Hydrogenation

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Introduction
Mechanism of Catalytic Hydrogenation

Hydrogen Production from HC Factors Affecting Hydrogenation PSA Technology for Hydrogen Purification Hydrogenation in Refining Processes Hydrogenation in Gas Processes
Ch.E-305 Muhammad Asif Akhtar
Hydrogenation
is the addition of hydrogen to a chemical compound. the process involves elevated temperature and relatively high pressure in the presence of a catalyst.
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Hydrogenation may be either destructive or nondestructive.

In the former case, hydrocarbon chains are ruptured (cracked) and hydrogen is added where the breaks have occurred. In the latter, hydrogen is added to a molecule that is unsaturated with respect to hydrogen. In either case, the resulting molecules are highly stable.
APPLICATION
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Besides saturating double bonds, hydrogenation can be used to eliminate other elements from a molecule. These elements include:
Oxygen
Nitrogen Halogens
Sulfur
2. Cracking (thermal decomposition) in the presence of hydrogen is particularly effective in desulfurizing high-boiling petroleum fractions, thereby producing lower-boiling and higher-quality products
REACTION TYPE ILLUSTRATION HR
kJ per standard cubic meter of consumed H2 R = alkyl M = Fe, Ni A = metals-adsorbing material

3. Oils have been hydrogenated for many decades, to prolong their shelf life and make the oils more stable.
Saturation of olefins is irreversible and the saturation of aromatics is reversible.

Hydrogenation is generally carried out in the presence of a catalyst and under elevated temperature and pressure. Noble metals, nickel, copper, and various metal oxide combinations are the common catalysts.
The catalyst binds both the H2 and the unsaturated substrate and facilitates their union. Pd and Pt are poisoned by sulfur and can only be used in low-H2S environments
Gaseous hydrogen is the usual hydrogenating agent.

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Hydrogen use has become more widespread in refineries, hydrogen production has moved from the status of a hightechnology specialty operation to an integral feature of most refineries. This has been made necessary by the increase in hydrotreating and hydrocracking, including the treatment of progressively heavier feedstocks. Steam reforming is the dominant method for hydrogen production. This is usually combined with pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) to purify the hydrogen to greater than 99 vol %.
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The best feedstocks for steam reforming are light, saturated, and low in sulfur; this includes natural gas, refinery gas, LPG, and light naphtha. These feeds can be converted to hydrogen at high thermal efficiency and low capital cost.
Many recent refinery hydrogen plants have multiple feedstock flexibility, either in terms of backup or alternative or mixed feed. Automatic feedstock change-over has also successfully been applied by Technip in several modern plants with multiple feedstock flexibility.
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Natural gas is the most common hydrogen plant feed, since it meets all the requirements for reformer feed and is low in cost. A typical pipeline natural gas contains over 90 percent C1 and C2, with only a few percent of C3 and heavier hydrocarbons. It may contain traces of CO2, with often significant amounts of N2. The N2 will affect the purity of the product hydrogen: It can be removed in the PSA unit if required, but at increased cost. Purification of natural gas, before reforming, is usually relatively simple. Traces of sulfur must be removed to avoid poisoning the reformer catalyst, but the sulfur content is low and generally consists of H2S plus some mercaptans.
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Refinery gas, containing a substantial amount of hydrogen, can be an attractive steam reformer feedstock. Since it is produced as a by-product, it may be available at low cost. Processing of refinery gas will depend on its composition, particularly the levels of olefins and of propane and heavier hydrocarbons. Olefins can cause problems by forming coke in the reformer. They are converted to saturated compounds in the hydrogenator, giving off heat. This can be a problem if the olefin concentration is higher than about 5 percent, since the hydrogenator will overheat.
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Liquid feeds, either LPG or naphtha, can be attractive feedstocks where prices are favorable. Liquid feeds can also provide backup feed, if there is a risk of natural gas curtailments.
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The generic flowsheet consists of

Feed Pre-treatment
Pre reforming (Optional)
Steam-HC Reforming
Shift Conversion and
Hydrogen Purification By Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA).

