Feed stream compositions

Hydrotreater streams

Crude streams

Off-gas

Wild naphtha

LP separator

Wild naphtha

Off-gas

Phase

Vapor

Liquid

Vapor

Liquid

Vapor

Temperature (F)

105

105

127

105

105

Pressure (psig)

80

175

250

100

Hydrogen

106.95

0.95

229.73

0.04

6.98

Methane

108.63

6.3

53.79

0.22

8.36

Ethane

104.9

30.08

22.81

15.38

41.31

H2S

93.08

38.36

6.84

5.81

2.37

Propane

153.68

130.02

9.61

125.45

164.17

Ammonia

0.26

0.15

0.03

0.03

0.02

iso-Butane

90.09

138.4

3.4

76.71

34.43

n-Butane

73.49

132.32

2.3

230.97

86.33

iso-Pentane

46.16

167.77

1.14

160.73

24.62

n-Pentane

18.99

78.87

0.034

540.37

39.05

Heavy Naphtha

10.53

165.18

0.93

2758.2

26.07

Water

7.93

1.31

1.3

2.62

19.56

Total

814.69

889.71

331.914

3916.53

453.27

Molar flow rates (lbmol/hr)

Product specifications

Product

Propane
isoButane
n-Butane
Naphtha
Fuel gas

Max vapor
pressure at
100F
(psia)
208

Max volume
percent
C3-

C4-

2
70
10

Max
H2S
C4
2.5

nC4+

C5+

2
2

Sale
price

(ppm)

4
4

1
50

42.5

$/bbl

55
47
80
7

$/bbl
$/bbl
$/bbl
$/MMBTU

Summary of PFD
1) Wild naphtha stream from hydrotreater and wild naphtha stream from crude unit are
mixed and sent to naphtha stabilizer column (refluxed with partial condenser). Heavy
components pentanes and heavy naphtha are collected at the bottom of the column.
2) Light ends distillate (butane and lighter) are sent to an amine absorber, where aqueous
MDEA 40% w/w MDEA, $4.50/1000 gal is used to absorb the H 2 S in the gas stream.
Sour water is processed at a cost of $3.80/1000 gal.
3) The sweet gas is sent to a lean oil absorber, where lean oil 90% diesel, 10% naphtha
is used to recover propane and heavier components. The resultant fuel gas stream,
which might contain some propane, will be used for refinery heating.
4) The fat oil, which contained absorbed gases, is sent back to the refinerys crude unit. It is
assumed that the refinery will strip the absorbed gases and return them along with the
crude off-gas. A processing fee of $5/bbl of recovered material is incurred.
5) This gas stream is sent to a fractionation train, starting with a propanizer, then a
debutanizer, and lastly, a butane splitter. The pentanes and heavy naphtha from the
butanizer will be mixed with the stabilized naphtha stream from step 1.
6) All NGL products are put under valves to reduce to specified product pressures (60 psig,
except for propanes 300 psig), and cooled to the specified product temperature (100F).

P-101
Naphtha feed
pump

T-101 E-101 V-101

Naphtha
stabilizer

Condenser

Reflux drum

P-102 E-102
Reflux pump

Reboiler

T-102 V-102
MDEA Compressor
absorber knockout drum

P-103

P-104 T-103

E-103

Lean oil pump

Sweet gas Lean oil

compressor absorber

Pentanes and
naphtha cooler

Crude
distillation
unit

V-103

P-105

Compressor Crude off-gas

knockout drum compressor

T-104 E-105 V-104 P-106 E-106

Depropanizer Condenser Reflux drum Reflux pump Reboiler

T-105 E-107 V-105 P-107 E-108

Debutanizer Condenser Reflux drum Reflux pump Reboiler

P-108
Butane pump

T-106 E-109 V-106 P-109 E-110

Butane
splitter

Condenser Reflux drum Reflux pump Reboiler

E-104 E-111 E-112

Propane
cooler

Isobutane
cooler

Butane
cooler