STEAM-CRACKING: FROM MOLECULE TO INDUSTRIAL PROCESS Kevin M. Van Geem and Guy B. Marin (keynote) 8 TH ASIAN-PACIFIC CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING (APCRE 2017) SYMPOSIUM EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHANGHAI, CHINA , NOV. 12-15, 2017 Laboratory for Chemical Technology
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STEAM-CRACKING: FROM MOLECULE TO INDUSTRIAL PROCESS
Kevin M. Van Geem and Guy B. Marin (keynote)
8TH ASIAN-PACIFIC CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING (APCRE 2017) SYMPOSIUM EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHANGHAI, CHINA, NOV. 12-15, 2017
Laboratory for Chemical Technology
Ghent University History13-Nov-17
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2017
Furnace revamp
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COILSIM1D13-Nov-17
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Steam cracking: hot section
D
A
C
A: Radiation section
B: TLE
C: Steam drum
D: Convection section
Endothermic process 1050–1150 K
Preheat feed and other utility streams
Rapidly
quenching
of reactor
effluent
B
45%
50%800K
700K
1050–1150 K
5%
1450 K
FPH
Saturated steam
BFWECO
Feed
Dilution steam
SSH
HTC
Steam
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Developing of a model for steam cracking
Simulation
model
Goal Reactor geometry
Operating conditions
Feedstock
properties
Product
specs
Modeling Microkinetic
model
Reactor
model
Fundamental
reactor model
Detailed
feedstock
composition
Detailed
product
composition
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Outline
• Introduction
• Feedstock
• Kinetics
• Reactor
• Process
• Conclusions
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Outline
• Introduction
• Feedstock: characterization
• Kinetics
• Reactor
• Process
• Conclusions
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1st dimension retention time (min)
0 4020
2n
d d
ime
nsio
n r
ete
ntio
n tim
e (
s)
0
5
8060
indene
naphthalene
acenapthylene
phenanthrene
pyrenetoluene
benzeneethyl-Bz
(b)
xylenes
1st dimension retention time (min)(a)
styrene
methyl-naphthalenesvinyltoluene
anthracene
biphenyl
tri-methyl-Bz
methyl-indenes
acenapthene
mono-
aromatics
di-
aromatics
naphtheno-
aromatics
naphtheno-
di-aromatics
tri-aromatics
tretra-aromatics
GCGC chromatogram: 2 parts
Conventional 1D part C4-
Comprehensive 2D part C5+
3D view
methane
propene
1.3-butadiene
ethene
ethane propane1-butene
propadiene
8
Pyl, S.P. et al.,Journal of Chromatography A, 1218, 3217-3223, 2011On-line GC × GC
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• Average molecular
weight
• Elemental composition
• Specific density
• Global PINA analysis
• Boiling point data
(e.g. D2887 simdist)
• Aromatic Sulfur
SIMCO: Maximization of Shannon Entropy
Feedstock properties Detailed composition
• Species identity
Feedstock
reconstruction
± 20 properties More than 100 unknown
mole fractions
Shannon
entropy
maximization
MM N
i
i
N
i
iii yyyyS11
1 with ln MAX
Constraints from mixing rules (example):
MN
i iii
ii
y
y
1exp Mwd
Mw
d
1
MN
i
iiy1
exp MwMw
• Mole or mass fractions
S.P. Pyl et al., AIChE Journal, 56, 12, 3174-3188, 2010
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Paraskevas, P. et al.,Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119 (27), 6961-6980, 2015
Kinetics: data base of ΔGAVo13-Nov-17
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Kinetics: validation of group additivity
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 2 4 6 8 10
log
kG
A
log(kAI/m³mol-1s-1;s-1)
H additions
H β scission
C addition
C β scission
H-abstraction
1000 K
Sabbe et al. ChemPhysChem 2008, 9 (1), 124-140
Sabbe et al. ChemPhysChem, 2010, 11(1), 195-210
Sabbe et al. PhysChemChemPhys, 2010, 12 (6), 1278-1298
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Outline
• Introduction
• Feedstock
• Kinetics
• Reactor
• Process
• Conclusions
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Steam Cracking Pilot PlantGas-Fired Furnace + Reactor
Online Analysis
Section
Control “Room”
High temperature
sampling system
HC
Feed
H2O
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Pilot results: C1/C2/C3/C4Process conditions
Feed 3 wt% C1
67 wt% C2
22 wt%C3
8 wt% C4
COT 1005-1119 K
COP 0.152-0.157 MPa
Steam dilution 0 kg/kg
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Ab
init
io p
red
icte
d y
ield
(w
t%)
Experimental yield (wt%)
methane
ethene
ethane
propene
propane
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ab
init
io p
red
icte
d y
ield
(w
t%)
Experimental yield (wt%)
1,3-butadiene
1-butene
n-butane
benzene
H2
without a single
adjusted parameter
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Industrial ethane/propane cracker
Satisfactory agreement for all major product yields,
based on ab initio data only.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Pro
du
ct
yie
ld (
w%
)
experimental
simulated
CH4
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Outline
• Introduction
• Feedstock
• Kinetics
• Reactor: 3D alternatives
• Process
• Conclusions
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Coke formation
Optimization by
- Feed additives
- Metallurgy & surface technology
- 3D reactor technology
Deposition of a carbon layer on the reactor surface
Thermal efficiency
Product selectivity
Decoking procedures
Estimated annual cost to industry: $ 2 billion
2L. Benum, "Achieving Longer Furnace Runs at NOVA Chemicals," in AIChE Spring National Meeting, 14th Annual Ethylene Producers’ Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002.
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Coke formation: 3D reactor technologies13-Nov-17
~ 15 °C
~100 °C
Reduce convective heat resistance
Better mixingIncrease surface area
Cokes formed here
T ↑ coking rate ↑↑
~60 °C
*Borealis.com, kubota.com, Technip.com
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CFD and Coking kinetics: Coke layer growth
SOR (0 hrs)
48 hrs
Fin c-Rib
SOR
10 days
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Millisecond propane cracker
• Feedstock 118.5 kg/h propane
• Propane conversion 80.15 % (± 0.05%)
• Steam dilution 0.326 kg/kg
• CIT 904 °C
• COP 170 kPa
• Different geometries simulated• Same reactor volume
• Same axial length
• Same minimal wall thickness
Bare c-RibFin
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Millisecond propane cracker: run length simulation
SOR 96h48h
Increasing run length
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Tube Metal Temperature
Max. TMT increasesThermal resistance coke layer
Bare
c-Rib
Fin
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Outline
• Introduction
• Feedstock
• Kinetics
• Reactor
• Process
• Conclusions
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Outline
• Introduction
• Feedstock
• Kinetics
• Reactor
• Process: furnace
• Conclusions
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Coupled reactor-furnace simulation
External coil temperature
Heat flux to reactors
Reactor(COILSIM1D)
Furnace simulationconvergenceFURNACE/
COILSIM1D
Hu, G. et al.,Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54 (9), 2453-2465, 2015
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