Oil hydrogenation in a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor: Process intensification and macro-kinetic model

Fan Si-Qiang; Xu Yong-Rui; Zhang Jun-Kai; Li Hua; Xi Yuan-Bing; Zhang Chen; Jiang Lan; Luo Yong; Chen Jian-Feng

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Oil hydrogenation in a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor: Process intensification and macro-kinetic model

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- Oil hydrogenation in a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor: Process intensification and macro-kinetic model
- Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol. 95, Issue 7, Pages: 240-251(2026)
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  SINOPEC Dalian Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals Co., LTD, Dalian 116401, China
  Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
  SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Co., LTD, Beijing 100083, China
  Beijing Key Laboratory of Enze Biomass Fine Chemicals, School of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
  Quzhou Innovation Institution for Chemical Engineering and Materials, Quzhou 324000, China
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  *Corresponding authors. E-mail addresses:a767997651@163.com(L. Jiang)
  *Corresponding authors. E-mail addresses:luoyong@mail.buct.edu.cn(Y. Luo).
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- Received：13 November 2025，
  
  Revised：2026-02-04，
  
  Accepted：25 February 2026，
  
  Online First：11 April 2026，
  
  Published：2026-07
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Fan Si-Qiang, Xu Yong-Rui, Zhang Jun-Kai, et al. Oil hydrogenation in a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor: Process intensification and macro-kinetic model[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026, 95(7): 240-251.
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Fan Si-Qiang, Xu Yong-Rui, Zhang Jun-Kai, et al. Oil hydrogenation in a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor: Process intensification and macro-kinetic model[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026, 95(7): 240-251. DOI：

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Abstract

Vacuum gas oil (VGO)

an important raw material for catalytic cracking and hydrocracking units

undergoes hydrogenation process to remove sulfur and nitrogen compounds. However

the VGO hydrogenation process is limited by the gas-liquid mass transfer

resulting in a low reaction rate and high energy consumption. In this work

a HiGee-aided fixed bed reactor (HFBR) with excellent mass transfer performance has been developed and applied for VGO hydrogenation. The bed structure of HFBR was optimized and the effects of operating conditions on VGO hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) efficiency were investigated. Compared with fixed bed reactor at equivalent removal efficiency

pressure in HFBR was reduced by 5% to 15% and H/O ratio was lowered by 35% to 60%. The macro-kinetic models for HDS and HDN of VGO were established and the deviations between the calculated and experimental values were within ±20%. This study provides guidance for the reactor design and process optimization of VGO hydrogenation.

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