화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.24, No.9, 1252-1262, 2016
Study on co-cracking performance of different hydrocarbon mixture in a steam pyrolysis furnace
Co-cracking is a process where the mixtures of different hydrocarbon feedstocks are cracked in a steam pyrolysis furnace, and widely adopted in chemical industries. In this work, the simulations of the co-cracking of ethane and propane, and LPG and naphtha mixtures have been conducted, and the software packages of COILSIM1D and SimCO are used to account for the cracking process in a tube reactor. The effects of the mixing ratio, coil outlet temperature, and pressure on cracking performance have been discussed in detail. The co-cracking of ethane and propane mixture leads to a lower profitability than the cracking of single ethane or single propane. For naphtha, cracking with LPG leads to a higher profitability than single cracking of naphtha, and more LPG can produce a higher profitability. (C) 2016 The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, and Chemical Industry Press. All rights reserved.