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TECHNOLOGY
CHE 464
Professor Yahia Abobakr Alhamed
Chairman
Chemical and materials Engineering Department
King Abdulaziz University
Office: building 45 _Room 201
E-mail: yhamed@kau.edu.sa
Course Outline
TEXT BOOK
Sami Matar and Lewis F. Hatch,
Chemistry of Petrochemical
Processes, Second Edition, Gulf
Professional Publishing, 2001
Course Outline (Cont)
• Grade Distribution
– Major Exam I = 20
– Major Exam II = 20
– Term Paper = 20
– Final Exam = 40
Course Outline (Cont)
Week Topics Covered
Methanol
- Formaldehyde
- Acetic acid
- Methylamines
- Methanol future
Course Outline (Cont)
4-5 Production of olefins
Olefins feedstocks
- gas feedstocks
- liquid feedstocks
- Other processes
Hydropyrolysis
Millisecond pyrolysis
Coproduct treatment
• Alkanes (Paraffins)
• CnH2n+2.
• C1 to C3 alkanes are usually found associated
with crude oils in a dissolved state.
• Normal alkanes (n-alkanes, n-paraffins)
• Isoparaffins
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Examples of some Alkanes
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Hydrocarbon Compounds (Cont.)
• Cycloparaffins (Naphthenes)
• Saturated cyclic hydrocarbons, normally known as
naphthenes
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Hydrocarbon Compounds (Cont.)
Aromatic Compounds
• Lower members of aromatic compounds are
present in small amounts (e.g. Benzene, toluene,
and xylenes (BTX) ) in crude oils and light
petroleum fractions.
• Binuclear aromatic hydrocarbons are found in
fractions heavier than naphtha.
• Trinuclear and polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons, in com bination with heterocyclic
compounds, are major constituents of heavy
crudes and crude residues.
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Examples of Aromatic Compounds
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Sulfur Compounds
• H2S is the only important inorganic sulfur
compound found in crude oil and it is very
corrosive.
• Organosulfur compounds classification:-
– Acidic sulfur compounds are the thiols
(mercaptans).
– Non-acidic sulfur compounds are thiophene,
sulfides, and disulfides.
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
• Examples of some sulfur compounds
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Nitrogen Compounds
• The nitrogen content 0.1 wt% to 0.9 wt%
• Nitrogen compounds are concentrated in
heavier petroleum fractions and residues.
• Basic nitrogen compounds are mainly those
having apyridine ring.
• Non-basic compounds have a pyrrole
structure.
• Both pyridine and pyrrole are stable
compounds due to their aromatic nature.
COMPOSITION OF CRUDE OILS (Cont.)
Petroleum Refining products and Processes
Petroleum Refining products and Processes (Cont.)
Vacuum Distillation
- Feed is Residue: >C20
-Avoiding high temperatures
-Tarry residue results
-Vaccum gas oil (Top product)
-Fuel oils in power stations and ships,
'base' oil in lubricating oils,
bitumen/asphalt
Natural Gas (NG) and Associated Gas (AG)
Natural Gas (NG):
A mixture of C1 to C3 hydrocarbons (mainly CH4)
+ small amounts of N2, CO2 and H2S . Found in
gas reservoirs with no oil present (non-associated
gas)
Associated Gas (AG):
Present in contact with and/or dissolved in crude oil
and is coproduced with it.
• NG and AG are used mainly as an energy source
and basic raw material for petrochemical industry.
Natural Gas (NG) and Associated Gas (AG) (cont.)
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13.5
12.0
9.9
10 8.8
8.5
6.1
5.0
5 4.4
3.0
2.2 2.6
1.9
1.5 1.2
0.3 0.1 0.3
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Electricity Plants Energy Sector Industry Transport Petrochemicals
Sector
More information about Petrochemicals
• http://csis.org/program/energy-and-national-security
• http://www.icis.com/v2/chemicals/9076567/vinyl-c
hloride/pricing.html
Types of Chemical Reactors
Ideal Reactor:
- Plug flow Reactor
- Mixed flow reactor
- Batch Reactor
Most Common Units Encountered in
Petrochemical Plants
• Reactors of different types
• Distillation Columns
• Strippers
• Absorption and Adsorption Columns
• Packed bed
• Scuppers
• Settlers
• Compressors
• Gas-solid and liquid – solid separators (e.g. filters,
cyclones … etc.)
• Heat exchangers
• , and others
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Batch Reactor
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Mixed Flow reactor
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Mixed Flow reactor
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Fluidized Bed Reactor
Types of Chemical Reactors (Cont.)
Gas-Liquid Contactors
Absorption Columns: Used for taking up a soluble
gas in a solvent liquid and producing a solution plus a
lean exit gas e.g. used in H2S removal from hydrocarbons
Gas-Liquid Contactors (Absorption Columns) Cont.
Gas-Liquid Contactors
Stripping: Used fior removing a soluble gas from
solution by counter current contact with a inert gas
to recover solute gas and regenerate solvent for reuse
Gas-Liquid Contactors (Absorption Columns) Cont.
Liquid-Liquid Contactors (Extraction)
Liquid-Liquid Contactors (Extraction) Cont.
Gas – Solid Separation
Gas – Solid Separation (Cont.)
Cyclone Separator: Used to separate solid particles or liquid
droplets from gases to permit product recovery or to cut down