Distillates Hydrotreating
Thierry Birchem
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Oil Products Demand
World
Market Structure
2009 vs. 2020 • Growth driven
100%
Other* by on-road diesel
AAGR LPG
14.8% 14.7%
09-20 Naphtha
80% 8.1%
6.0%
8.2%
7.1%
Motor • Progressive increase
Gasoline of middle distillate
60% 25.2% 23.9% 0.8% Jet
Kerosene
feed refractoriness
5.7% 6.3% 2.2% On-road
(such as LCO, LCGO)
40%
15.5% 17.7% 2.5% Diesel
Technology
Services Catapac
Dense loading
Studies
APC, POS Tech service
team
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Choosing The Right Catalyst
CoMo NiMo
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HR 626 Main Features
HR 626
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HR 626 Superior Stability
Customer’s Stability Pilot Test (1/2)
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HR 626 Superior Stability
Customer’s Stability Pilot Test (2/2)
30 380
20 360
10 340
0 320
0 5 10 15 20
Days on line with feed containing 75% SR & 25% LCO
HR 626 superior stability
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– 28 & 29 April 2011 7
Industrial Ex-Situ Regeneration
Full Activity Recovery
Industrial Regeneration results
Regeneration Temperature T1 T2 > T1
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343 348 353
Reactor Temperature, °C
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Cetane Increase Industrial Feedback
Case Study (1/3)
• Asian refinery
• Prime-D unit (started in 2005)
• Axens NiMo
• H2 partial pressure: 88 bar
• Feed
• SRGO + 20% cracked stock (LCO + VBGO)
• Density reduction and cetane increase targeted
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Cetane Increase Industrial Feedback
Case Study (2/3)
Delta Cetane Index
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12
10
8 8 points cetane increase
6
4
2
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Days on stream
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Cetane Increase Industrial Feedback
Case Study (3/3)
WABT
Temperature, °C
360
355
350
345
340
Test Run WABT
335
330
325
320
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Days on stream
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HR 648 Latest Generation NiMo Catalyst
Brasilian 4.0
Feed Description
Crude
HR 648 >10°C
Sulfur, wt % 0.442 3.5
Nitrogen, ppm 2144
Delta API
Density at 15°C, g/ml 0.8944
3.0
Mono-Aromatics, % w/w 21.0
Di-Aromatics, % w/w 18.0 HR 648 Sample 1
Poly-Aromatics, % w/w 7.8 2.5 HR 648 Sample 2
HR 548 HR 648 Sample 3
HR 548
Distillation Fraction (%w/w) Sim Dist D 7213 2.0
5°C 199
330 335 340 345 350 355 360
30°C 259
Temperature, °C
50°C 300
70°C 339 Delta API
90°C 391
95°C 413
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Latest Improvement in Middle
Distillates Hydrotreating
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