The invention discloses a process of hydrogenation of heavy oil feedstock, especially the process of hydrogenation of heavy oil feedstock using combination of boiling
bed and
fixed bed technologies. The process comprises the following steps: mixing heavy oil feedstock and the product obtained from the
fixed bed hydrogenation; adding the mixture into boiling
bed hydrogenation reactor, separating the materials obtained from boiling
bed hydrogenation into to
hydrogen-rich gas and liquid; recycling the
hydrogen-rich gas; loading the liquid into the fractionate
tower and for fractioning to obtain lightweight product and
tail oil; mixing the
tail oil and
hydrogen, and adding the mixture into the
fixed bed hydrogenation reactor; and adding all the materials obtained from fixed bed hydrogenation into the boiling bed hydrogenation reactor. Compared with existing technology, the method of the invention effectively combines the boiling bed and the fixed bed hydrogenation technology characteristics, allows the product obtained from fixed bed hydrogenation directly to enter the boiling bed reactor, thereby improves the flow state of the boiling bed feed, and enhances heat and
mass transfer effects among gas, liquid and
solid. Simultaneously, product properties are obviously improved after the
tail oil obtained from the boiling bed hydrogenation is hydrogenated by the fixed bed. Employing the
operation mode of the heavy oil hydrogenation can improve the product quality significantly and increase yield of the light oil obviously.