Decarbonization

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

Bio-oil 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.

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

Electrolysers

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

Other enhancements

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