The scientific and technical problem of mathematical modeling and calculation of separation of hydrocarbon mixtures in industrial columns with chaotic and regular nozzles is solved. Multicomponent transfer is calculated using a matrix of volumetric mass transfer coefficients, and the reverse (longitudinal) mixing of steam and liquid flows by Pekle numbers with back-mixing coefficients. The task of developing options for upgrading the stabilization column of the oil and gas condensate mixture at an oil refinery is considered. Calculated profiles of concentrations of key components in the mixture are presented. The required height of the nozzle layer has been determined. After upgrading the column with a new nozzle, a stable mode of operation of the unit is provided in the specified range of loads and the composition of the mixture. We also solved the problem of designing two industrial columns in the technological scheme for the separation of benzene from stable condensate (gasoline fraction). As a result of calculations based on a mathematical model, the operating and structural characteristics of columns with the use of chaotic metal nozzles "Injekhim-2012"were established.
A system of differential equations of mass transfer with an interfacial mass source for multicomponent distillation in a column with random and structured packings in the film mode is presented. The interfacial source is associated with the matrix of volumetric mass transfer coefficients as well as a driving force for mass transfer. The diffusion fluxes of mass of components are written in the form of Fick’s law with elements of the matrix of coefficients of molecular diffusion in the gas (vapor) phase. To simplify the mathematical model, one dimensional equations for the diffusion model of the structure of flows in the gas and liquid phases with the interfacial sources and coefficients of back (longitudinal) mixing of gas and liquid flows are used. The Dankwerts boundary conditions are applied to the system of equations. To calculate the back mixing coefficients, experimental data obtained for the selected types of packings are used. When modelling mass transfer in hydrocarbon mixtures consisting of several dozen components, the system of equations for the diffusion models is solved for the key components and fractions of the oil and gas condensate (OGC) mixture stabilization column at an industrial enterprise. A brief description of the technological scheme is given. Scientific and technical solutions are developed to replace obsolete sieve trays in the stabilizer column with a new structured corrugated roll packing having a rough surface. It is found that a packing height of eight meters is sufficient for separating OGC in a given composition range. As a result of implementation of the new packing, the content of isopentane in the stable condensate decreases and its concentration in the broad fraction of light hydrocarbons increases from 9 wt.% to 11.7 wt.%. The implementation of packing in the stabilizer column meets the requirements of the technical specifications.
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