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Hydrogen Production By Steam Reforming/PSA.
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Feed pre-treatment normally involves removal of sulfur, chlorine and other catalyst poisons after preheating to 350 400C.
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The treated feed gas mixed with process steam is reformed in a fired reformer (with adiadatic prereformer upstream, if used) after necessary superheating. The net reforming reactions are strongly endothermic.
Heat is supplied by combusting PSA purge gas, supplemented by makeup fuel in multiple burners in a top-fired furnace.
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Reforming severity is optimized for each specific case. Waste heat from reformed gas is recovered through steam generation before the water-gas shift conversion. Most of the carbon monoxide (CO) is further converted to hydrogen. Process condensate resulting from heat recovery and cooling is separated and generally reused in the steam system after necessary treatment. The gas flows to the PSA unit that provides high-purity hydrogen product (up to < 1 ppm CO) at near inlet pressures.
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Typical utility requirements for a 50 million SCFD hydrogen plant feeding natural gas are as follows (no compression is required).
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Technip has been involved in over 240 hydrogen plants worldwide.
Licensor: Technip.
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Absorption
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absorption: accumulation within (not on) a solid
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Profitability for hydrogen and ammonia plants depends heavily on the efficiency and reliability of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal from process gas. Over the last 30 years, several innovations have evolved regarding CO2-removal units. New methods have dramatically increased

Absorption efficiency Reduced CO2 slip to a few parts per million by volume (ppmv), Lowered energy requirements for CO2 regeneration and mitigated corrosion of plant equipment.
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Reactions:
K2CO3 + CO2 + H2O = 2KHCO3 K2CO3 + H2S = KHS + KHCO3

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PSA Technology for Hydrogen Purification
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The PSA process produces a hydrogen stream of fournines (99.99%) purity. It separates carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and unconverted hydrocarbons. A bank of adsorbers operates in a cycle where the adsorbers are rotated through a higher-pressure adsorption portion, followed by a pressure reduction, which allows the contaminants to be released from the adsorber. The hydrogen gas passes through the adsorber as almostpure hydrogen
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A PSA installation consists of four major parts:
Adsorber vessels made from carbon steel and filled with adsorbent Valves and instrumentation Control system which is normally located in a remote control room Mixing drum
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A complete pressure-swing cycle consists of the following five basic steps:

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Adsorption Cocurrent depressurisation Countercurrent depressurisation Purge at low pressure Repressurisation
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Production of any purity hydrogen, typically 90% to +99.9999 mole%. Impurities efficiently removed include: N2, CO, CH4, CO2, H2O, Ar, O2, C2C8+, CH3OH, NH3, H2S and organic sulfur compounds. The technology can also be used to: Purify CH4, CO2, He, N2 and Cl; Remove CO2; Adjust synthesis gas stream composition ratios and separate nitrogen from hydrocarbons.
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Steam reformer (at any point after the reformer), Catalytic reformer net gas Refinery purge streams Gasification offgases Ammonia plant purge gases (before or after the NH3 waterwash) Ethylene plant offgases Partial oxidation gases Styrene plant offgases Ethanol plant purge gases Coke-oven gas Cryogenic purification offgases or other H2 sources.
Feed pressures up to 1,000 psig have been commercially demonstrated.

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Recovery
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Purification is based on advanced pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology.

Purified H2 is delivered at essentially feed pressure, and impurities are removed at a lower pressure. Polybed PSA units contain 4 to 16 adsorber vessels. One or more vessels are on the adsorption step, while the others are in various stages of regeneration. Single-train Polybed PSA units can have product capacities over 200 million scfd.
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Operation is automatic with pushbutton startup and shutdown. After startup, the unit will produce H2 in two to four hours. Onstream factors in excess of 99.8% relative to unplanned shutdowns are typical.
Turndown capability is typically 50% but can be even lower where required. The units are built compactly with plot plans ranging from 12 ft x 25 ft to 60 ft x 120 ft.
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Units are skid-mounted and modular to minimize installation costs.

