Abstract
The process of commodity diesel fuel production in a refinery has been modelled by the use of the Generalized Net (GN) apparatus. GNs are extensions of Petri nets and of all their modifications and extensions. The model accounts for the orders of different grades of diesel fuel and the available amounts of the different diesel fuel components. It can be used for the synchronization and optimization of these processes.
Highlights
IntroductionThe modelling and simulation of the complex processes in a petroleum refinery is a powerful tool to optimize their performance and improve refinery profitability [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
Moro et al [7], based on nonlinear process model for refinery production, quantified a potential increase of 6,000,000 USD per year in profitability for a typical refinery with operational capacity of 169.8 kbpd/day. Their model takes into account the market limitations for each kind of diesel oil usually supplied by the refinery, and the optimization algorithm proposed by them was able to define a new point of operation, increasing the production of more valuable oil, while satisfying all specification limits
In this study, we focus on the modelling of the production of different grades of automotive diesel fuels in a petroleum refinery, with LUKOIL
Summary
The modelling and simulation of the complex processes in a petroleum refinery is a powerful tool to optimize their performance and improve refinery profitability [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. Moro et al [7], based on nonlinear process model for refinery production, quantified a potential increase of 6,000,000 USD per year in profitability for a typical refinery with operational capacity of 169.8 kbpd/day. Their model takes into account the market limitations for each kind of diesel oil usually supplied by the refinery, and the optimization algorithm proposed by them was able to define a new point of operation, increasing the production of more valuable oil, while satisfying all specification limits. In this study, we focus on the modelling of the production of different grades of automotive diesel fuels in a petroleum refinery, with LUKOIL. Market depending on the demand for automotive diesel fuel grades and the ordered diesel grade specifications
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