EP2930225B1 - Verfahren zum hydrocracken eines kohlenwasserstoffrohstoffes - Google Patents

Verfahren zum hydrocracken eines kohlenwasserstoffrohstoffes Download PDF

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EP2930225B1
EP2930225B1 EP15166420.8A EP15166420A EP2930225B1 EP 2930225 B1 EP2930225 B1 EP 2930225B1 EP 15166420 A EP15166420 A EP 15166420A EP 2930225 B1 EP2930225 B1 EP 2930225B1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G67/00—Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one process for refining in the absence of hydrogen only
    • C10G67/02—Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one process for refining in the absence of hydrogen only plural serial stages only
    • C10G67/06—Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one process for refining in the absence of hydrogen only plural serial stages only including a sorption process as the refining step in the absence of hydrogen
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G2300/00—Aspects relating to hydrocarbon processing covered by groups C10G1/00 - C10G99/00
    • C10G2300/40—Characteristics of the process deviating from typical ways of processing
    • C10G2300/4081—Recycling aspects
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G2400/00—Products obtained by processes covered by groups C10G9/00 - C10G69/14
    • C10G2400/02—Gasoline
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G2400/00—Products obtained by processes covered by groups C10G9/00 - C10G69/14
    • C10G2400/04—Diesel oil
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G2400/00—Products obtained by processes covered by groups C10G9/00 - C10G69/14
    • C10G2400/08—Jet fuel

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  • the invention relates to a process for hydrocracking a hydrocarbon feedstock to obtain more valuable lower boiling products such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), naphtha, kerosene, and diesel.
  • LPG liquefied petroleum gas
  • the invention concerns a process whereby heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds are concentrated in a portion of the unconverted oil so they can be removed, resulting in increased conversion and yield of products.
  • HPNA heavy polynuclear aromatic
  • HPNA with 7+ aromatic rings are by-products of hydrocracking reactions that can potentially cause significant problems in hydrocracking units.
  • solubility limit for the HPNA When the solubility limit for the HPNA is exceeded, solids form in transfer lines, valves and on heat exchanger surfaces.
  • HPNA can contribute to catalyst deactivation by reversible inhibition and coke formation. HPNA problems particularly occur when processing heavy feedstocks with high distillation endpoints and more aromatic cracked stocks in high conversion recycle units.
  • the conventional solution to this problem is to remove a portion of the recycle oil stream as an unconverted oil stream to purge the HPNA compounds from the system, effectively balancing the HPNA purge rate with the rate of their formation by reactions. This approach limits the total conversion level achievable in the hydrocracker.
  • a hydrocarbonaceous heavy gas oil feedstock is combined with a hydrogen-rich gas and reacted over catalyst to obtain a hydrocracked effluent comprising less dense, lower molecular weight products.
  • the hydrocracked effluent from the reactor is condensed and separated in a separation zone into a liquid portion comprising primarily hydrocarbons and a vapour portion comprising primarily un-reacted hydrogen.
  • the vapour from this separation may be combined with hydrogen makeup to account for hydrogen consumed by reaction and may then be compressed and re-circulated back to the reactor vessel.
  • the first liquid portion from the separation zone is then directed to a fractionation section where the lighter products are distilled from the heavy unconverted products in a fractionation section e.g. a fractionation tower or a series of fractionation towers. Heat is normally input to this recovery operation in order to provide the necessary energy for separation.
  • the conventional approach to controlling the build-up of HPNA compounds in the recycle oil is to withdraw a purge of recycle oil product from the unit as unconverted oil.
  • the purge rate may be adjusted so as to balance the rejection of HPNA with the net production.
  • Such a purge essentially reduces the achievable total conversion level by hydrocracking to less than 100 percent.
  • the purge rate can be from one or two percent up to as high as 10 percent of the fresh feed rate.
  • the yield of valuable distillate products are correspondingly reduced at substantial economic loss to the refiner.
  • U.S. patent No. 6,361,683 discloses a hydrocracking process whereby the hydrocracked effluent is hydrogen stripped in a stripping zone to produce a gaseous hydrocarbonaceous stream which is passed through a post-treatment hydrogenation zone to saturate aromatic compounds.
