Optimization of Process Economics in Mini Oil Refinery for Remote Areas

Authors

  • Rendra Panca Anugraha Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia
  • Renanto Handogo Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia
  • Ali Altway Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia
  • Juwari Purwo Sutikno Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia
  • Muhammad Fakhrizal Fahmi Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia
  • Rizal Arifin Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia
  • Vibianti Dwi Pratiwi Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.102.1.1424

Keywords:

Crude distillation, optimization, economic, mini refinery, Aspen Plus

Abstract

The effects of the energy crisis and the rising energy demand have sparked development to improve efficiency in using fuel oil. According to Indonesia's oil resources, increasing refinery capacity and building mini refineries is essential to secure local refinery production. It is more effective and cost-effective to construct a small refinery with a configuration starting with a flash unit or pre-fractionator, to an atmospheric distillation unit, and a vacuum distillation unit as the last process in each oil-producing region than construct a large-scale refinery.  The optimization concerned a variety of preflash furnace temperatures simulated by Aspen Plus software. The increasing temperature will change the production rate and the utility needed, which could change sales and operating costs. The result describes that the optimum profit for the mini-refinery plant is performed preflash furnace at 533 K with 108.20 US$/m3 crude oil profit.

Author Biographies

Rendra Panca Anugraha, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

rendra@its.ac.id

Renanto Handogo, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

renanto@chem-eng.its.ac.id

Ali Altway, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

alimohad@chem-eng.its.ac.id

Juwari Purwo Sutikno, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

juwari@chem-eng.its.ac.id

Muhammad Fakhrizal Fahmi, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

fakhrizalfahmi09876@gmail.com

Rizal Arifin, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

rizalarifin@outlook.com

Vibianti Dwi Pratiwi, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111 Indonesia

vibiantidwp@gmail.com

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Published

2023-02-13

How to Cite

Panca Anugraha, R. ., Renanto Handogo, Altway, A. ., Purwo Sutikno, J. ., Fakhrizal Fahmi, M. ., Arifin, R. ., & Dwi Pratiwi, V. . (2023). Optimization of Process Economics in Mini Oil Refinery for Remote Areas. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 102(1), 14–24. https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.102.1.1424

Issue

Vol. 102 No. 1: February (2023)

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