scholarly journals Process system analysis on oil processing facility and economic viability from oil well-to-tank

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal kazmi ◽  
Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi ◽  
Muhammad Naqvi ◽  
Suhaib Umer Ilyas ◽  
Ali Moshin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Processing Facility ◽  
Process System ◽  
The Impact

AbstractHydrocarbon processing from extraction to the final product is an important aspect that needs an optimised technology for consumption-led market growth. This study investigated real data from the oil processing facility and analysed the simulation model for the entire crude oil processing unit based on the process system engineering aspect using Aspen HYSYS. The study mainly emphasises the process optimisation in processing the hydrocarbon for the maximum yield of the product with less energy consumption. The investigation also includes a thorough economic analysis of the processing facility. The datasets for oil properties are obtained from a modern petroleum refinery. The investigation comprises of varying transient conditions, such as well shutdowns using three oil reservoirs (low, intermediate, and heavy oil). The impact of various conditions, including process heating, well shutdown, oil combinations, presence of water on the production, is analysed. The results indicate that the factors involving crude oil processing are significantly affected by the process conditions, such as pressure, volume, and temperature. The vapour recovery unit is integrated with the oil processing model to recover the separator's gas. The optimisation analysis is performed to maximise the liquid recovery with Reid vapour pressure of 7 and minimum water content in oil around 0.5%. Economic analysis provided an overall capital cost of $ 9.7 × 106 and an operating cost of $2.1 × 106 for the process configuration. The model results further investigate the constraints that maximise the overall energy consumption of the process and reduce the operational cost.

scholarly journals A Techno-economic Evaluation of Adding Silica Nanoparticles to Enhance the Demulsification Process in a Crude Oil Central Processing Facility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shireen Hassan ◽  
Babiker Abdalla ◽  
Mustafa Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Central Processing ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Software Model ◽  
Processing Facility ◽  
Demulsification Process

In this study, a techno-economic evaluation of the use of silica nanoparticles to enhance the demulsification process, in crude oil, has been investigated. A software model has been developed in MS Excel of the central processing facility (CPF). A sensitivity analysis of key parameters on production cost and Net Present Value (NPV) has been carried out for different flowsheet selection options. Comparison of flowsheets on an equal plant capacity basis results in a 19% reduction in the production cost whereas comparison on a fixed annual crude oil processing basis results in a reduction in production cost of only 3.7%.

Adsorption of Crude Oil Using Meshed Groundnut Husk

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlington Bon Nwokoma ◽  
Uchenna Anene
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Sorption Process ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
Groundnut Shell ◽  
The Impact

There is an increasing awareness of the impact of spilled crude oil and its refined products on human health and environment. The potential of using groundnut husk, agro-based waste, which is not only ubiquitous but indiscriminately littered around Nigerian urban areas, as an adsorbent in removal of oil spilled on water was investigated. Groundnut shell, a waste generated in local vegetable oil processing plants, has been converted into a low cost adsorbent. The groundnut husk was treated and meshed to adsorb crude oil from water at various experimental conditions. Investigations include the effects of sorbent dosage, particle size, contact time and temperature on the adsorption of crude oil. Meshed groundnut shell, especially less than 150 µm, exhibited high affinity for oil adsorption with time. The optimum adsorption temperature range lies between 25 – 45°C. The adsorption data indicates that a pseudo-second-order equation could be used to study the adsorption kinetics and the correlation coefficient of 0.9985 indicates that the sorption process is dominated by adsorption process. The results demonstrate that crude oil removal by adsorption onto this abundantly available low cost and readily biodegradable material is feasible. With high affinity for oil and low water pick up, meshed groundnut shell adsorbent could be said to be oleophilic or hydrophobic.

