Decarbonisation

KBC is committed to supporting decarbonization initiatives. Petro-SIM 7.7 includes the following new features to help engineering teams move forward on their decarbonization journey:

Plug Flow Reactor (PFR)

To enable bespoke modelling of processes such as pyrolysis

Introduced a kinetic tuning factor that adjusts the reaction rate equation in the basis environment
Allow reaction constants & reaction stoichiometric coefficients to be modified in the PFR view
Reactions tab GUI improvement
Polymer Feed Handling in a mixed stream

Bio oil co-processing in HCR-SIM

Enabling of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reactions within the Renewables mode option in HCR-SIM to support co-processing bio-oils in Hydrocrackers. The HCR-SIM will use the same Renewables license that enables processing bio-oils in Hydrotreaters.

Electrolysers

Support for heating, cooling and jackets
Support for different anode/cathode pressures and Anion Membrane Exchange (AEM) electrolysers

Other enhancements

Ability to define a ‘biomass’ component feedstock from analysis data (for gasification). See Petro-SIM help for details on 'Biomass'
Additional components added in Petro-SIM which are possible by-products from gasification:
- n-Pentadecylcyclopentane
- Cellobiose
- Levoglucosan
- Pyrolytic lignin