  • the fractionation zone is associated with a stripping zone which is fed with stripped hydrocarbonaceous liquid obtained by stripping the hydrocracked effluent. Stripping to remove HPNA is also considered.
  • U.S. patent No. 6,858,128 discloses a hydrocracking process which utilises a fractionation zone having a bottom section with a dividing wall to include sections suitable for steam stripping to concentrate HPNA.
  • U.S. patents No. 4,961,839 and 5,120,427 disclose a hydrocracking process in which all of the bottoms fraction is fed to a stripping column, provided as a stub column at the bottom of the fractionation zone.
  • the fractionation zone is fed by a vapourised stream, for recovering a majority of light hydrocarbons, while enabling a purge of a liquid net bottoms stream rich in HPNA.
  • the patent employs a high degree of vapourisation of the feed to the fractionation in order to minimize the purged stream and to ensure that only a PNA free fraction is recycled, but this high degree of vapourisation is associated with an undesired consumption of energy.
  • the vapourised first liquid portion is at least 50%, preferably at least 75%, even more preferably at least 85%, and most preferably at least 90% vapourised, and at most 95%, preferably at most 90%, even more preferably at most 85%, and most preferably at most 75% vapourised with the associated effects of increasing separation of HPNA and product in the fractionation zone with increasing degree of vapourisation, and increasing energy efficiency with decreasing vapourisation, as any recycled vapourised fractions will undergo an additional phase change prior to recycle.
  • a part of the stripped liquid is recycled, combined with the stream for stripping and directed to an inlet of the counter current stripping column, resulting in an increased concentration of HPNA in the net purge.
  • the recycled portion of the stripped liquid and/or the stream for stripping is heated by heat exchange with the heavy bottom fraction, with the benefit of increased recuperation of waste heat, and a better flow and separation of the liquid in the stripper.
  • the stream for stripping is heated prior to the stripping process to raise its temperature above its bubble point such as above 300°, preferably above 320°C and most preferably above 330°C which has the effect of concentrating the HPNA even further, by facilitating the evaporation of other constituents.
  • thermal energy is transferred from the heavy bottom fraction to the stripping medium by heat exchange, which allows heat exchange on streams which have not been concentrated further into heavy unconverted oil by stripping.
  • the stripping medium is steam preferably medium pressure steam having a pressure between 1 and 20 barg, more preferably between 3.5 and 10 barg and most preferably between 3.5 and 6 barg.
  • the first vapour portion comprises lighter low molecular weight products and unconverted hydrogen.
  • Another embodiment provides as the heavy bottom fraction the highest normal boiling fraction from the fractionation section, comprising hydrocarbonaceous material
  • improved separation is obtained in the counter current stripping column as it comprises multiple equilibrium stages in the form of trays or packing material.
  • a part of the heavy bottom fraction is directed into a stream of heavy bottom fraction for recycling and combined with the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock for being input to the hydrocracking zone, to provide hydrocracking of unconverted oil.
  • the flow rate of the stream for stripping is controlled by a flow control unit according to a desired flow rate of the net purge of unconverted oil, such that the net purge flow may be optimised.
  • the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock may be hydrotreated prior to hydrocracking.
  • some or all of the energy for heating of the stream for stripping is provided from heat exchange with one or more streams from the hydrocracking process e.g. a reactor effluent, or from heat exchange with an external source of heating medium such as high pressure steam, hot flue gas from a fired heater, or by electrical heating.
  • a reactor effluent e.g. a reactor effluent
  • an external source of heating medium such as high pressure steam, hot flue gas from a fired heater, or by electrical heating.
  • An embodiment involves a process wherein the stripped liquid comprises heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds in an amount larger than the amount comprised in the heavy bottom fraction withdrawn from the fractionation column, thus reducing the share of unconverted oil in the net purge stream.
  • stripping medium output from the stripping unit may be added to the fractionation section, resulting in a saving of stripping medium consumption.
