A coupled CFD simulation approach for investigating the pyrolysis process in industrial naphtha thermal cracking furnaces

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العنوان: A coupled CFD simulation approach for investigating the pyrolysis process in industrial naphtha thermal cracking furnaces
المؤلفون: Seyed Mohsen Peyghambarzadeh, Mohsen Rezaeimanesh, Ali Asghar Ghoreyshi, Seyed Hassan Hashemabadi
المصدر: Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 44:528-542
بيانات النشر: Elsevier BV, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
مصطلحات موضوعية: Environmental Engineering, Materials science, business.industry, General Chemical Engineering, Nuclear engineering, General Chemistry, Coke, Computational fluid dynamics, Residence time (fluid dynamics), Combustion, Biochemistry, Cracking, Petrochemical, business, Naphtha, Pyrolysis
الوصف: In the steam thermal cracking of naphtha, the hydrocarbon stream flows inside tubular reactors and is exposed to flames of a series of burners in the firebox. In this paper, a full three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to investigate the process variables in the firebox and reactor coil of an industrial naphtha furnace. This comprehensive CFD model consists of a standard k-e turbulence model accompanied by a molecular kinetic reaction for cracking, detailed combustion model, and radiative properties. In order to improve the steam cracking performance, the model is solved using a proposed iterative algorithm. With respect to temperature, product yield and specially propylene-to-ethylene ratio (P/E), the simulation results agreed well with industrial data obtained from a mega olefin plant of a petrochemical complex. The deviation of P/E results from industrial data was less than 2%. The obtained velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles were used to investigate the residence time, coking rate, coke concentration, and some other findings. The coke concentration at coil exit was 1.9×10-3 %(mass) and the residence time is calculated to be 0.29 s. The results can be used as a scientific guide for process engineers.
تدمد: 1004-9541
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.03.028
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::ecfaaba1c69a09301895f1ce3e73c420
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjche.2021.03.028
Rights: CLOSED
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi...........ecfaaba1c69a09301895f1ce3e73c420
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:10049541
DOI:10.1016/j.cjche.2021.03.028