Material for piping and vessels is carbon steel. Control can be via a local or remote-mounted control panel or by integration into the refinerys computer control system. Units are designed for outdoor, unattended operation and require no utilities other than small quantities of instrument air and power for instrumentation.
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More than 700 units are in operation or under construction, including the worlds first 16-bed system, and the worlds largest single-train system.
Licensor UOP LLC.
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Natural gas, refinery off gases, LPG, naphtha or mixtures.
PRODUCT: High-purity H2 (typically >99.9%), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), high-pressure steam and/or electricity may be produced as separate creditable byproduct.
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The feed is desulfurized (1), mixed with steam and converted to synthesis gas in steam reformer (2) over a nickel-containing catalyst at 20 40 bar pressure and outlet temperatures of 800 900C.
The Uhde steam reformer features a well-proven top-fired design with tubes made of centrifugally cast alloy steel and a unique proprietary cold outlet manifold system for enhanced reliability.
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A further speciality of Uhdes H2 plant design is an optional bi-sectional steam system for the environmentally friendly full recovery of process condensate and production of highpressure export steam (3) with a proven process gas cooler design. The Uhde steam reformer concept also includes a fully prefabricated and modularized convection bank design to further enhance the plant quality and minimize construction risks. The final process stages are the adiabatic CO shift (4) and a pressure swing adsorption unit (5) to obtain high-purity H2.
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Process options include:
Feed evaporation Adiabatic feed pre-reforming and/or HT/LT shift to process, for example, heavier feeds and/or to optimize feed/fuel consumption and steam production.
Uhdes design allows combining maximized process heat recovery and optimized energy efficiency with operational safety and reliability.
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The Uhde reformer design is particularly advantageous for the construction and reliable operation of large-scale reformers with H2 capacities up to 220,000 Nm3/ h (197 MMscfd) in single-train configurations.
Uhde offers either standard or tailor-made designs and applies either customer or own design standards.
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Depending on the individual plant concept, the typical consumption figure for natural gas-based plants (feed + fuel steam) can be as low as 3.13 Gcal /1,000 Nm3 (333 MMBtu/MMscf) or 3.09 (329) with pre-reforming.
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Recently, Uhde has successfully commissioned large-scale H2 plants for

SINCOR C.A., Venezuela (2 x 100,000 Nm3/ h or 2 x 90 MMscfd) Shell Canada Ltd., Canada (2 x 130,000 Nm3/ h or 2 x 115 MMscfd)
and is presently executing four H2 projects, including H2 plants for

Neste Oil Oyj (formerly Fortum Oil Oy) Finland (1 x 155,000 Nm/ h or 140 MMscfd) and Shell Canada Ltd., Canada, (1 x 150,000 Nm/ h or 135 MMscfd).
More than 60 Uhde reformers have been designed and constructed worldwide.
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To produce methanol from natural or associated gas feedstocks using two-step reforming followed by lowpressure synthesis. This technology is well suited for worldscale plants to modify ammonia capacity into methanol production.
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Methanol or methyl alcohol (CH3OH) is a colourless liquid with a boiling point of 65oC. Methanol will mix with a wide variety of organic liquids as well as with with water and accordingly it is often used as a solvent for domestic and industrial applications.
Methanol is the raw material for many chemicals, formaldehyde, dimethyl terephphalate, methylamines and methyl halides, methyl methacrylate, acetic acid, gasoline etc.
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In recent years methanol has also been used for other markets such as production of DME (Di-methyl-ether) and olefins by the so-called methanol-to-olefins process (MTO) or as blendstock for motor fuels.
The annual production of methanol exceeds 40 million tons and continues to grow by 4% per year.
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The production of methanol from coal is increasing in locations where natural gas is not available or expensive such as in China. However, most methanol is produced from natural gas.
Several new plants have been constructed in areas where natural gas is available and cheap such as in the Middle East. There is little doubt that (cheap) natural gas will remain the predominant feed for methanol production for many years to come.
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The capacity of methanol plants has increased significantly only during the last decade. In 1996 a world scale methanol plant with a capacity of 2500 MTPD was started up in Norway. Today several plants are in operation with the double of this capacity.
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All commercial methanol technologies feature three process sections and a utility section as listed below:
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In the design of a methanol plant the three process sections may be considered independently, and the technology may be selected and optimized separately for each section. The normal criteria for the selection of technology are capital cost and plant efficiency.
The synthesis gas preparation and compression typically accounts for about 60% of the investment, and almost all energy is consumed in this process section. Therefore, the selection of reforming technology is of paramount importance.
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Important properties of the synthesis gas are the CO to CO2 ratio and the concentration of inerts.
A high CO to CO2 ratio will increase the reaction rate and the achievable per pass conversion. In addition, the formation of water will decrease, reducing the catalyst deactivation rate. High concentration of inerts will lower the partial pressure of the active reactants. Inerts in the methanol synthesis are typically methane, argon and nitrogen.
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Several reforming technologies are available for producing synthesis gas:

