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Petroleum is a complex mixture of organic liquids
called crude oil and natural gas, which occurs
naturally in the ground and was formed millions
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HOW OIL WAS FORMED?
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Oil was formed from the remains of animals and
plants that lived millions of years ago in a
marine (water) environment before the
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CRUDE OIL
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Crude oil is a non-uniform material. The composition depends on its location.
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The majority of crude oil is alkanes, cycloalkanes (naphthenes), aromatics,
polycyclic aromatics, S-containing compounds, etc.
Gasoline: branched alkanes
Diesel: linear alkanes
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Heavier crude contains more polycyclic aromatics
Lead to carbonaceous deposits called “coke”
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Some crudes contain a lot of sulfur, which leads to processing considerations.
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• The oil industry can be divided into three major components:
• Upstream,
• Midstream and
• Downstream.
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• The upstream industry includes exploration and production activities,
hence is also referred as the exploration and production (E&P) sector.
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The world's top five crude oil-producing countries
are:
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PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON STRUCTURES
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Paraffins
Hydrocarbons
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INTRODUCTION
Oil refining is a key activity.
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Fractionation (distillation) is the separation of crude oil in
atmospheric and vacuum distillation towers into groups of hydrocarbon
compounds of differing boiling-point ranges called "fractions" or "cuts."
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furnaces and heaters;
pumps and valves;
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History of refining process
YEARS PROCESS NAME PURPOSE BY-PRODUCTS
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1870 Vacuum distillation Lubricants(original cracking feed Asphalt, residual
stocks(1930’s)) coker feed stocks
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History of refining process
YEARS PROCESS NAME PURPOSE BY-PRODUCTS
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1937 Cat. Cracking Higher octane gasoline Petrochemical feed
stocks
1939 Visbreaking Reduce viscosity Increased distillate,
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1956 Inhibitor sweetening Remove mercaption disulfides
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Typical Approximate Characteristics and properties and of
gasoline potential of various crudes
(Representative avg. no.)
Crude Paraffins Aromatics Naphthenes Sulfur Api Naphtha. Octane no.
source (% Vol) (% Vol) (% Vol) (%Wt) gravity Yield (Typical)
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(Approx.) (% Vol)
Nigerian 37 9 54 0.2 36 28 60
-light
Saudi 63 19 18 2 34 22 40
Saudi 60 15 25 2.1 28 23 35
-Heavy
Venezuela 35 12 53 2.3 30 2 60
-Heavy
Venezuela 52 14 34 1.5 24 18 50
-light
USA - - - 0.4 40 - -
-Mid cont.
sweet
USA 46 22 32 1.9 32 33 55
-W. Texas
Sour
North Sea 50 16 34 0.4 37 31 50
-Brent
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OVERVIEW OF PETROLEUM REFINING PROCESS
PROCESS ACTION METHOD PURPOSE FEEDSTOCK(S) PRODUCT(S)
NAME
FRACTIONATION PROCESSES
Atm. Separation Thermal Separate Desalted crude Gas, gasoil,
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Distillation Fractions oil distillate,
residual
Vacuum Separation Thermal Separate w/o Atmospheric Gas oil, lube
Distillation cracking tower residual stock, residual
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Alkylation Combining Catalytic Unite olefins & Tower Iso-octane
isoparaffins isobutane/ (alkylate)
cracker olefin
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TREATMENT PROCESS
*Amine Treatment Absorption Remove acidic Sour gas, HCs Acid free gases
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*Phenol Solvent ext. Abspt/therm. Improve visc. Lube oil base High quality
extraction Index, color stocks lube oils
Solvent Treatment Absorption Remove asphalt Vac. Tower Heavy lube oil,
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Deasphalting residual, asphalt
propane
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OİL REFİNİNG PRODUCTİON PROCESS
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Desalting and Dewatering
Distillation
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PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES
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Chemical
Physical
Thermal Catalytic
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IMPURITIES IN CRUDE OIL
The impurities in crude oils can be classified as
oleophobic and
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1.
2. oleophilic.
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1. Corrosion in the atmospheric distillation overhead system caused
by HCI, which is liberated due to hydrolysis/dissociation of
chloride salts;
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DESALTİNG AND DEWATERİNG
Crude oil is recovered from the reservoir mixed
with a variety of substances: gases water and dirt
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(minerals).
Desalting is a water – washing operation
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FEED FROM PROCESS TYPICAL TO
STOCK PRODUCT
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DESALTING OF CRUDE OILS
The desalting process consist of diluting this high salt content brine with incoming
fresh water to produce low salt content water. Salt content is measured as
NaCl/thousand barrels of oil and its range varies from 10 to 200 PTB. Crude oil
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contaminated by salt water when shipped in tankers.
1. Primary settling.
2. Heating the oil before settling.
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In chemical desalting, water and chemical surfactant (demulsifies) are
added to the crude, which is heated so that salts and other impurities
dissolve or attach to the water, then held in a tank to settle out.
