Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study
Atmospheric residue desulfurization (ARDS) is widely used in the refinery to produce low-sulfur fuel oil (LSFO). The need for this fuel is increasing to meet the high demand in transportation and power generation. In ARDS, excessive amounts of hydrogen is required for the hydrotreatment process. The...
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| description | Atmospheric residue desulfurization (ARDS) is widely used in the refinery to produce low-sulfur fuel oil (LSFO). The need for this fuel is increasing to meet the high demand in transportation and power generation. In ARDS, excessive amounts of hydrogen is required for the hydrotreatment process. Therefore, the purge gas of the ARDS unit usually contains significant amounts of unreacted hydrogen. In this study, a commercial membrane was integrated into one of the ARDS units at the Clean Fuels Project (CFP) of Kuwait refinery. The simulation case was built in UniSim with the development of a membrane module. Results show that the membrane can recover 92% of hydrogen with a product purity of 98 mol%. The membrane system has an attractive payback duration of four to six months. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eda2d553f9be4115ae4e5697a7b843b72022-12-22T03:12:51ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302022-09-0115100559Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic studyYousef Alqaheem0Abdulaziz Alomair1Corresponding author.; Petroleum Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KuwaitPetroleum Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KuwaitAtmospheric residue desulfurization (ARDS) is widely used in the refinery to produce low-sulfur fuel oil (LSFO). The need for this fuel is increasing to meet the high demand in transportation and power generation. In ARDS, excessive amounts of hydrogen is required for the hydrotreatment process. Therefore, the purge gas of the ARDS unit usually contains significant amounts of unreacted hydrogen. In this study, a commercial membrane was integrated into one of the ARDS units at the Clean Fuels Project (CFP) of Kuwait refinery. The simulation case was built in UniSim with the development of a membrane module. Results show that the membrane can recover 92% of hydrogen with a product purity of 98 mol%. The membrane system has an attractive payback duration of four to six months.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123022002298ARDSHydrotreatmentSimulationGas-separation membraneUniSim |
| spellingShingle | Yousef Alqaheem Abdulaziz Alomair Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study Results in Engineering ARDS Hydrotreatment Simulation Gas-separation membrane UniSim |
| title | Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study |
| title_full | Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study |
| title_fullStr | Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study |
| title_short | Hydrogen recovery from ARDS unit by membranes: A simulation and economic study |
| title_sort | hydrogen recovery from ards unit by membranes a simulation and economic study |
| topic | ARDS Hydrotreatment Simulation Gas-separation membrane UniSim |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123022002298 |
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