  • the process further comprises the step of recycling some of the stripped liquid from the counter current stripping column and mixing it with the the stream for stripping, for feeding it to the counter current stripping column, with the associated effect of providing an even higher concentration of HPNA in the unconverted oil.
  • HPNA is extracted from the net purge by adsorption on an adsorbent, to allow the net purge to be recycled to the process, with the benefit of increased yield.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the process not according to the invention in which flow control is employed on the stream for stripping and a part of the heavy bottom fraction is recycled.
  • the disclosed process utilizes specific process steps to reduce the net purge of unconverted oil from a hydrocracker. This reduction may be accomplished by taking the bottom fraction stream from the bottom of the product fractionation section such as a fractionation column, heating it substantially above its bubble point and then stripping with steam in a counter-current column with fractionating trays or packing material.
  • the stripping step at elevated temperature vapourises a substantial amount of the bottom fraction stream compared to simply stripping the heavy bottom fraction at its bubble point without heating.
  • the overhead vapour of the heavy bottom fraction may be returned to the fractionation section e.g. at the bottom.
  • the stripped part of the heavy bottom fraction remains a liquid and is collected in the bottom of the stripping tower. This stream is having a substantially higher boiling point than the original unconverted oil and therefore HPNA is concentrated in the heavier bottoms liquid, which may then be removed as net purge from the hydrocracker.
  • the higher concentration of HPNA in the stripped liquid allows the removal of the desired amount of HPNA at lower purge rate in a net purge stream.
  • the reduced net purge rate results in higher total conversion in the hydrocracker together with increased yields of valuable distillate products.
  • the concentration of HPNA in the net purge may even be further increased by recycling a part of the stripped liquid of the heavy bottom fraction to an inlet of the stripper.
  • the recycled stream may be heated by heat exchange with e.g. the heavy bottom fraction to optimise the heat consumption of the process.
  • This disclosure provides a simple process for concentrating the HPNA compounds in a portion of the unconverted oil stream and thereby minimizing the required purge flow rate.
  • the required purge flow rate is reduced substantially leading to higher conversion and better yields of final products.
  • the disclosure utilizes specific process steps to reduce the required purge of unconverted oil from the hydrocracker substantially, such as at least 25 percent and preferably by 50 percent or more. This reduction is accomplished by withdrawing a bottom fraction comprising unconverted oil in a first purge stream from the fractionation section, heating it substantially above its bubble point and then stripping with steam in a counter-current column with fractionating trays or packing material.
  • the stripping step vapourises a substantial amount, such as at least 25 percent and preferably 50 percent or more of the bottom fraction stream returning this overhead vapour to the bottom of the fractionation section.
  • the remainder of the bottom fraction stream remains as a stripped liquid and is collected in the bottom of the stripping tower.
  • This liquid is substantially higher boiling than the original unconverted oil and because of the very high normal boiling point of the HPNA compounds, the physical separation concentrates the HPNA in the heavier bottoms liquid, which is then removed as net purge from the hydrocracker.
  • the higher concentration of HPNA in the stripped liquid allows the removal of the required HPNA at lower purge flow rate.
  • the reduced purge rate results in higher total conversion in the hydrocracker together with increased yields of valuable distillate products.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates schematically the process flows and equipment configuration.
  • Fresh feedstock consisting of a hydrocarbonaceous feed, such as petroleum or synthetic heavy gas oils of mineral or biological origin 1 is combined with hydrogen rich gas 2 and an optional recycle stream of unconverted product 16 and fed to a hydrocracking zone 3 consisting of one or more catalysts contained in one or more reaction vessels.
  • the catalysts promote the hydroconversion of the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock, which may include hydrogenation to a lighter hydrocracked effluent.
  • the hydrocracking effluent, comprising hydrocarbon products together with excess hydrogen not consumed by the reaction exits the hydrocracking zone 4 and enters a separation zone 5 consisting of one or more vessels that perform separation into a first vapour portion and a first liquid portion.
  • the first vapour portion 6 from the separation zone may be combined with makeup hydrogen 7 to replenish the hydrogen consumed by reaction.
