Chapter 5

Simulation of Crude Oil

Atmospheric Distillation
Column Using Hysys
Defining the Trend
In this Presentation, we will be walked through a Steam Distillation Column (The
atmospheric crude column) processes in HYSYS version 2006.

Atmospheric Crude Columns are one of the most important pieces of equipment in
the petroleum refining industry. Typically located after the Desalter and the Crude
Furnace, the Atmospheric Tower serves to distil the crude oil into several different
cuts. These include naphtha, kerosene, light diesel, heavy diesel and AGO.

In this module, we will construct, run, analyze and manipulate an Atmospheric

Crude Column simulation.
 Process Description
Main Stram

Waste Water

Q-Trim

Off Gas
PreFlash Vap
AGO Stram

Resdue

Distillation
Column
AGO
Preflash

Mixer ATM Inlet Kerosene

Raw Crude
Diesel

Diesel Stream

Naphtha

Pre Flash Liq Hot Crude

Crude Duty
Process Description
The petroleum characterization method in HYSYS will
convert laboratory analyses of condensates, crude oils,
petroleum cuts and coal-tar liquids into a series of discrete
hypothetical components.

These petroleum pseudo components provide the basis for the

property package to predict the remaining thermodynamic
and transport properties necessary for fluid modeling.
Process Description
HYSYS will produce a complete set of physical and critical
properties for the petroleum pseudo components with a
minimal amount of information.
There are three steps involved in characterizing any oil in
HYSYS:
1. Characterize the Assay
2. Creating The Blend
3. Install the Oil in the Flowsheet
Tower Simulation
Components
Fluid package
Oil Characteristics
I. Define the Assay

II. Create the Blend

III. Install Oil in the Flowsheet

Oil Characteristics
Define the Assay
Cut the Oil
Install Oil
Steady State Simulation
Simulation
Simulation
Simulation
Simulation
Steam Streams
Tower Simulation
Tower Simulation
Tower Simulation
Tower Simulation
Vacuum Distillation of Crude
Oil By Aspen Plus
The residue from Atmospheric Column was
used as feed in Vacuum distillation column as
RED-CRD
Schematic of the process
Adding a vacuum PetroFrac
Connecting all the streams to the column
Input the steam stream specifications
Specifying the vacuum column
Specifying the vacuum column
Specifying the vacuum column
Specifying the Furnace
Specifying the Pumparound 1
Specifying the Pumparound 2
Additional Design Specification
Additional Design Specification
The run and the results:
Vacuum column profile
The run and the results:
pomparounds profile
The run and the results:
Distillation Curves