Kinetics of Sulfur, Vanadium and Nickel Removal from Basra Crude Oil Hydro Treating

• Main Authors: Muzher M. Ibrahim, Abdulhalim A. Mohamed, Ayser T. Jarallah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tikrit University 2013-05-01
• Series: Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
• Subjects: Hydrodesulphurization kinetic, Cobalt-molybdenum, catalyst, Trickle bed reactor, Hydro demetalization kinetic
• Online Access: http://www.tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/190

<p>    Basra crude oil was hydro treated in trickle–bed reactor using cobalt - molybdenum alumina as a Catalyst. The reaction range temperatures was598 – 648 k, while LHSV was 0.7 – 2 hr^-1. The pressure and H₂/Oil for all experiments keep constant at 3Mpa and 300 L/L respectively.</p><p>    Desulphurization and demutualization kinetics were studied and found that the kinetics of sculpture removal is of first – order, and the kinetic of vanadium and nickel removal is of second – order.</p><p>    Activation energy were calculated and their value are 24.03, 745.86, 63.90 KJ / mole, respectively for sculpture, vanadium, and nickel.</p>