Author : Shankar N., Aneesh V. and Sivasubramanian V.

Today, distillation of crude oil is an important process in almost all the refineries. Crude distillation is the process of separating the hydrocarbons in crude oil based on their boiling point. The crude oil fractioning is very intensive process. The complexity due to large number of products, side stripper, and pump around made the task of improving energy efficiency into tedious. Aspen One Engineering is a market leading suite of products focused on process engineering and optimization. Process modelling analysis and design tools are integrated and accessible through Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus. Steady state simulation of in a real crude plant was performed using Aspen HYSYS.

Keywords: Crude Oil, Distillation Column, Optimization, Aspen HYSYS

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.4 (Aug-2015)