Simulation and Study of Olefin Process Based on Ethane

Olefin compounds are considered as the most important unsaturated hydrocarbons. They play a key role in different industries. Steam cracking of saturated hydrocarbons is one of the most important methods for production of these compounds. Economical and operational optimization in the olefin plants because of their complexity is very important. Using simulation software provides us the possibility of these studies. In this work utilizing HYSYS simulation software an olefin plant based on Linde technology has been simulated and the operational parameters in steam cracking have been studied. The results have been compared with process flow diagram data. It has been shown that the software results have minimum error.