Simulation of the commercial unit

1 Reactor design and simulation with stable catalyst activity 

It is well known that there are certain differences between industrial and pilot reactors. The most important one is that industrial reactors operate in the adiabatic mode and the gas recycle 

Rgure 13.35 Average Hz/oil ratio as function of the number of hydrogen quenches. 

2 Gjmmercial reactor simulation with time-varying catalyst activity 

1 Reactor Design and Simulation under Stable Catalyst Activity 

The reactor model was applied to design and simulate the commercial-scale reactors of the IMP heavy oil upgrading process, keeping in mind the aforementioned criteria. It was considered that the reactors operate at the following average conditions overall LHSV of 0.25 h, temperature of 380°C, H2/oil ratio of 890 std mVm,  

FIGURE 8.22 Simulation of the proposed industrial reactor configuration. Evolution of reactor temperature, Hj/oil ratio, and concentration of the chemical lumps. (—) Average temperature and Hj/oil ratio. 

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