PE-Hydrogen™ Software

Managing hydrogen as a fuel in the energy and utilities systems and as part of the manufacturing process is a complex problem, and given recent sulfur regulations relating to gasoline and diesel fuel, its proper management has become a critical issue for refiners. Simply focusing on the hydrogen system alone and ignoring the interactions with the utilities systems and process units results in a sub-optimal solution. We have found that addressing this critical issue from a holistic viewpoint creates opportunities to more cost effectively manage hydrogen generation and use.

Leveraging the Company’s powerful PE-Advisor™ software architecture and fundamental approach, PE-Hydrogen can be used to model all key systems relating to hydrogen including the utilities systems, hydrogen units and process units. PE-Hydrogen allows customers to analyze the interactions among the critical systems that impact hydrogen.

PE-Hydrogen is used to:
•   Reduce operating costs associated with hydrogen systems
•   Optimize capital expenditure required for compliance with new sulfur regulations
•   Identify and improve operating performance in the areas of::
     º   gas/oil ratio vs. catalyst deactivation in hydro-treaters
     º   reformer hydrogen generation efficiency
     º   minimizing purges and other hydrogen losses
     º   increasing hydrogen recovery
     º   minimizing fuel composition swings
     º   increasing process yields and capacities

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