  • the hydrogen rich stream may then be compressed in compressor 8 for recycle back to the hydrocracking zone.
  • the first liquid portion 9 from the separation step passes to a process heater 10 supplying energy for substantially vapourising the fluid 11 before feeding the product fractionation section 12.
  • the fractionation section consists of one or more towers or columns with multiple equilibrium stages in the form of trays or packing material which may be operated in counter-current flow. The towers are normally stripped with steam or reboiled to facilitate vapourisation of the products.
  • the fractionation section performs the separation of individual product and intermediate fractions 13, 14 such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel fuel according to differences in their normal boiling points.
  • the heaviest bottom fraction, i.e. unconverted oil 15 may be collected and withdrawn as an unconverted oil product or returned to the reactor in line 16 as a recycle oil stream for further conversion.
  • the aim of a hydrocracking process is to convert all or as much of the heaviest and highest molecular weight materials into products resulting in no or a minimal net yield of unconverted oil 15.
  • a first purge of unconverted oil or heavy bottom fraction 17 must be withdrawn from the hydrocracker possibly on flow control 18 in order to avoid a build-up of HPNA within the reaction system.
  • the heavy bottom fraction stream for stripping is routed to a process heater 19 such that the temperature of this stream for stripping 20 is raised substantially above the bubble point of the stream for stripping and of the temperature of the fractionation section bottom.
  • This heated stream for stripping is then fed to the top of a counter-current stripping tower 21 consisting of multiple equilibrium stages in the form of trays or packing material. Steam is added to the bottom of the stripping tower 22 to facilitate vapourisation of the unconverted oil.
  • the overhead vapour from the top of the stripping tower 23 is routed to the bottom of the fractionating column 12.
  • the stripped liquid portion of the stream for stripping which is not vapourised in the stripper flows to the bottom of the tower and is then removed from the hydrocracker as a net purge of unconverted oil 24.
  • the operating conditions in the heavy bottom fraction stripping system are established such that the net purge of unconverted oil 24 from the bottom of the stripper is substantially less than the heavy bottom fraction, i.e. unconverted oil 17 removed from the heavy bottom fraction stream for stripping, while sufficiently removing the undesired HPNA.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates schematically the process flows and equipment configuration in a detail of a preferred embodiment according to the invention, employing the same reference numbers as Fig. 1 for similar elements in similar function.
  • Fig. 2 shows the flow scheme at the outlet of the fractionation section. The earlier elements of the process correspond to those of Fig. 1 as described above.
  • the aim of a hydrocracking process is to convert all or as much of the heaviest and highest molecular weight materials into products resulting in no or a minimal net yield of unconverted oil 15.
  • a first purge of unconverted oil or heavy bottom fraction 17 must be withdrawn from the hydrocracker possibly on flow control 18 in order to avoid a build-up of HPNA within the reaction system.
  • the withdrawn heavy bottom fraction stream is directed as a stream for stripping, and may be routed to a process heater 19 such that the temperature of the stream for stripping 20 is raised substantially above the bubble point of the heavy bottom fraction stream for stripping and of the temperature of the fractionation section bottom.
  • This heated stream for stripping is then fed to the top of a counter-current stripping tower 21 consisting of multiple equilibrium stages in the form of trays or packing material. Steam is added to the bottom of the stripping tower 22 to facilitate vapourisation of the unconverted oil.
  • the overhead vapour from the top of the stripping tower 23 is routed to the bottom of the fractionation section 12.
  • the stripped liquid from the stream for stripping which is not vapourised in the stripper will flow to the bottom of the tower.
  • a part of this stripped liquid is removed from the hydrocracker as a net purge (a necessary purge) of unconverted oil 24, and another part 25 is recycled to an inlet of the stripping tower 22, which may either be the same or one different from the inlet through which the stream for stripping from the fractionation section is fed.
  • the recycled liquid 27 is heated by heat exchange 26 with the heavy bottom fraction 15 of the fractionation section.