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reforming with fired tubular reforming Two-step reforming Autothermal reforming (ATR)
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The synthesis gas is produced by tubular steam reforming alone (without the use of oxygen). This concept was traditionally dominating. Today it is mainly considered for up to 2,500 MTPD plants and for cases where CO2 is contained in the natural gas or available at low cost from other sources.
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Methanol Steam-methane Reforming Licensor: Haldor Topse A/S.
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This process features a combination of fired tubular reforming (primary reforming) followed by oxygen-fired adiabatic reforming (secondary reforming). The secondary reformer requires that the primary reformer is operated with a significant leakage of unconverted methane (methane slip). Typically 35 to 45% of the reforming reaction occurs in the tubular reformer, the rest in the oxygen-fired reformer. As a consequence the tubular reformer is operated at low S/C ratio, low temperature and high pressure.
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These conditions lead to a reduction in the transferred duty by about 60% and in the reformer tube weight by 75 to 80% compared to one-step reforming.
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Methanol Two-step Reforming Licensor: Haldor Topse A/S.
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The gas feedstock is compressed (if required), desulfurized(1) and sent to a saturator (2) where process steam is generated. All process condensate is reused in the saturator resulting in a lower water requirement.
The mixture of natural gas and steam is preheated and sent to the primary reformer (3). Exit gas from the primary reformer goes directly to an oxygen-blown secondary reformer (4). The oxygen amount and the balance between primary and secondary reformer are adjusted so that an almost stoichiometric synthesis gas with a low inert content is obtained. The primary reformer is relatively small and the reforming section operates at about 35 kg/cm2g.
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The flue gas heat content preheats reformer feed.

Likewise, the heat content of the process gas is used to produce superheated high-pressure steam (5), boiler feedwater preheating, preheating process condensate going to the saturator and reboiling in the distillation section (6).
After final cooling by air or cooling water, the synthesis gas is compressed in a one-stage compressor (7) and sent to the synthesis loop (8), comprised of three adiabatic reactors with heat exchangers between the reactors. Reaction heat from the loop is used to heat saturator water.
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Steam provides additional heat for the saturator system. Effluent from the last reactor is cooled by preheating feed to the first reactor, by air or water cooling. Raw methanol is separated and sent directly to the distillation (6), featuring a very efficient three-column layout. Recycle gas is sent to the recirculator compressor (9) after a small purge to remove inert compound buildup.
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Topse supplies a complete range of catalysts that can be used in the methanol plant. Total energy consumption for this process scheme is about 7.0 Gcal/ton including energy for oxygen production.
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Total investments, including an oxygen plant, are approximately 10% lower for large plants than for a conventional plant based on straight steam reforming.
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The two-step reforming lay-out was first used in a 2400 MTPD methanol plant in Norway. This plant was started up in 1997. A 5000 MTPD plant based on similar technology was started up in Saudi Arabia in 2008. Licensor: Haldor Topse A/S.
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ATR features a stand-alone, oxygen-fired reformer. The autothermal reformer design features a burner, a combustion zone, and a catalyst bed in a refractory lined pressure vessel .
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In the combustion zone, the feed and oxygen react. catalyst bed brings the steam reforming and shift conversion reactions to equilibrium in the synthesis gas and makes the operation of the ATR soot-free. catalyst loading is optimized with respect to activity and particle shape and size to ensure low pressure drop and compact reactor design.
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Methanol synthesis gas is characterised by the stoichiometric ratio (H2 CO2) / (CO + CO2), often referred to as the module M. A module of 2 defines a stoichiometric synthesis gas for formation of methanol. The synthesis gas produced by autothermal reforming is rich in carbon monoxide, resulting in high reactivity of the gas. The synthesis gas has a module of 1.7 to 1.8 and is thus deficient in hydrogen.
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The module must be adjusted to a value of about 2 before the synthesis gas is suitable for methanol production. The adjustment can be done either
By removing carbon dioxide from the synthesis gas or By recovering hydrogen from the synthesis loop purge gas and recycling the recovered hydrogen to the synthesis gas . Adjustment by hydrogen recovery can be done either by a membrane or a PSA unit. Both concepts are well proven in the industry.
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Methanol production by ATR at low S/C ratio. Adjustment of synthesis gas composition by hydrogen recovery and Ch.E-305 Muhammad Asif Akhtar recycle.
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Natural gas is preheated and desulfurized.

