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Publication history: Received May 7, 2013
Accepted October 26, 2013

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Kinetic modeling of hydrocracking reaction in a trickle-bed reactor with Pt/Y-zeolite catalysts

BalSang Lee¹ Myung-June Park^{1 2†} Young-A Kim² Eun Duck Park^{1 2} Jeongsik Han³ Kwang-Eun Jeong⁴ Chul-Ung Kim⁴ Soon-Yong Jeong⁴

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea ²Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea ³Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon 305-152, Korea ⁴Green Chemistry Research Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon 305-600, Korea

mjpark@ajou.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, March 2014, 31(3), 419-426(8), 10.1007/s11814-013-0226-1

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Abstract

A kinetic model is developed to predict the entire distribution of hydrocarbon products for the hydrocracking reaction with Pt/Y-zeolite catalysts in a trickle-bed reactor. Operating conditions, such as temperature, pressure, and wax and H2 flow rates were varied to evaluate their effects on conversion and distribution, and kinetic parameters were estimated using the experimental data that covers the window of operating conditions. The comparison between experimental data and simulated results corroborated the validity of the developed model, and the quantitative prediction of the reactor performance was clearly demonstrated. To make evident the usefulness of the model, an optimization method, genetic algorithm (GA), was applied, and the optimal condition for the maximum production of C10-C17 was successfully calculated.

Keywords

Hydrocracking Pt/Y-zeolite Catalyst Kinetic Modeling Parameter Estimation Optimization

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