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The oil crisis of recent times has caused a drastic decrease in the total consumption of oil and changed the demand pattern for the products of petroleum refinino. The demand for heavier fractions or residual oils has steadily decreased, making it imperative to convert these into gasoline, diesel and such lighter fractions. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) of these heavier fractions, however, poses several serious problems, caused mainly by their much higher hetero-atom concentration, metal contents and coking tendency, as compared to earlier feedstocks. Several process and catalyst innovations have been made to tackle these problems. A new generation of FCC catalyst technology has emerged with tailor-made catalysts for higher structural stability and attrition strength, more complete CO combustion during regeneration, reducing SO, emissions from FCC stacks, enhancing the gasoline octane number, passivating the harmful effects of metals like Ni and V accumulating on the catalyst, etc., These developments contain valuable lessons for the science and technology of catalysis.

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Author

J.E. Otterstedt; S.B. Gevert; S.G. Jäås; P.G. Menon

Published

1986

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)