After desulfurization, the gas is saturated with a mixture of preheated process water from the distillation section and process condensate in the saturator. The gas is further preheated and mixed with steam as required for the pre-reforming process.
In the pre-reformer, the gas is converted to H2, CO2 and CH4.

Final preheating of the gas is achieved in the fired heater.
In the autothermal reformer, the gas is reformed with steam and O2.
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The product gas contains H2, CO, CO2 and a small amount of unconverted CH4 and inerts together with under composed steam.
The reformed gas leaving the autothermal reformer represents a considerable amount of heat, which is recovered as HP steam for preheating energy and energy for providing heat for the reboilers in the distillation section.
The reformed gas is mixed with hydrogen from the pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to adjust the synthesis gas composition.
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Synthesis gas is pressurized to 5 10 MPa by a single-casing synthesis gas compressor and is mixed with recycle gas from the synthesis loop This gas mixture is preheated in the heater in the gas-cooled methanol reactor.
In the Lurgi water-cooled methanol reactor, the catalyst is fixed in vertical tubes surrounded by boiling water. The reaction occurs under almost isothermal condition, which ensures a high conversion and eliminates the danger of catalyst damage from excessive temperature. Exact reaction temperature control is done by pressure control of the steam drum generating HP steam
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The preconverted gas is routed to the shell side of the gas cooled methanol reactor, which is filled with catalyst. The final conversion to methanol is achieved at reduced temperatures along the optimum reaction route. The reactor outlet gas is cooled to about 40C to separate methanol and water from the gases by preheating BFW and recycle gas.
Condensed raw methanol is separated from the unreacted gas and routed to the distillation unit.
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The major portion of the gas is recycled back to the synthesis reactors to achieve a high overall conversion. The excellent performance of the Lurgi combined converter (LCC) methanol synthesis reduces the recycle ratio to about 2.
A small portion of the recycle gas is withdrawn as purge gas to lessen inerts accumulation in the loop.
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In the energy-saving three-column distillation section, low-boiling and high-boiling byproducts are removed.
Pure methanol is routed to the tank farm, and the process water is preheated in the fired heater and used as makeup water for the saturator.
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Energy consumption for a stand-alone plant, including utilities and oxygen plant, is about 30 GJ/metric ton of methanol.
Total installed cost for a 5,000-mtpd plant including utilities and oxygen plant is about US$350 million, depending on location.
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Thirty-five methanol plants have been built using Lurgis Low-Pressure methanol technology. One Mega Methanol plant is in operation, two are under construction and three Mega Methanol contracts have been awarded with capacities up to 6,750 mtpd of methanol.
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In the methanol synthesis conversion of synthesis gas into raw methanol takes place. Raw methanol is a mixture of methanol, a small amount of water, dissolved gases, and traces of by-products.
Typical byproducts include DME, higher alcohols, and minor amounts of acids and aldehydes. The methanol synthesis catalyst and process are highly selective. A selectivity of 99.9% is not uncommon.
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The conversion of hydrogen and carbon oxides to methanol is described by the following reactions:
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The methanol synthesis is exothermic and the maximum conversion is obtained at low temperature and high pressure.
A challenge in the design of a methanol synthesis is to remove the heat of reaction efficiently and economically - i.e. at high temperature - and at the same time to equilibrate the synthesis reaction at low temperature, ensuring high conversion per pass.
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Different designs have been used:

