MODELING OF GAS OIL CATALYTIC CRACKING IN A FIXED BED REACTOR USING A FIVE-LUMP KINETIC MODEL

Abstract

A five-lump kinetic model had been developed for modeling of gas oil catalytic cracking. The experiments were carried out in a standard fixed bed micro-activity test (MAT) reactor. Distribution of the cracking product components was determined as a function of temperature. The sequential step optimization method was used to estimate the kinetic constants. A MAT reactor nonisothermal and the unsteady-state model was proposed. The overall heat of the reactions was established from the macroscopic difference of the products' and the reactants' enthalpies. The influence of the feedstock and the reactor temperature was discussed. The reactor and the kinetic models were validated using the experimental MAT results. Simulation results were in good agreement with the experimental data.

Keywords:

• Catalytic cracking
• Kinetic modeling
• Micro-activity test