Petroleum column calibration example:

Attached case calibrates the petroleum column with the plant data.
There are six products in this case and each of the products there is plant
measurement available.
Flow rates:
Product
Top Vapour
Unstabilized
Naphtha
Kerosene
LGO
HGO
AR

Mass Flow, (Tonnes/Day)

13.13
2,381.92
923.63
2,978.77
2,644.37
10,556.29

Distillation:

Mass
%
0.02
0.05
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90

AR
HGO
LGO
203.9 245.3 136.0
0
8
5
270.0 275.5 167.4
6
6
6
322.9 300.1 188.4
3
5
3
384.8 329.0 213.2
4
6
9
427.5 343.5 225.5
7
7
3
463.7 356.0 238.5
8
4
3
505.5 369.3 251.8
5
7
6
555.0 384.2 265.3
5
2
8
608.0 401.8 279.2
5
9
5
669.4 424.4 294.2
0
9
1
714.6 457.0 311.5
2
9
7

Kerose
ne

Unstabiliz
ed
Naphtha

122.21

-13.11

130.34

-1.62

145.04

19.23

162.05

80.71

169.57

97.99

174.70

104.69

179.09

114.43

184.12

122.73

189.68

127.50

195.68

134.26

201.32

147.47

Top
Vapou
r
94.39
92.04
89.96
47.24
46.44
45.76
45.13
44.49
43.81
43.01
34.08

0.95
0.99

733.1
5
767.8
9

488.5
6
565.5
1

321.8
6
332.3
6

205.42

157.74

-3.86

209.14

164.23

-1.13

Following GC data is available for top vapour and Unstabilized Naphtha product:

Ovhd
Vapour
Mass
Fraction
Hydroge
n
Nitrogen
CO
Oxygen
Methane
Ethylene
Ethane
CO2
H2S
Propene
Propane
i-Butane
i-Butene
1Butene
13Butadie
ne
nButane
tr2Butene
iPentane
1Pentene
2M-1butene
nPentane
H2O

Unstabil
ized
Naphtha
Mass
Fraction

0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.1480
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.7376
0.0471
0.0000

0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0090
0.0119
0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0610

0.0475

0.0000

0.0000

0.0038

0.0499

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0025
0.0000

0.0748
0.0000

Cyclohe
xane
22Mbutane
23Mbutane
2Mpentan
e
3Mpentan
e
nHexane

0.0000

0.0071

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

This data is entered in petroleum column calibration page and following match was
produced.
Unstabilized Naphtha:

Kerosene:

LGO:

HGO

AR:

Following is the match of yields:

Off Gas
Unstabiliz
ed
Naphtha
Kerosene
LGO
HGO
AR

Wt%
Inp Calibrat
ut
ed
0.07
0.0037
12.2
2
4.74
15.2
8
13.5
6
54.1
4

12.22
4.74
15.32
13.57
54.15

Following are the petroleum column parameters:

Off Gas
Unstabili
zed
Naphtha
Kerosene
LGO
HGO
AR

ECP
[C]
<empt
y>

SI
TOP
<empt
y>

SI
BOT
<empt
y>

ECP
Offset
[C]
<empt
y>

102.07
157.31
192.41
310.79
362.55

11.08
13.05
21.98
24.54
69.05

11.19
11.02
12.82
16.36
56.27

-0.01
0.00
0.06
0.01
0.00

Petroleum column calibration also calculates the back blended feed composition.
If user inputs the back blended feed composition as column feed and uses above
mentioned parameters, user can get simulation results same as calibration results.

It should be noted that calibration parameters are independent of feed composition

and they represent the column design.