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It consists of a number of adiabatic catalyst beds installed in series in one pressure shell. In practice, up to five catalyst beds have been used. The reactor feed is split into several fractions and distributed to the synthesis reactor between the individual catalyst beds.
The quench reactor design is today considered obsolete and not suitable for large capacity plants.
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A synthesis loop with normally comprises a number (24) of fixed bed reactors placed in series with cooling between the reactors. The cooling may be by preheat of high pressure boiler feed water, generation of medium pressure steam, and/or by preheat of feed to the first reactor. The adiabatic reactor system features good economy of scale. Mechanical simplicity contributes to low investment cost. The design can be scaled up to singleline capacities of 10,000 MTPD or more.
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The BWR is in principle a shell and tube heat exchanger with catalyst on the tube side. Cooling of the reactor is provided by circulating boiling water on the shell side. By controlling the pressure of the circulating boiling water the reaction temperature is controlled and optimized. The steam produced may be used as process steam, either direct or via a falling film saturator.
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The isothermal nature of the BWR gives a high conversion compared to the amount of catalyst installed. However, to ensure a proper reaction rate the reactor will operate at intermediate temperatures - say between 240C and 260C - and consequently the recycle ratio may still be significant. Complex mechanical design of the BWR results in relatively high investment cost and limits the maximum size of the reactors. Thus, for very large scale plants several boiling water reactors must be installed in parallel.
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It is the last section of the plant. The design of this unit depends on the desired end product. Grade AA methanol requires removal of essentially all water and by products while the requirements for fuel grade methanol are more relaxed.
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HYDROGENATION IN REFINNING AND GAS PROCESSES
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Hydrocracking is a two-stage process combining catalytic cracking and hydrogenation, wherein heavier feedstock are cracked in the presence of hydrogen to produce more desirable products.
The process employs high pressure, high temperature, a catalyst, and hydrogen.
Hydrocracking is used for feedstock that are difficult to process by either catalytic cracking or reforming, since these feedstock are characterized usually by a high polycyclic aromatic content and/or high concentrations of the two principal catalyst poisons, sulfur and nitrogen compounds.
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are therefore taking more steps to convert heavy oils into lighter distillates. Hydrocracking can significantly improve refining margins by upgrading low-value products into highervalue, high-demand products.
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Typical hydrocracking feedstocks include heavy atmospheric and vacuum gas oils, and catalytically or thermally cracked gas oils.
These products are converted to lower molecular weight products, primarly naphtha or distillates. Sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen removal and olefin saturation occur simultaneously with the hydrocracking reaction. Typical reactor operating conditions are 280 475 C 35 215 bar
depending on the feedstock and final products desired. The reactions consume hydrogen and are highly exothermic.
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This configuration uses only one reactor and any uncracked residual hydrocarbon oil from the bottom of the reaction product fractionation (distillation) tower is not recycled for further cracking.
For single stage hydrocracking, either the feedstock must first be hydrotreated to remove ammonia and hydrogen sulfide or the catalyst used in the single reactor must be capable of both hydrotreating and hydrocracking.
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This is the most commonly used configuration. The uncracked residual hydrocarbon oil from the bottom of reaction product fractionation tower is recycled back into the single reactor for further cracking.
Again, for single stage hydrocracking, either the feedstock must first be hydrotreated to remove ammonia and hydrogen sulfide or the catalyst used in the single reactor must be capable of both hydrotreating and hydrocracking.
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This configuration uses two reactors and the residual hydrocarbon oil from the bottom of reaction product fractionation tower is recycled back into the second reactor for further cracking.
The first stage reactor accomplishes both hydrotreating and hydrocracking, the second stage reactor feed is virtually free of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. This permits the use of high performance noble metal (palladium, platinum) catalysts which are susceptible to poisoning by sulfur or nitrogen compounds.
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Basically, catalytic hydrocracking involves three primary chemical processes:
Cracking of high-boiling, high molecular weight hydrocarbons found in petroleum crude oil into lower-boiling, lower molecular weight hydrocarbons. Hydrogenating unsaturated hydrocarbons (whether present in the original feedstock or formed during the cracking of the highboiling, high molecular weight feedstock hydrocarbons) to obtain saturated hydrocarbons usually referred to as paraffins or alkanes.
Hydrogenating any sulfur, nitrogen or oxygen compounds in the original feedstock into gaseous hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and water.
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Reaction 1: Addition of hydrogen to aromatics converts them into hydrogenated rings. These are then readily cracked using acid catalysts.
Reaction 2: Acid catalyst cracking opens paraffinic rings, breaks larger paraffins into smaller pieces and creates double bonds. Reaction 3: Addition of hydrogen to olefinic double bonds to obtain paraffins.
Reaction 4: Isomerization of branched and straight-chain paraffins.