  • the operating conditions in the heavy bottom fraction stripping system are established such that the net purge of unconverted oil 24 from the bottom of the stripper is substantially less than the heavy bottom fraction, i.e. unconverted oil 17 removed from the heavy bottom fraction stream for stripping, while sufficiently removing the undesired HPNA.
  • a portion 25 of the stripped liquid 24 is recycled and fed to the top of the stripper 21 after being heated by heat exchange with the heavy bottom fraction stream 24. Heating of this recycled stripped liquid is required because of the temperature drop caused by contacting with the large volume of stripping steam. Substantial thermal energy can be supplied to the stripped liquid and unconverted oil in this manner without raising the temperature excessively above the feed temperature to the stripper. This has the benefit of reducing the thermal degradation of the unconverted oil compared to feeding the heavy bottom fraction to the stripper at a higher temperature. Further in the embodiment of Fig.
  • the overhead vapour 23 is directed to a position upstream the fractionation section 12 and not directly to the fractionation section, which may require less reconfiguration in the case of retrofitting an existing unit, compared to the embodiments where the overhead vapour is directed directly to the fractionation section 12.
  • Fig.4 in which the heat of the heavy bottom fraction 15 is recovered by heat exchange in heat exchanger 30 with a steam line 22, providing superheated steam 31 which is fed to the stripper 21.
  • a sufficient amount of low pressure steam of 170 °C may be heated to superheated steam at 330°C in such a situation, while reducing the temperature of the heavy bottom fraction by only about 5°C.
  • the HPNA concentrator will not be configured to return a steam output to the fractionator.
  • the HPNA concentrator may be configured with a condenser for condensing the steam and the overhead hydrocarbons.
  • the overhead water from the steam may be reused as wash water, and the overhead hydrocarbons may be fed to the fractionator, to the recycle stream or a position upstream the fractionator, such as a feed surge drum.
  • the heavy bottom fraction from the fractionation column may still be used to preheat the recycled stripped liquid stream.
  • the pressure conditions of the stripper would be configured accordingly, e.g. to operate under vacuum or low pressure if required, by being attached to the vacuum system and using only a small amount of low pressure steam to strip the unconverted oil.
  • Further alternative destinations of the overhead vapour from the stripper may include any position upstream the fractionation section including the inlet to the process heater 10.
  • the stripper results based on 380°C stripper feed temperature are presented in Table 5 below. At this feed temperature, 64 weight percent is distilled overhead and 36 percent is recovered in the bottoms liquid product. The coronene component has been concentrated in the stripper bottoms from 466 ppmwt in the feed to 727 ppmwt in the bottoms corresponding to 156 percent. Most of the HPNA molecules of concern in hydrocracker are in fact heavier and less volatile than coronene and can be expected to further concentrate in the stripper bottoms stream.
  • Table 5 Stripper Feed and Product Rates and Properties Stream Description Stream for stripping Stripped liquid Overhead vapour Stream No. 20 24 23 Stream Temperature 380 195 325 Yield (% of Feed) %wt.

