Crude distillation unit(CDU)is regarded as the main energy consumer in the entire refinery process.In this paper,the process simulation software and the energy management software are used to simulate the flowsheet an...Crude distillation unit(CDU)is regarded as the main energy consumer in the entire refinery process.In this paper,the process simulation software and the energy management software are used to simulate the flowsheet and analyze the energy consumption,respectively.Stream data obtained from an existing CDU are applicable in the pinch analysis.To reduce the amount of cross-pinch heat transfer,three approaches of resequencing,repiping,and adding heat exchangers are adopted.Compared with the existing CDU,the results demonstrate that the inlet temperature of the furnace can be increased by 25.4℃,the amount of hot and cold utilities can be reduced by 15.1%and 19.6%,respectively.The economic evaluation indicates that the operating cost is saved by 8×106$/a,and the payback period is about 9 months.展开更多
The design features of 8 Mt/a atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit (Ⅲ) in Zhenhai Refiningand Chemical Company are presented and various process schemes are compared. Production practice hasproved that the main p...The design features of 8 Mt/a atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit (Ⅲ) in Zhenhai Refiningand Chemical Company are presented and various process schemes are compared. Production practice hasproved that the main process design is advanced and reasonable and the process parameters basicallyreached design requirements.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant:21878333).
文摘Crude distillation unit(CDU)is regarded as the main energy consumer in the entire refinery process.In this paper,the process simulation software and the energy management software are used to simulate the flowsheet and analyze the energy consumption,respectively.Stream data obtained from an existing CDU are applicable in the pinch analysis.To reduce the amount of cross-pinch heat transfer,three approaches of resequencing,repiping,and adding heat exchangers are adopted.Compared with the existing CDU,the results demonstrate that the inlet temperature of the furnace can be increased by 25.4℃,the amount of hot and cold utilities can be reduced by 15.1%and 19.6%,respectively.The economic evaluation indicates that the operating cost is saved by 8×106$/a,and the payback period is about 9 months.
文摘The design features of 8 Mt/a atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit (Ⅲ) in Zhenhai Refiningand Chemical Company are presented and various process schemes are compared. Production practice hasproved that the main process design is advanced and reasonable and the process parameters basicallyreached design requirements.
