅱ-1 Type Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Pyrolysis Gasoline

Commercial application of the DZC Ⅱ-I catalyst developed on the basis of the DZ-1 catalyst was introduced. The application tests of the catalyst under overload had proved that this catalyst demonstrated satisfactory adaptability to feedstock after continued operation for 20 months with little changes in the bed pressure drop, the reactor inlet temperature and the bed temperature rise. The DZC Ⅱ- 1 catalyst was regarded as the best catalyst for the second-stage hydrogenation of pyrolvsis gasoline.

The Commercial Application of Decalcifying Agent JCM-2004RPD at KRC

The commercial application of the decalcifying agent JCM-2004RPD at Khartoum Refinery Co. Ltd. is introduced in this article. This decalcifying agent has good effect for calcium removal. When the dosage of decalcifying agent was 1600 ppm, the decalcification rate of the crude oil could reach more than 60%, while the ash content of petroleum coke was on specification and the coke quality could meet the 3B class quality standard. After decalcification, the average calcium content in crude oil leaving the desa/ter was 488 ppm, and the salt content in crude after desalting could be less than 3 mg NaCl/L, with the water content in crude after desalting being lower than 0.2%.

Development and Commercial Application of Resid Hydrotreating Technology--RHT

The RHT technology is developed by Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP) for residuum hydrotreating in order to produce good quality RFCC feed. The advantages of the RHT series catalysts are presented in this article, based on the results of activity tests and a 9500 hours service life test in pilot plants and the assessment on a commercial application.

Formal Methods for Commercial Applications Issues vs. Solutions

It was advocated that in 21st century, most of software will be developed with benefits of formal methods. The benefits include faults found in earlier stage of software development, automating, checking the certain properties and minimizing rework. In spite of their recognition in academic world and these claimed advantages, formal methods are still not widely used by commercial software industry. The purpose of this research is to promote formal methods for commercial software industry. In this paper we have identified issues in use of formal methods for commercial applications and devised strategies to overcome these difficulties which will provide motivations to use formal methods for commercial applications.

The Project “Development and Commercial Application of Technology for Ultra-deep HDS of Diesel(RTS)” Passed SINOPEC's Appraisal

On December 9, 2014 the scientific research project ＂Developmentand commercial application of technology forultra-deep HDS of diesel （RTS）＂ jointly performed bythe SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing（RIPP）, the Yanshan Petrochemical Branch Company（YPBC）, the Maoming Petrochemical Branch Companyand the Guangzhou Petrochemical Branch Company haspassed in Beijing the technical appraisal organized by theScience and Technology Division of the Sinopec Corp.