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  1. Verfahren zum Hydrocracken, umfassend die Schritte:
    (a) Kombinieren eines Kohlenwasserstoffrohstoffs (1) und eines Rückführstroms einer schweren Bodenfraktion (16) mit einem wasserstoffreichen Gas (2), um eine Mischung, umfassend Kohlenwasserstoffrohstoff und Wasserstoff zu erhalten;
    (b) katalytisches Hydrocracken der Mischung, umfassend Kohlenwasserstoffrohstoff und Wasserstoff in einem Hydrocracken-Bereich (3), um einen hydrogecrackten Abstrom ( 4) zu erhalten;
    (c) Trennen des hydrogecrackten Abstroms in einen ersten Dampfanteil (6) und einen ersten flüssigen Anteil (9) in einer Trennzone (5);
    (d) Erhitzen des ersten flüssigen Anteils (9), um einen verdampften ersten flüssigen Anteil (11) zu bilden;
    (e) Zuführen des verdampften ersten flüssigen Anteils (11) in einen Fraktionierungsabschnitt (12), in dem einzelne Produktfraktionen (13, 14, 15) einschließlich einer schweren Bodenfraktion (15), umfassend nicht umgesetztes Öl im Bodenbereich des Fraktionierungsabschnitts (12), erzeugt werden;
    (f) Abführen der schweren Bodenfraktion (15) aus dem Fraktionierabschnitt (12);
    (g) Aufteilen der schweren Bodenfraktion (15) in einen Strom zur Abscheidung (17) und den Rückführstrom der schweren Bodenfraktion (16);
    (h) Leiten des Stroms zur Abscheidung (17) als einen ersten Strom, eines Abscheidungsmediums (22) als einen zweiten Strom und eines rückgeführten Anteils (25) der abgeschiedenen Flüssigkeit (24) als einen optionalen dritten Strom zu einer Gegenstrom-Abscheidungskolonne (21) und Abführen eines Kopfdampfes (23) und einer abgeschiedenen Flüssigkeit (24) aus der Abscheidungskolonne (21);
    (i) Zuführen des Kopfdampfes (23) in den Fraktionierungsabschnitt (12) oder in eine Position stromaufwärts des Fraktionierungsabschnitts; und
    (j) Entfernen mindestens eines Teils der abgeschiedenen Flüssigkeit (24) aus der Gegenstrom-Abscheidungskolonne als Nettoaustrag von nicht umgesetztem Öl
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren weiter den folgenden Schritt umfasst
    (k) Übertragen von Wärmeenergie auf mindestens einen der genannten Ströme, nämlich den zweiten Strom (22) und den optionalen dritten Strom (25), bevor der genannte Strom zur Gegenstrom-Abscheidungskolonne (21) geleitet wird durch Wärmeaustausch mit der schweren Bodenfraktion (15).
  2. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei der verdampfte erste flüssige Anteil (11) zu mindestens 50 % verdampft ist.
  3. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der verdampfte erste flüssige Anteil (11) zu höchstens 95 % verdampft ist.
  4. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 3, wobei ein Teil der abgeschiedenen Flüssigkeit (25) in Kombination mit dem Strom zur Abscheidung (20) zurückgeführt und zu einem Einlass der Gegenstrom- Abscheidungskolonne (21) geleitet wird.
  5. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei der Strom zur Abscheidung (17) vor dem Abscheidungsprozess (21) erhitzt wird, um seine Temperatur über seinen Blasenbildungspunkt, beispielsweise über 300°C, bevorzugt über 320°C und am meisten bevorzugt über 330°C, zu erhöhen.
  6. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei thermische Energie durch Wärmeaustausch von der schweren Bodenfraktion (15) auf das Abscheidungsmedium (22) übertragen wird.
  7. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei das Abscheidungsmedium (22) Dampf ist, bevorzugt Mitteldruckdampf mit einem Druck zwischen 1 und 20 barg.
  8. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei die Gegenstrom-Abscheidungskolonne (21) mehrere Gleichgewichtsstufen in Form von Böden oder Füllkörpern aufweist.
  9. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei der Kohlenwasserstoffrohstoff vor dem Hydrocracken mit Wasserstoff behandelt wird.
  10. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 9, wobei ein Teil oder die gesamte Energie für das Erhitzen durch Wärmeaustausch mit einem oder mehreren Strömen aus dem Hydrocrackverfahren bereitgestellt wird.
  11. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 10, wobei das Erhitzen mindestens eines der genannten Ströme, nämlich des ersten Stroms (17), des zweiten Stroms (22) und des optionalen dritten Stroms (25), der zur Abscheidungskolonne (21) geleitet wird, durch Wärmeaustausch mit einem Reaktorabstrom, einer externen Heizmediumquelle, heißem Rauchgas aus einem befeuerten Erhitzer oder durch elektrische Erwärmung erfolgt.
  12. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, wobei der Abscheidungsmediumaustrag (23) aus der Abscheidungseinheit der Fraktionierungskolonne (12) zugeführt wird.
  13. Verfahren gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei HPNA aus dem Nettoaustrag durch Adsorption an einem Adsorptionsmittel extrahiert wird.
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