This document discusses challenges and solutions for producing clean gasoline that meets increasingly stringent environmental regulations. It focuses on Axens' technologies for optimizing gasoline properties like octane, benzene content, sulfur levels, and olefin and aromatics concentrations. These include naphtha hydrotreating, catalytic reforming, FCC gasoline treating, isomerization, and etherification. The document presents Axens' portfolio of catalysts and process technologies to upgrade naphtha and FCC gasoline streams to produce high-octane gasoline blendstocks while meeting clean gasoline specifications. Diagrams depict examples of how Axens' technologies can be integrated into a refinery's naphtha block and gasoline pool.
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Challenges on the Road to Clean Gasoline
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Sulfur
Octane
Olefins
Aromatics
RON
Euro II Pb allowed
Euro III+
Unleaded
92/95
S, wppm
Euro II 500
Euro III 150
Euro IV 50
Euro V 10
Aro, wt%
Euro III 45
Euro IV+ 35
Olef, wt%
Euro III 18
Euro IV+ 18
Bz, wt%
Euro II 5
Euro III+ 1
Benzene
Clean
Gasoline
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Solutions on the Road to Clean Gasoline
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Octane Benzene
Aromatics
Sulfur
Olefins
Clean
Gasoline
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High Octane Contributors
for Gasoline Pool
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High RON / MON Gasoline
ISO-
PARAFFINS
AROMATICS
OLEFINS
OXYGENATES
Isomerate /
Alkylate
Reformate /
FCC
Gasoline
FCC Gasoline /
Oligomers
Ethers /
Ethanol
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Typical Gasoline Pool Composition
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Gasoline pool
contributors
Typical
contribution
High octane
components
Constraints on gasoline
pool
Ethers 10% Oxygenate Oxygen
Isomerate 20% Isoparafins RVP
Reformate 30% Aromatics
Aromatics,
Benzene
Alkylate or
oligomers
10%
Isoparafins or
Olefins
Olefins
FCC gasoline 30%
Olefins and
Aromatics
Olefins,
Aromatics,
Benzene,
Sulfur
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Naphtha Hydrotreating
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SR or low Nitrogen content:
HR 618 / 608
Advanced HDN activity:
HR 648
Gums precursors removal:
HR 945 & HR 955
HR Series
Catalysts & Adsorbents
Naphtha HDT
Feeds from different
origins: straight run,
condensate, cracked
feeds (coker, VB,…)
High quality products:
low Sulfur, Nitrogen,
Olefins content
> 185 references
> 4.0 MBPSD
Process Licensing
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Diolefin Hydrogenation
• Low acidity NiMo
• High S tolerance
HDT Reactors
• Si Trap
› High surface area
› HDT activity (NiMo)
› > 10% Si pickup
• HDT catalyst
› NiMo catalyst in most cases
S Guard Bed
• Ni based
• Traps H2S, RSH
All catalysts
commercially proven,
supplied in:
• Oxide form
• Pre-activated (“ready to
use”) – recommended for Si
trap for lead/lag
configuration
Catalysts
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Cracked Naphtha Process Flow Scheme
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Three key Factors to success:
Separator &
Compressor
Product
Stabilizer
HDT
Guards
Grading
Pressure Drop
Control
Poison Control
Silicon and Arsenic
Hydrotreating
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NHT Catalyst Portfolio
Max HDS
High HDN
Max HDS
Max HDN
HR 618/608
NiMo
Diolefin Hyd.
ACT 971
ACT 981
ACT 989
HR 955
HR 965
HR 616 /
HR 626
CoMo
Achievements:
Premium Performances
Optimized Cycle Cost
Long cycle length
Product
Target
Achievements:
Main Catalyst Protection
High Si pick-up capacity
Max olefins & diolefins
Hydrogenation
DP mitigation
Product
Target Reactor loading
Si & As removal
HR 648
NiMo
HR 538
NiMo
ACT 935
ACT 945
CatTrap 10
CatTrap 30
CatTrap 50
Grading
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Axens’ CCR Technology
Regenerator
Reactors and Heaters
Recovery
System
H2 rich
gas
Reformate
to Stabilizer
Feed
Net Gas
Compressor
Recycle
Compressor
Open source,
DCS controlled
catalyst circulation
and regeneration
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Benfree RD & Benfree C
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Benzene Conversion 80% 85% 100%
95%
90%
BenfreeRD BenfreeC
S
p
l
i
t
t
e
r
∞
Off
gases
H2
from
CCR
F
e
e
d
Total
Reformate
S
p
l
i
t
t
e
r
∞
Off
gases
H2
from
CCR
Total
Reformate
F
e
e
d
Off
gases
S
T
A
B
Off
gases
AX 746
AX 746
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Axens’ Offer for Purification around Naphtha Block
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Purification in Isomerization
Design with a chlorinated alumina based catalyst
Separation section
Reaction section
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AxTrap 405
AxSorb 541
or 951
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Splitter
Prime-G+™
Tailored Schemes for a Specific Need
Defining
your
target
Octane
Sulphur
Capacity
Cycle
length
Budget
Olefins
Contaminants
traps
Selective
Hydro (SHU)
Selective
HDS
H
D
S
Polishing
HDS
State of the art
catalyst
Adapted toolbox for design, revamp /
staged-investment / single-source supplier
#1 Technology for FCC
gasoline desulfurization
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HCN
S
P
L
I
T
T
E
R
Low S HCN to
gasoline pool
S
T
A
B
Purge
FR FCCN Low S LCN to
gasoline pool
LCN
SELECTIVE HDS
• Deep desulfurization
• Minimum olefins saturation
• RSH recombination control
• Different configurations upon ΔS
and ΔRON target
SPLITTER
• Desulfurized LCN with high RON
• HCN with minimum olefins
SELECTIVE
HDS
S
H
U
SHU SECTION
• Diol. removal
• Sulfur shift
• Ol. isomerization
Prime-G+™
Technology Principle / Typical Block Flow Diagram
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HR 845
dedicated
SHU catalyst
HR 806,
HR 841
dedicated HDS
catalysts
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Upgrading Olefinc LPG’s in to Motor Fuels
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gasoline
Prime-G+™
Sulfrex™
Sweetening
LCO
FG
Fluid
Catalytic
Cracking
HCO
C4 LPG
or
C3+C4 LPG
Gasoline
Middle
Distillates
LPG’s
Propylene
?
Your context
Your targets
Flexibility,
Operability,
Yield,
Products type,
... think
oligomerization!
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Flexibility
• Feed type: C4, C3+C4,
iso/normal
• Product slate: gasoline /
middle distillates
• Max propylene FlexEne mode
Polynaphtha Key Features
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Operability
• Stability and no DP concern
• Long lasting cycles
• Regenerable catalyst
Gasoline /
distillates in a
single design
Olefins
conversion, %
Pressure
drop, bar
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Flexibility
• Feed type: C4, C3+C4,
iso/normal
• Product slate: gasoline /
middle distillates
• Max propylene FlexEne mode
Polynaphtha Key Features
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Operability
• Stability and no DP concern
• Long lasting cycles
• Regenerable catalsyt
Performances
• High yield towards liquid fuels
• High quality products
Diesel
Gasoline
FlexEne mode
• Patented coupling with
catalytic cracking
• propylene
~ +30%
Propylene
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An agile combination of high performances elements
For you
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Optimization
tools
Technologies
Catalysts
Clean
Gasoline
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