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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE RUN LENGTH OF AN ETHANE FURNACE FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

SOLEDAR, L. ; CHRISTMANN, A. ; MUNIZ, A. R. ; SOARES, R. de P. ;

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In petrochemical industries, steam cracking furnaces are used to process light hydrocarbons like naphta, ethane, propane and LPG in order to obtain olefins, like ethylene and propylene. Ethane steam cracking furnaces are of fundamental importance to improve the overall yields of an olefins production plant. In this context, a model for an industrial steam cracking furnace application was developed using the equation-oriented dynamic simulator EMSO. In the proposed model, a multi-section plug flow reactor was coupled with cracking kinetics from literature. The simulations results are in good agreement with published and industrial design data. The model also provides detailed information which can be used for optimal run length.

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DOI: 10.5151/chemeng-cobeq2014-1020-21548-162479

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SOLEDAR, L.; CHRISTMANN, A.; MUNIZ, A. R.; SOARES, R. de P.; "MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE RUN LENGTH OF AN ETHANE FURNACE FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION", p. 11957-11964 . In: Anais do XX Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química - COBEQ 2014 [= Blucher Chemical Engineering Proceedings, v.1, n.2]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2015.
ISSN 2359-1757, DOI 10.5151/chemeng-cobeq2014-1020-21548-162479

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