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中国化学工程学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 342-349.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.10.007

• Catalysis, Kinetics and Reaction Engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

Computer generation of detailed reaction networks in hydrocracking of Fischer-Tropsch wax

Jingjing Wang1,3, Wei Zhao1,3, Kunpeng Song1,3, Hongwei Xiang1,2,3, Liping Zhou2, Yong Yang1,2,3, Yongwang Li1,2,3   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China;
    2 National Energy Center for Coal to Liquids, Synfuels China Co., Ltd., Huairou District, Beijing 101400, China;
    3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2021-06-29 修回日期:2021-09-17 出版日期:2022-01-28 发布日期:2022-02-25
  • 通讯作者: Liping Zhou,E-mail address:zhouliping@synfuelschina.com.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work was financially supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2020YFB0606404) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (21908234).

Computer generation of detailed reaction networks in hydrocracking of Fischer-Tropsch wax

Jingjing Wang1,3, Wei Zhao1,3, Kunpeng Song1,3, Hongwei Xiang1,2,3, Liping Zhou2, Yong Yang1,2,3, Yongwang Li1,2,3   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China;
    2 National Energy Center for Coal to Liquids, Synfuels China Co., Ltd., Huairou District, Beijing 101400, China;
    3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2021-06-29 Revised:2021-09-17 Online:2022-01-28 Published:2022-02-25
  • Contact: Liping Zhou,E-mail address:zhouliping@synfuelschina.com.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was financially supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2020YFB0606404) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (21908234).

摘要: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) wax is a mixture of linear hydrocarbons with carbon number from C7 to C70+. Converting FTS wax into high-quality diesel (no sulfur and nitrogen contents) by hydrocracking technology is attractive in economy and practicability. Kinetic study of the hydrocracking of FTS wax in elementary step level is very challenging because of the huge amounts of reactions and species involved. Generation of reaction networks for hydrocracking of FTS wax in which the chain length goes up to C70 is described on the basis of Boolean adjacency matrixes. Each of the species (including paraffins, olefins and carbenium ions) involved in the elementary steps is represented digitally by using a (N + 3)×N matrix, in which a group of standardized numbering rules are designed to guarantee the unique identity of the species. Subsequently, the elementary steps are expressed by computer-aided matrix transformations in terms of proposed reaction rules. Dynamic memory allocation is used in species storage and a characteristic vector with nine elements is designed to store the key information of a (N + 3)×N matrix, which obviously reduces computer memory consumption and improves computing efficiency. The detailed reaction networks of FTS wax hydrocracking can be generated smoothly and accurately by the current method. The work is the basis of advanced elementary-step-level kinetic modeling.

关键词: Hydrocracking, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis wax, Boolean adjacency matrixes, Reaction network

Abstract: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) wax is a mixture of linear hydrocarbons with carbon number from C7 to C70+. Converting FTS wax into high-quality diesel (no sulfur and nitrogen contents) by hydrocracking technology is attractive in economy and practicability. Kinetic study of the hydrocracking of FTS wax in elementary step level is very challenging because of the huge amounts of reactions and species involved. Generation of reaction networks for hydrocracking of FTS wax in which the chain length goes up to C70 is described on the basis of Boolean adjacency matrixes. Each of the species (including paraffins, olefins and carbenium ions) involved in the elementary steps is represented digitally by using a (N + 3)×N matrix, in which a group of standardized numbering rules are designed to guarantee the unique identity of the species. Subsequently, the elementary steps are expressed by computer-aided matrix transformations in terms of proposed reaction rules. Dynamic memory allocation is used in species storage and a characteristic vector with nine elements is designed to store the key information of a (N + 3)×N matrix, which obviously reduces computer memory consumption and improves computing efficiency. The detailed reaction networks of FTS wax hydrocracking can be generated smoothly and accurately by the current method. The work is the basis of advanced elementary-step-level kinetic modeling.

Key words: Hydrocracking, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis wax, Boolean adjacency matrixes, Reaction network