Electrical desalting
120-130oC
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a controlled pressure drop is maintained using
mixing valve
The flow enters the vessel under conditions of low
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velocity (Laminar)
multiple stages (desalter) is offset by reduced
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1. Pressure drop through mixing valve: optimum operation pressure 0.3
kgf/cm2 of the maximum
2. Chemical addition: not required
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Typical operating conditions
Process variables Haldia refinery Gujarat refinery
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Desalting temperature, oC 125-130 126-130
PTB - 6-20
PTB - 2-4
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CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION
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Crude Oil Distillation
Crude oil consists of hydrocarbons varying in boiling range from
methane to asphalt.
The aim of crude oil distillation is to fractionate the crude oil into
light hydrocarbons (C1 through C4),
gasoline components and
middle distillates (kerosene/ATF, gas oil) which can be marketed directly or
with a minimum of further processing.
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DİSTİLLATİON
Distillation separates chemicals by the difference
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in how easily they vaporize
The two major types of classical distillation
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1.ATMOSPHERIC
2.VACCUM
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FEED FROM PROCESS TYPICAL TO
STOCK PRODUCT
Kerosene or Treating
distillates
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Atmospheric distillation of crude oil
Carried out at pressures slightly above atmospheric pressures to
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1.Raise the bpt of the light ends
2.Pressure the uncondensed gases to the meant processing step
SPECIAL FEATURES
1.The side stream products are steam stripped to remove the lighter components
2.Pump-arounds :-By providing reflux to the column below a pump-around zone gives a more
Uniform liquid loading ,there by reducing the net liquid loading .
3.Intermediate refluxes are withdrawn to recover maximum heat and to have uniform vapour
and liquid loads in the column.
4.About 80% of heat can be recovered by circulating reflux.
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Petroleum gas - used for heating, cooking, making plastics
•small alkanes (1 to 4 carbon atoms)
•commonly known by the names methane, ethane, propane, butane
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•boiling range = less than 104 degrees Fahrenheit / 40 degrees Celsius
•often liquefied under pressure to create LPG (liquified petroleum gas)
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Naphtha or Ligroin - intermediate that will be further processed to make gasoline
Kerosene - fuel for jet engines and tractors; starting material for making other products
•liquid
•mix of alkanes (10 to 18 carbons) and aromatics
•boiling range = 350 to 617 degrees Fahrenheit / 175 to 325 degrees Celsius
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Gas oil or Diesel distillate - used for diesel fuel and heating oil; starting material for making other
products
•liquid
•alkanes containing 12 or more carbon atoms
•boiling range = 482 to 662 degrees Fahrenheit / 250 to 350 degrees Celsius
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Lubricating oil - used for motor oil, grease, other lubricants
•liquid
Heavy gas or Fuel oil - used for industrial fuel; starting material for making other products
•liquid
•long chain (20 to 70 carbon atoms) alkanes, cycloalkanes, aromatics
•boiling range = 700 to 1112 degrees Fahrenheit / 370 to 600 degrees Celsius
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Residuals - coke, asphalt, tar, waxes; starting material for making other products
•solid
•multiple-ringed compounds with 70 or more carbon atoms
•boiling range = greater than 1112 degrees Fahrenheit / 600 degrees Celsius
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The typical yields of various products from atmospheric distillation
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unit processing different crudes
Sl. North Bombay UMM
l. Gas, LPG & Loss 5.0 3.0 2.0 2.3 2.0 3.0
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VACUUM DISTILLATION PROCESS
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FEED FROM PROCESS TYPICAL TO
STOCK PRODUCT
Lubricants Hydrotreating or
solvent
Residual Deasphalter,
Visbreaker, or
coker
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VACCUM DISTILLATION OF REDUCED CRUDE OIL
•The atmospheric residue called reduced crude oil, contains a large volume of distillable oils.
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residue from the vacuum
column may be used for
bitumen production
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1. The overflash condenses on the wash section plates and
returns to the flash zone and bottom stripping section,
prevents coking in the wash section plates and also
carryover of coke to the bottom side-stream product.
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introduced in the furnace coil to
decrease the residence time and
minimize coking
If vacuum residue
is left to remain at
high temperature,
coke formation
may start due to
cracking.
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Vacuum distillation plant
The pressure loss can be calculated from the following recommended pressure
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drop values.
Overhead line 3
Demisters 1
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Approximate Steam Consumption of Condensing Steam Jet
Ejectors Operating with 8 kgf/cm2 Steam
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Pressure, mm Hg System kg steam per kg of total mixture
Average Range
200 2-stage 4.3 2.5-11
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Product Uses
Heavy vacuum gas oil (HVGO) (a) A feed component for visbreaker
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OPERATION OF FRACTIONATING COLUMNS
1. TEMPERATURE
• The top temperature of the column is usually dew-point
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temperature of the overhead vapors at the operating pressure
• The top temperature of the column must be just high enough to
allow complete vaporization of overhead product
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• Column does not get flooded
6. STABILITY OF COLUMN OPERATION
i. Pulsation:- This occurs when the amount of vapour passing through a tray is so small that
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