Experience in design and startup of distillation towers in primary crude oil processing unit

1985 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
Yu. N. Lebedev ◽  
V. A. Sheinman ◽  
G. V. Mamontov ◽  
V. V. Ukhin ◽  
V. G. D'yakov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Oil Processing

scholarly journals Correction to: Process system analysis on oil processing facility and economic viability from oil well‑to‑tank

2022 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal kazmi ◽  
Syed Ali Ammar Taqvi ◽  
Muhammad Naqvi ◽  
Suhaib Umer Ilyas ◽  
Ali Moshin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Processing Facility ◽  
Process System

scholarly journals AFFECT OF OIL POLLUTED GRAY FOREST SOIL ON THE SPRING RAPE YIELD

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Regina Nigmatullina ◽  
Minnegali Gilyazov
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Forest Soil ◽  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Gray Forest Soil ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Spring Rape

The purpose of the research is increasing the yield of spring rape in the Tatarstan pre-Kama zone. Soil pollution affects food safety both by reducing plant performance and yield class. Oil and petrochemicals are common con-tamination sources of environment. The work is devoted to the assessment of the impact of oil pollution of the soil on the yield of spring rapeseed. The study was conducted on the experimental field of the Department of «Agro-chemistry and Soil Science» of the Kazan State Agrarian University, located in the pre-Kama zone of Tatarstan. The experimental site is presented by gray forest medium loamy soil, which is the predominant difference for this zone. The area unpolluted soil was characterized by a low content of humus and a weak acidic medium, high con-centration of phosphorus and potassium active forms. The soil was purposely contaminated with commercial crude oil by spreading over the surface at the rate of 10, 20 and 40 l/m2. These levels of soil pollution, as shown by previ-ous studies, were estimated, respectively, as low, medium and high. A close positive correlation was established between the yield of spring rapeseed and the limitation of soil contamination (R2=0.763÷0.940). Mechanical soil treatment, liming, application of mineral fertilizers and Baikal EM-1 biologics was tested for recultivation. The yield of oilseeds of spring rapeseed was closely correlated with the level of single contamination of gray forest soil with commercial crude oil for at least 15 years. Obtaining the maximum yield of spring rapeseed on oil-polluted gray forest soil was provided by comprehensive application of soil loosening, liming and application of full mineral ferti-lizer.

Life Cycle Analysis on Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation Process: Energy Consumption and Emissions

2014 ◽  
Vol 522-524 ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
Ren Jin Sun ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Keng Chung ◽  
Ning Ma
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Vacuum Distillation ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Delayed Coking ◽  
Oil Transport ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
Process Energy

Life Cycle Analysis was performed for 10 million tons of atmospheric and vacuum distillation operation unit, calculateing energy consumption and emissions of pollutants in five stages, including crude oil extraction, oil transport, crude oil processing, product using and product transport. Based on the analysis, it proposes several countermeasures of pollutant emissions. Subsequent articles discuss the two models of the life cycle costs in delayed coking process which using the actual refinery instance data.

scholarly journals Impact of the Freeze-Drying Conditions Applied to Obtain an Orange Snack on Energy Consumption

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2756
Author(s):  
Marilú Andrea Silva-Espinoza ◽  
María del Mar Camacho ◽  
Javier Martínez-Monzó ◽  
Nuria Martínez-Navarrete
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Gum Arabic ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Secondary Drying ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, the consumer is looking for healthier, more attractive, ready-to-eat, and safer foodstuffs than fresh products. Despite freeze drying being known for providing high added value products, it is a slow process which is conducted at low pressures, so, in terms of energy consumption, it turns out to be quite costly for the food industry. With the purpose of obtaining a freeze-dried orange puree, previously formulated with gum Arabic and bamboo fiber, which can be offered to consumers as a snack at a low economic cost, the impact of the process conditions on energy consumption has been considered. The product temperature evolution and the energy consumption were registered during the drying of frozen samples at different combinations of chamber pressures (5 and 100 Pa) and shelf temperatures (30, 40 and 50 °C). In each case, the time processing was adapted in order to obtain a product with a water content under 5 g water/100 g product. In this study, the secondary drying stage was considered to start when the product reached the shelf temperature and both the pressure and the temperature affected the duration of primary and secondary drying stages. The results obtained led to the conclusion that the shorter duration of the process when working at 50 °C results in significant energy saving. Working at a lower pressure also contributes to a shortening of the drying time, thus reducing the energy consumption: the lower the temperature, the more marked the effect of the pressure.

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