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Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking Petroleum Refining Process

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Course Overview

What is the hydrotreating process in a petroleum refinery?

Crude oil refining essentially consists of separation stages that produce valuable products. Consequently, the main challenge during crude oil refining is to manage the multicomponent feed and product streams. Therefore, the first step in understanding these processes is to gather knowledge about the characterization of these multi-component feeds, intermediates, and product streams.

What is the purpose of hydrotreating?

Generally, the crude oil is refined, consists of gases, light/heavy naphtha, kerosene, light gas oil, heavy gas oil, and residue. This complex mixture ultimately gets separated and broken down into valuable product streams like fuel gas, liquefied petroleum gas, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, auto diesel, lubricants, etc. The essence of all refining processes is to carefully tune the feed properties by utilizing both chemical and physical changes. Usually sulfur content in the majority of crudes is considerably high.

Hence, the product streams of crude distillation and vacuum distillation units contain substantial quantities of sulfur. The commonly employed method of sulfur removal involves desulphurization by converting sulfur into hydrogen sulfide with the help of hydrogen. For that reason, the desulphurization process is carried out by hydrogen-based processes. The main processes include hydrotreating and hydrocracking.

This Zoe training course will give you comprehensive Hydrotreating & Hydrocracking Process Technology training. The course is developed to cover the basic knowledge, as well as, the advanced concepts of hydrotreating and hydrocracking.

The course will also include an overview of the latest literature related to the material, energy balance, and design of hydro processors. This training course would be a significant value addition to the portfolios of the research fellows and design engineers who are dealing with hydroprocessing in the refining of crude oil. Moreover, the course is designed to engage professional who does not belong to the refinery, yet are interested in improving their understanding of hydrotreating and hydrocracking processes.

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this course are as follows:

  • Grasp the essence of hydrotreatment processes
  • Develop a deep understanding of mass/hydrogen/energy balance in refining processes
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of the state-of-the-art of material and energy integration in hydroprocessing
  • Evaluate various flow schemes for both, hydrotreating & hydrocracking
  • Adjust operational and design parameters to achieve enhanced hydrogen conversion
  • Enhance knowledge of the underlying chemistry, reaction kinetics, catalysis, green production, and ecological challenges of hydro processes
  • Analyse optimization of hydrotreatment units and their operation
  • Detect potential deficiencies by troubleshooting

Training Methodology

This collaborative Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking Petroleum Refining Process program will comprise the following training methods:

  • Lectures
  • Seminars & Presentations
  • Group Discussions
  • Assignments
  • Case Studies & Functional Exercises

This training format was conceptualised by Zoe Talent Solutions and is used for all its courses. It is called the Do–Review–Learn–Apply Model.

Organisational Benefits

Considering the importance of this course for organisations, their delegates can benefit in the following ways:

  • Able to identify the areas of improvement in the hydroprocessing units
  • Equip themselves with the state of the art knowledge of hydroprocessing
  • Understand the underlying kinetics and chemistry of the hydrocracking and hydro-treatment methods enabling the implementation of the best practices, optimization of existing methods, and troubleshooting any issues
  • Conduct risk assessment and address challenges faced by the internees or newly hired staff to prevent loss of organisational resources
  • Get knowledge of the advanced tools that can enhance the operation and maintenance of hydro-treatment and hydrocracking units of a petroleum refining plant
  • Develop an understanding of the maintenance and safe handling during the operation of hydro-treatment and hydro-cracking in day-to-day activities
  • Develop the ability to guide others on the operational aspects and troubleshooting of the hydro-processing units

Personal Benefits

Through this course, participants can benefit in a variety of ways, including but not limited to the following:

  • Develop a basic understanding of the hydroprocessing
  • Acknowledge the significance and methodology of impurities removal in petroleum refining
  • Enhance knowledge of the latest catalysts being used in the hydroprocessing
  • Develop expertise to assess current hydroprocessing units, assuring proper management, and development of appropriate handling guidelines
  • Improve awareness concerning the existing documentation on hydrocracking and hydro-treating to ensure its adherence to the required standards
  • Obtain insight into potential hazards that might compromise the hydro-process units’ capacity and operational capability
  • Able to train others on key operations and troubleshooting requirements of hydrotreating and hydrocracking units of petroleum refining

Who Should Attend?

  • Process and development engineers
  • Plant managers
  • Operational engineers / control engineers
  • Technicians from the refining industry
  • Refining Industry – designers & researchers
  • The personnel from other walks of life who are eager to gain information about the hydro-conversion processes
  • The course is equally suitable for both experts and beginners

Course Outline

The course content has been organised as follows:

Module 1: Introduction 

  • Impurities in petroleum cuts and products
  • Impact of petroleum impurities on health, environment and on other refining processes
  • Recent regulations and future trends
  • Quality standards of refining product stream in terms of permissible impurities

Module 2: The Basics 

  • Basics of material, energy interaction, and hydrogen balance in refining processes
  • State-of-the-Art of Material and Energy Integration
  • Basics of crude refining processes
  • Products’ Specifications and Characteristics
  • Process Design/Optimisation and Heat Integration Schemes
  • Environmental and Economic Issues

Module 3: Hydrotreatment – Fundamentals and Principles  

  • Basics of hydroconversion processes and hydrogen generation
  • Process Flow Schemes
  • Process Chemistry and Kinetics
  • Catalysis
  • Operating Conditions, Principles, and Design Considerations
  • Hydrogen Requirements for Hydrotreatment

Module 4: Hydrotreatment – Advanced Processing

  • Reactors Design
  • Atmospheric Residue Desulphurisation
  • Saturation of Benzene in Gasoline
  • Possible process optimization for cost-saving in terms of raw material and energy utilization

Module 5: Hydrocracking – Fundamentals and Principles   

  • Feed Stocks and Products
  • Process Chemistry/Kinetics
  • Catalysts/De-activation and Re-Generation
  • Quality of product stream and conversion
  • Process layout, catalysis, process parameters
  • Reactors Technology for Hydrocracking
  • Single Stage Hydrocracking Process Technology

Module 6: Hydrocracking – Advanced Processing

  • Two-Stage Hydrocracking Process Technology
  • Process Design Features
  • Hydrogen Balance and Consumption
  • Scope for Process Integration Improvements
  • Hydrogen Balance/Integration and Management
  • Steam/Methane Reforming

Module 7: Commercial Considerations In Hydroprocessing

  • Classification and characteristics
  • Catalyst presulfiding
  • Catalyst deactivation and regeneration
  • Process design/mechanical design features

Module 8: Commercial Hydrocracking 

  • GC sampling
  • Hydrocracking feedstock
  • Pre-treatment considerations
  • Review of hydrocracking reactions/heats of reaction
  • Hydrocracking process configurations
  • Reactor design
  • Process variables and catalysts
  • Catalyst deactivation and regeneration
  • Hydrocracking yields and product properties

Module 9: Hydroprocessing Mechanical Considerations & Troubleshooting 

  • Design principles
  • Common problem areas
  • Safety issues

Module 10: Hydroprocessing Mechanical Considerations & Troubleshooting 

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