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Application of HAZOP, LOPA and SIL to the alkylation unit catalyzed with hydrofluoric acid at Ecopetrol Refinery in Cartagena – Colombia
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Figueroa Jiménez, Stefanny Paola
Lombana Carmona, Stefany Carolina
Ruiz De La Cruz, Ingry Raquel
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Tesis (Ingeniero Químico).-- Universidad de San Buenaventura, Facultad de Ingeniería Arquitectura Artes y Diseño, Programa de Ingeniería Química, 2015 In a refinery, an alkylation unit is the process of producing gasoline range material (alkylate) from olefins such as propylene, butylenes and amylene, and isobutene. This unit comes after a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) with the purpose of convert the high molecular weight hydrocarbons into smaller particles and more volatile compounds. The alkylation process is used to comply with specific requirements through the conversion of octane in a component of high octane gasoline. Usually the feed stream to the alkylation unit comes from the FCC, but the components react in the presence of a strong catalyst as hydrofluoric acid or sulfuric acid. Ecopetrol's refinery in Cartagena Colombia use hydrofluoric acid as catalyst