• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.2327-2335
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• 2018

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is an important chemical process that is widely used to produce valuable petrochemical products by cracking heavier components. However, many difficulties exist in modeling the FCC process due to its complexity. In this study, a dynamic process model of a FCC process is suggested and its structural observability is analyzed. In the process modeling, yield function for the kinetic model of the riser reactor was applied to explain the product distribution. Hydrodynamics, mass balance and energy balance equations of the riser reactor and the regenerator were used to complete the modeling. The process model was tested in steady-state simulation and dynamic simulation, which gives dynamic responses to the change of process variables. The result was compared with the measured data from operating plaint. In the structural analysis, the system was analyzed using the process model and the process design to identify the structural observability of the system. The reactor and regenerator unit in the system were divided into six nodes based on their functions and modeling relationship equations were built based on nodes and edges of the directed graph of the system. Output-set assignment algorithm was demonstrated on the occurrence matrix to find observable nodes and variables. Optimal locations for minimal addition of measurements could be found by completing the whole output-set assignment algorithm of the system. The result of this study can help predict the state more accurately and improve observability of a complex chemical process with minimal cost.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.445-451
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• 2002

The refractory-lined pipe is used to protect the system from high-temperature of the internal flow. The property of the refractory has an effect upon the stress analysis for fluid catalytic cracking(FCC) unit piping design. The equivalent elastic modulus and density considering steel and refractory must be applied in the stress analysis of the system. In the research, the theoretical method to obtain the value of the equivalent property is introduced and then the parametric analysis is carried out to understand the characteristic of the material properties, and the stress analysis is performed with reactor, the part of FCC unit.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.547-550
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• 2000

The steel pipe for fluid catalytic cracking(FCC) unit. petroleum refinery, is lined with refractory to protect the system from high-temperature of the internal flow. The property of the refractory has an effect upon the stress analysis of FCC unit. Because 1-D pipe element or 3-D shell element are usually used in commercial codes of stress analysis to evaluate the structural soundness, the equivalent elastic modulus considering steel and refractory should be applied. In the research, the theoretical method to obtain the value of the equivalent property is introduced and then the stress analysis is carried out with the part of FCC unit.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.577-588
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• 2022

Oil refineries' Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU) when in full operation may exhibit strong fluid dynamics caused by turbulent flow in the piping system that may induce vibrations in other mechanical and structural components of the Unity. This paper reports on the experimental-theoretical-computational program performed to get the vibration properties and the dynamic response amplitudes to find out alternative solutions to attenuate the excessive vibrations that were causing fatigue fractures in components of the bottle like reactor-regenerator of an FCC unit in operation in an existing oil refinery in Brazil. Solutions to the vibration problem were sought with the aid of a 3D finite element model calibrated with the results obtained from experimental measurements. A short description of the found solutions is given and their effectiveness are shown by means of numerical results. The solutions were guided by the concepts of structural stiffening and dynamic control performed by a nonlinear pendulum controller whose mechanical design was based on parameters determined by means of a parametric study carried out with 2D and 3D mathematical models of the coupled pendulum-structure system. The effectiveness of the proposed solutions is evaluated in terms of the fatigue life of critical welded connections.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2020

This work presents a numerical modeling procedure to simulate the refractory concrete lining in fluid catalytic cracking units of oil refineries. The model includes the simulation of the anchors that reinforce the contact between the refractory concrete and the steel casing. For this purpose, the constitutive relations of an interface finite element are set to values that represent the homogenized behavior of the anchored interface. The parameters of this constitutive relation can be obtained by experimental tests. The model includes also multi-surface plasticity, in order to represent the behavior of the refractory concrete lining. Since the complexity of real case applications leads to high computational costs, the models presented here were implemented in a high-performance parallelized finite element platform. A case study representing a riser similar to the ones used by the refinery industry demonstrates the potential of the model.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2014

연소전 $CO_2$ 흡수제인 PKM1-SU와 원유의 접촉분해 촉매인 FCC (fluid catalytic cracking)입자의 고온, 고압 조건 마모 실험을 수행하였다. 지름 15.1 cm, 높이 120 cm에 스파저 튜브(sparger tube, 1 mm 오리피스)를 장착한 원통형 기포유동층반응기를 이용하여, 다양한 온도조건($0{\sim}400^{\circ}C$), 압력조건(0~20 bar)에서 입자마모 실험을 수행하였다. BET, 광학현미경, 입도분석기 등을 이용하여 실험 전, 후 입자를 분석 하였다. 또한 기존의 마모도 측정 방법인 ASTM D5757-95방법을 이용하여 층물질의 높이(4.4~10.2 cm) 및 수분 주입이 입자 마모에 미치는 영향에 대하여 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.3055-3058
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• 2013

Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) was used as catalyst to remove trace organic sulfur (thiophene) from Fluid Catalytic Cracking gasoline (FCC) via alkylation with olefins. The reactions were conducted in Erlenmeyer flask equipped with a water-bath under atmospheric pressure. The influence of the temperature, the reaction time, and the mass ration of MSA were investigated. After a 60 min reaction time at 343 K, the thiophene conversion of 98.7% was obtained with a mass ration of MSA to oil of 10%. The catalyst was reused without a reactivation treatment, and the thiophene conversion reached 92.9% at the third time. The method represents an environmentally benign route to desulfur, because MSA could easily be separated from the reaction mixture via decantation and it could be reused.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.451-459
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• 2001

Adsorption characteristics of triadimefon and diniconazole(pesticide) by natural zeolite($CLI_N$) and several synthetic zeolites were Investigated. The synthetic zeolites used En this study were as follows: Faujasite synthesized from coal fly ash($FAU_F$); Zeolite synthesized from the mixture of FAU and Na-Pl synthesized from the ratio of Cheju scoria 6 to coal fly ash 4 by weight($(FAU + Na-Pl)_{SF}$); waste fluid catalytic cracking catalyst($FCC_W$). The distribution coefficient, $K_D$ and Freundlich constant, $K_F$ decreased in the fellowing sequence : $FCC_W ＞ FAU_F ＞ (FAU + Na-Pl)_{SF} ＞CLI_N$ among the zeolites. The distribution coefficient and the adsorption capacity of $(FAU + Na-Pl)_{SF}$ for pesticides were 4.4 and 2.6 times higher for triamefon, and 2.0 and 2.4 times higher for diniconazole than those of $CLI_N$, respectively.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2009

선박의 주기관이나 발전기관 등 디젤기관에서 사용하는 연료유는 원유를 정제해서 사용하고 있다. 석유화학공업에서 원유로부터 양질의 고급 휘발유를 많이 생산하기 위하여 촉매를 사용하는 유동접촉분해(FCC) 방법을 채택하여 원유를 분리하고 있다. 유동접촉분해 시 촉매의 주성분은 Si와 Al이며, 그 외에 Fe, Zn, Ti 등의 기본금속과 알칼리 금속 및 Ce, Nd, Ni, V 등의 희유금속이 함유되어 있다. 만일 선박에 사용되는 연료유에 이러한 성분의 촉매가 많이 혼입되어 Al, Si, Ni, V이나 Fe 등의 성분이 과다하게 되면 기관 부속품 마모가 아주 심하게 되고, 기관전체를 사용하지 못하게 되어 대형 해양 선박사고가 발생 할 수 있다. 다시 말해, 이런 성분이 많이 함유된 연료유를 기관에 사용하는 경우 연료펌프, 연료분사밸브, 실린더라이너, 피스톤링의 마모가 심하게 발생하게 된다. 따라서 이러한 사고를 예방하기 위하여 사고 발생현황에 대한 정확한 원인을 규명하고 밝히는 것이 중요하다. 아울러 그 사고의 원인이 자연적인 마모, 경년변화인가 또는 외적인 요인에 의한 사고인가에 따라 보험 보상 대상여부가 판명될 수 있어, 연료유로 인한 사고 원인규명은 아주 중요한 업무이다. 본 논문에서는 연료유 관련 사고가 발생한 선박을 대상으로 사고유형, 사고원인 및 예방법에 대한 검토를 하고 향후 선박의 디젤엔진에서 저질연료유 사용에 따른 문제점을 개선하도록 제시하고자 한다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.171-182
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• 2015

Mesophase pitch is an important starting material for making a wide spectrum of industrial and advanced carbon products. It is produced by pyrolysis of petroleum residues. In this work, mesophase formation behavior in petroleum residues was studied to prepare environmentally-benign mesophase pitches, and the composition of petroleum residues and its influence on the mesophase formation was investigated. Two petroleum residues, i.e., clarified oil s (CLO-1, CLO-2) obtained from fluid catalytic cracking units of different Indian petroleum refineries, were taken as feed stocks. A third petroleum residue, aromatic extract (AE), was produced by extraction of one of the CLO-1 by using N-methyl pyrrolidone solvent. These petroleum residues were thermally treated at 380℃ to examine their mesophase formation behavior. Mesophase pitches produced as a result of thermal treatment were characterized physico-chemically, as well as by instrumental techniques such as Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry/derivative thermogravimetry. Thermal treatment of these petroleum residues led to formation of a liquid-crystalline phase (mesophase). The mesophase formation behavior in the petroleum residues was analyzed by optical microscopy. Mesophase pitch prepared from CLO-2 exhibited the highest mesophase content (53 vol%) as compared to other mesophase pitches prepared from CLO-1 and AE.