AROM-SIM Improvements

Attention in the industry has continued to focus on the naphtha and gasoline sections in refineries

• Regulatory changes to gasoline specifications and treatment have placed a greater demand on naphtha treating
• The shift in Europe from diesel demand to gasoline has created a need to re-evaluate operating scenarios to maximize gasoline production.

Petro-SIM 6.2 expands Petro-SIM's refining capabilities in the naphtha and gasoline modelling areas with expansion of the Aromatics modelling capabilities.

Improvements to AROM-SIM in 6.2 include

• Additional reactions modelled
  • Toluene + Benzene to C12 Aromatics + C1.
  • Toluene to C12 Aromatics + C2.
• C1 to C3 selectivity factors to better represent cracking
• Flexible ring loss (Toluene or C8A) to C1 to C4 + C7P or C8P.
• C4 selectivity applied to C4 created from new ring loss light ends option