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Hydrocracking catalysts consist of active metals on solid, acidic supports and have a dual function, specifically a cracking function and a hydrogenation function. The cracking function is provided by the acid catalyst support and the hydrogenation function is provided by the metals.
The solid acidic support consists of amorphous oxides such as silica-alumina, crystalline zeolite or a mixture of amorphous oxides and crystalline zeolite. Cracking and isomerization reactions (reactions 2 and 4 above) take place on the acidic support. Metals provide the hydrogenation reactions (reactions 1 and 3 above).
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metals that provide the hydrogenation functions can be the noble metals palladium and platinum or the base metals (i.e.,non-noble metals) molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt or nickel. cycle life has a major impact on the economics of hydrocracking. Cycles can be as short as 1 year or as long as 5 years. Two years are typical.
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A versatile family of premium distillates technologies is used to meet all current and possible future premium diesel upgrading requirements.
Ultra-deep hydrodesulfurization (UDHDS) process can produce distillate products with sulfur levels below 10 wppm from a wide range of distillate feedstocks.
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High volume yield of ultra-low-sulfur distillate is produced. Cetane and API gravity uplift, together with the reduction of polyaromatics to less than 6 wt% or as low as 2 wt%, can be economically achieved.
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The UDHDS reactor and catalyst technology is offered through Akzo Nobel Catalysts bv. A single-stage, single-reactor process incorporates proprietary highperformance distribution and quench internals.
Feed and combined recycle and makeup gas are preheated and contact the catalyst in a downflow, cocurrent fixed-bed reactor.
The reactor effluent is flashed in a high- and a low-pressure separator. An amine-absorber tower is used to remove H2S from the recycle gas. In the example shown, a steam stripper is used for final product recovery. The UDHDS technology is equally applicable to revamp and grassroots applications.
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Over 60 distillate upgrading units have applied the Akzo Nobel ultra-deep HDS technology. Twenty-five of these applications produce, or will produce, <10ppm sulfur, using UDHDS technology.
Licensor:
Akzo Nobel Catalysts bv.
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Reduction of the sulfur, nitrogen and metals content of naphthas, kerosines, diesel or gas oil streams.
Products Low-sulfur products for sale or additional processing.
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Single or multibed catalytic treatment of hydrocarbon liquids in the presence of hydrogen converts organic sulfur to hydrogen sulfide and organic nitrogen to ammonia. Naphtha treating normally occurs in the vapor phase, and heavier oils usually operate in mixed-phase. Multiple beds may be placed in a single reactor shell for purposes of redistribution and/or inter bed quenching for heat removal. Hydrogen rich gas is usually recycled to the reactor(s) (1) to maintain adequate hyrogen- to-feed ratio. Depending on the sulfur level in the feed, H2S may be scrubbed from the recycle gas. Product stripping is done with either a reboiler or with steam. Catalysts are cobalt-molybdenum, nickel-molybdenum, nickel-tungsten or a combination of the three.
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550F to 750F and 400 psig to 1,500 psig reactor conditions.
Yields: Depend on feed characteristics and product specifications. Recovery of desired product almost always exceeds 98.5 wt% and usually exceeds 99%.
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Topse hydrotreating technology has a wide range of applications,including the purification of naphtha, distillates and residue, as well as the deep desulfurization and color improvement of diesel fuel and pretreatment of FCC and hydrocracker feedstocks.
Products: Ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, and clean feedstocks for FCC and hydrocracker units.
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Topses hydrotreating process design incorporates our industrially proven high-activity TK catalysts with optimized graded-bed loading and high-performance, patented reactor internals. The combination of these features and custom design of grassroots and revamp hydrotreating units result in process solutions that meet the refiners objectives in the most economic way.
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Typical operating pressures range from

20 to 80 barg (300 to 1,200 psig) and typical operating temperatures range from 320C to 400C (600F to 750F).
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More than 40 Topse hydrotreating units for the various applications above are in operation or in the design phase.
Licensor: Haldor Topse A/S.
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Mechanism of Catalytic Hydrogenation

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Hydrogenation may be either destructive or nondestructive.

kJ per standard cubic meter of consumed H2 R = alkyl M = Fe, Ni A = metals-adsorbing material

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Saturation of olefins is irreversible and the saturation of aromatics is reversible.

Gaseous hydrogen is the usual hydrogenating agent.

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The generic flowsheet consists of

Pre reforming (Optional)

Shift Conversion and

Hydrogen Purification By Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA).

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Hydrogen Production By Steam Reforming/PSA.

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Steam Reforming/Wet Scrubbing

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Technip has been involved in over 240 hydrogen plants worldwide.

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Previous Lecture Review

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absorption: accumulation within (not on) a solid

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K2CO3 + CO2 + H2O = 2KHCO3 K2CO3 + H2S = KHS + KHCO3

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PSA Technology for Hydrogen Purification

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A PSA installation consists of four major parts:

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A complete pressure-swing cycle consists of the following five basic steps:

Adsorption Cocurrent depressurisation Countercurrent depressurisation Purge at low pressure Repressurisation

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