Abstract

Lumping kinetic model and simulation of catalytic naphtha reforming process

Author(s): Reza.Seif Mohaddecy, Sepehr Sadighi, Omid Ghabouli

One of the most important and critical processes in petroleum refineries is Catalytic Reforming in which high octane gasoline and valuable aromatics, such as Benzene, Toluene and Xylene (B.T.X.) are produced.According to the importance of this process for producing gasoline, simulation of catalytic reforming process to optimize and predict of operational parameters, such as octane number, Liquid Hour SpaceVelocity (LHSV), Input temperature to reactors, yield and catalyst life are vital. In this paper, one of the famous kinetic models mentioned for this unit is reconsidered. The accuracy of the model is compared with the actual data from catalytic naphtha reforming process of Tehran refinery. The results show that this model has relatively acceptable ability to predict octane number, output temperature of reactors and yield.