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Diesel hydrotreater with closed H2 recycle + amine wash

HydrotreatingDesulfurizationH2 recycleAmine treatingRecycle
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Diesel (an n-hexadecane carrier with a dibenzothiophene sulfur slice) and hydrogen react over a trickle-bed-equivalent reactor (dibenzothiophene + 3H2 -> biphenyl + H2S, the real HDS desulfurization route) after a fired-heater preheat. Hot and cold high-pressure separators knock the light gas off the treated oil; an amine wash (a fixed-recovery separator — the same simplification the existing carbon-capture example uses, not a full electrolyte amine model) scrubs H2S from the recycle gas before a compressor closes the loop back to the reactor feed, with a small purge controlling buildup. A pressure-letdown valve + stripper finish the treated oil, removing dissolved light ends before the desulfurized diesel leaves the bottoms.

The flowsheet

The solved topology — every unit op's real duty, conversion, or split, read straight off a genuine converged solve.

OIL FEED
H2 Makeup
MIX
Fired Heater
HDT Reactor
HOT HP SEP
COOL
COLD HP SEP
Amine Absorber
H2S Product
Recycle Split
Purge
Recycle COMP
Liquid MIX
Letdown
feed
dist
btms
Stripper
Stripper Overhead
Hydrotreated Diesel

The stream table

Every stream's flow, temperature, pressure, and composition — real converged numbers, not placeholders.

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