ABSTRACT
This chapter is devoted to illustrate the modeling and simulation of a heavy oil hydrotreating experimental bench-scale reactor. Hydrodesulfurization and hydrodemetallization of Maya crude oil was carried out at moderate reaction conditions. The parameters of the kinetic model were derived from experimental data at different reaction conditions of liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) (0.33-1.5) and temperature (380°C-420°C) keeping constant the pressure and hydrogen-to-oil ratio (6.9 MPa and 5000 std ft3/bbl oil, respectively). The bench-scale reactor is modeled as one-dimensional heterogeneous. The chapter gives details about the experiments, the development of the model, and its application to simulate the HDS and HDM of Maya crude oil.
