HF Alkylation Team Room
Welcome members
Project objective
To give engineers ionic modeling capabilities for HF Alkylation
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To facilitate development of accurate IOWs
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To minimize corrosion of phase-change-driven water rich HF
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For process optimization
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For safer operation of HF Alkylation units

Current actions - July 2019
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Members: please send Pat & Andy any description of general, structural, qualitative or quantitative characterization of the ASOs you are seeing in your HF Alkylation process. If you are working with multiple units or see different types of ASOs, please send us the multiple information. We will be developing ASO 'types' to include in your simulations and so knowing as much as possible about your ASOs now is a good preparation!
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Members: please start data collection based on the worksheet 19HF-001
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Modelers: are waiting for the ASO information from members to target further ASO searches
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Modelers: are working on the HF-HC parameters for the known hydrocarbons
Project meetings
We will schedule a monthly update meeting via web on the 3rd Thursday of the month, beginning in September 2019
Next meeting
19 September 2019 at 10am Eastern USA time
Welcome members
Project objectives:
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To give engineers ionic modeling capabilities for HF Alkylation
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To facilitate development of accurate IOWs
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To minimize corrosion of phase-change-driven water rich HF
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To provide tools for process optimization
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To provide tools for safer operation of HF Alkylation units

Current actions - Last update 10 September 2020
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Our final meeting of the JIP was held on on 13 August 2020, covering the following topics as a project summary:
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Electrolyte Thermodynamic Modeling & Key Results
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Flowsheet ESP Model Learnings
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Comparisons from Model to Corrosion Experience & Key Learnings
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This last bullet point is a summary from Andy Gysber's key document, updated on this page as 20HF-02 below
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Members: 4 new files:
1. Recording from 13 August: 20HF-023
2. Slides from 13 August: 20HF-024
3. UPDATED OLI Flowsheet & Studio Manual: 20HF-015-2 (combined now with the surveys in Studio)
4. NEW Andy's Final JIP Summary Document, relating modeling predictions to corrosion experience (20HF-025)
Thank you to all of our JIP members for making this such a success. Special thanks to the OLI team for their persistence and hard work, and to Andy Gysbers for his leadership, not just on the corrosion side, but throughout the whole project. And one more final thank you to Pat McKenzie, who retired before she could see the JIP through to its conclusion.
Project meetings
All JIP meetings are concluded as of 13 August 2020.
Current project files
Please click on the file number on the left to access the file.
All files are stored in a directory that is password protected.
20HF-025 10 Sept 2020 Andy's JIP Summary Document: "HF ALKY JIP: LLE and VLE/VLLE Assessment of Corrosion Due to Entrained RHF in HF Alkylation"
20HF-023 19 Aug 2020 Recording of August 13 JIP Project Wrap-Up Meeting
20HF-024 17 Aug 2020 Slides from August 13 JIP Project Update Meeting
20HF-015-2 2 Sept 2020 Flowsheet template guide document rev 2 (includes survey guide for OLI Studio)
20HF-007-1 17 July 2020 Full Component List for HF alkhf databank Rev 3 (Excel)
20HF-014-1 17 July 2020 Flowsheet template (Updated)
20HF-022 17 July 2020 Slides from July 16 JIP Project Update Meeting
20HF-021-2 17 July 2020 UPDATED: Key Learnings from initial HF Alky Modeling (Gysbers) Rev 2 presented July 16
20HF-002-3 10 July 2020 UPDATE: zipped alkhf databank (remove previous files from the OLI directory)
20HF-003-2 10 July 2020 UPDATED: instructions for installing the private databank (admin rights not required)
20HF-021-1 25 June 2020 Key Learnings from initial HF Alky Modeling (Gysbers) Rev 1 [link removed, previous version]
20HF-021 18 June 2020 Key Learnings from initial HF Alky Modeling (Gysbers) [link removed, previous version]
20HF-020 18 June 2020 Slides from June 18 JIP Project Update Meeting
20HF-019 18 June 2020 Recording of June 18 JIP Project Update Meeting
20HF-018 28 May 2020 Recording of May 28 Flowsheet training
20HF-017 28 May 2020 Zip file of OLI Flowsheet & Studio files used in May 28 training
20HF-015-1 26 May 2020 Flowsheet template guide document rev 1
20HF-016 22 May 2020 "Follow the Water and HF" document
20HF-015 22 May 2020 Flowsheet template guide document rev 0 (link removed; old file)
20HF-014 22 May 2020 Flowsheet template (for training on May 28) [link removed, previous version]
20HF-013 21 May 2020 May Project Update Meeting - Presentation
20HF-012 21 May 2020 Recording for the May 21 meeting on TPM update, Simulation & Survey updates
20HF-003-1 28 Apr 2020 Instructions for installing the private databank (link removed; old file)
20HF-002-2 24 Apr 2020 Updated, zipped alkhf databank (link removed; old file)
20HF-011 16 Apr 2020 April Project Update Meeting - Presentation
20HF-010 16 Apr 2020 Recording for the Apr 16 meeting on TPM update and Simulation Plan
20HF-009 13 Apr 2020 Recording for the Mar 19 meeting on additional survey results
20HF-008 5 Mar 2020 Recording for the Feb 20 meeting and initial training
20HF-007 26 Feb 2020 Component listing of the components in the alkhf databank (20HF-002-1) [link removed, old file]
20HF-006 26 Feb 2020 ASO papers used in OLI modeling (directory)
20HF-002-1 26 Feb 2020 Updated, zipped alkhf databank (link removed; old file)
20HF-005 20 Feb 2020 Case used in the 20 February training
20HF-004 20 Feb 2020 Preliminary training manual for 20 February training
20HF-003 18 Feb 2020 Instructions for downloading and installing the private databank (link removed; old file)
20HF-002 18 Feb 2020 Preliminary private databank, needed for the February training (link removed; old file)
20HF-001 18 Feb 2020 Updated member roster (please send any changes / additions to Jordan)
File repository
Please click on the file number on the left to access the file.
All files are stored in a directory that is password protected.
19HF-009 21 Nov 2019 Project Update Meeting - .wrf Recording (needs Webex player / first 2 minutes are missing)
19HF-008 21 Nov 2019 Project Update Meeting - Presentation
19HF-007 26 Sep 2019 Project Update Meeting - .mp4 Recording
19HF-006 26 Sep 2019 Project Update Meeting - Presentation
19HF-005 17 Jul 2019 Organizational Web Meeting - .mp4 Recording
19HF-004 17 Jul 2019 Organizational Web Meeting - Presentation
19HF-003a Aug 2019 Project stakeholder roster
19HF-002 Jul 2019 Preliminary literature review for HF and hydrocarbons
19HF-001 Jun 2019 Data gathering worksheet for members (Gysbers)
19PRE-HF-001 Mar 2019 NACE Information Meeting
19PRE-HF-002 Mar 2019 FAQ information discussed at NACE
18PRE-HF-003 Nov 2018 Contract in Microsoft Word
18PRE-HF-002 Oct 2018 HF Alkylation proposal
18PRE-HF-001 Sep 2018 Original Gysbers-McKenzie presentation at CTW