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Hydrotreating Process Flowsheets & Simulations

Explore 2 validated, solved Hydrotreating simulation flowsheets in MaximaLabs — real components: n_hexadecane, dibenzothiophene, biphenyl, h2, h2s, triolein_ooo. Open any one directly in your browser.

Solved via: PENG-ROBINSON.

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
Qc
Qr
Stripper
Stripper Overhead
Hydrotreated Diesel
Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Diesel hydrotreater with closed H2 recycle + amine wash

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.

18 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON

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OIL
H2feed
MIX
HDO
HC
Hpsep
Recycle H2
Water KO
SOUR Water
Letdown
Lpsep
Offgas
feed
dist
btms
Qc
Qr
NAPH COL
Naphtha
feed
dist
btms
Qc
Qr
JET COL
SAF JET
Renewable Diesel
Renewable-fuels refinery, Norco, Louisiana, USA

Renewable diesel & SAF: HEFA hydrotreating train

The HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids) pathway to sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel from fats/oils/greases: a triglyceride feed (triolein) plus a large hydrogen excess is hydrodeoxygenated (HDO) to n-paraffins + propane + water, the paraffins are hydrocracked/isomerized toward the jet range, the H₂-rich recycle gas and the HDO process water are knocked out, the light ends are stabilized, and a two-column fractionation splits the product into light naphtha, a jet-range SAF cut, and renewable-diesel bottoms.

17 unit ops • PENG-ROBINSON

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