Simulation of Atmospheric and Vacuum Crude Units Using Aspen Plus

Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 29, Issue 18, 2011, pages 1885-1894

Simulation of Atmospheric and Vacuum Crude Units Using Aspen Plus

K. Anitha (a), T. Shuwana (a) & V. R. Kumar (a)

Abstract

Steady-state simulation of preflash, atmospheric column (pipestill), and vacuum distillation units in a crude oil distillation plant was performed using an Aspen Plus simulator.

The object  was to make a computer simulation using different mixed crude's: Dubai and Basara (crude 1) and Dubai and Bomby High (crude 2). Simulation results are compared to real experimental data available in literature.

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