Modeling and Simulation of Catalytic Reactors for Petroleum Refining deals
with fundamental descriptions of the main conversion processes employed in
the petroleum refining industry: catalytic hydrotreating, catalytic reforming,
and fluid catalytic cracking. Common approaches for modeling of catalytic
reactors for steady-state and dynamic simulations are also described and
analyzed. Aspects such as thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, process variables,
process scheme, and reactor design are discussed in detail from both research
and commercial points of view. Results of simulation with the developed models
are compared with those determined at pilot plant scale as well as commercial
practice. Kinetics data used in the reactor model are either taken from the
literature or obtained under controlled experiments at the laboratory.

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