Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE
(ISSN 1009-3095, Monthly)

2005   Vol. 6B   No. 6   p.590-596

A study on naphtha catalytic reforming reactor simulation and analysis

Liang Ke-min^†1, GUO Hai-yan¹, PAN Shi-wei²

(¹School of Petrochemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Liaoyang 111003, China)
(²School of Advanced Professional Technology, Shenyang University of Technology, Liaoyang 111003, China)
^†E-mail: lks-ly@163.com
Received Sept. 22, 2004; revision accepted Dec. 17, 2004

Abstract: A naphtha catalytic reforming unit with four reactors in series is analyzed. A physical model is proposed to describe the catalytic reforming radial flow reactor. Kinetics and thermodynamics equations are selected to describe the naphtha catalytic reforming reactions characteristics based on idealizing the complex naphtha mixture by representing the paraffin, naphthene, and aromatic groups by single compounds. The simulation results based above models agree very well with actual operation unit data.

Key words: Naphtha, Catalytic reforming, Kinetics, Simulation and analysis
doi:10.1631/jzus.2005.B0590             CLC number: TE624.42