Application: Topsøe hydrotreating technology has a wide range of applications, including the purification of naphtha, distillates and residue, as well as the deep desulfurization and color improvement of diesel fuel and pretreatment of FCC and hydrocracker feedstocks.
Products: Ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, and clean feedstocks for FCC and hydrocracker units.
Description: Topsøe’s hydrotreating process design incorporates our industrially proven high-activity TK catalysts with optimized graded-bed loading and high-performance, patented reactor internals. The combination of these features and custom design of grassroots and revamp hydrotreating units result in process solutions that meet the refiner’s objectives in the most economic way.
In the Topsøe hydrotreater, feed is mixed with hydrogen, heated and partially evaporated in a feed/effluent exchanger before it enters the reactor. In the reactor, Topsøe’s high-efficiency internals have a low sensitivity to unlevelness and are designed to ensure the most effective mixing of liquid and vapor streams and the maximum utilization of the catalyst volume. These internals are effective at a high range of liquid loadings, thereby enabling high turndown ratios. Topsøe’s graded-bed technology and the use of shape-optimized inert topping and catalysts minimize the build-up of pressure drop, thereby enabling longer catalyst cycle length. The hydrotreating catalysts themselves are of the Topsøe TK series, and have proven their high activities and outstanding performance in numerous operating units throughout the world. The reactor effluent is cooled in the feed-effluent exchanger, and the gas and liquid are separated. The hydrogen gas is sent to an amine wash for removal of hydrogen sulfide and is then recycled to the reactor. Cold hydrogen recycle is used as quench gas between the catalyst beds, if required. The liquid product is steam stripped in a product stripper column to remove hydrogen sulfide, dissolved gases and light ends.
Operating conditions: Typical operating pressures range from 20 to 80 barg (300 to 1,200 psig), and typical operating temperatures range from 320°C to 400°C (600°F to 750°F).
Licensor: Haldor Topsøe A/S.
