Discrimination of Three Different Power-law Kinetic Models for Hydrocracking of Asphaltenes by Periodic Operation

Discrimination of Three Different Power-law Kinetic Models for Hydrocracking of Asphaltenes by Periodic Operation

Type	Journal Article
Author	N. Thanga Mani
Author	M. Chidambaram
URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2013.819890
Volume	32
Issue	19
Pages	2345-2354
Publication	Petroleum Science and Technology
Date	2014
Abstract	The three different power-law kinetic models proposed by Trejo et al. (2007) for the hydrocracking of asphaltenes are discriminated under periodic operation. Analysis by the authors of a plug flow reactor for these three models reveals that there can be identical conversion of asphaltenes under conventional steady state operation. They examined the behavior of the models under the periodic operation in the feed concentration cycling in asphaltenes and/or hydrogen concentration for the average conversion of asphaltenes. Thy also evaluated effect of varying feed concentration cycling modes.