Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

N. V. Choudary; Hrishikesh Shidhaye; Somanath Kukade; Pramod Kumar; Peddy V.C. Rao

Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

N. V. Choudary, Hrishikesh Shidhaye, Somanath Kukade, Pramod Kumar, Peddy V.C. Rao

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased. But metals content in heavy feeds is one of the limiting factors in FCCUs, as increased levels of metals lead to high coke and dry gas yields.

Original language	English
Volume	2015
No	DECEMBER
Specialist publication	Hydrocarbon Processing
State	Published - 1 Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Economics
FCC
Margins
Refining
Vacuum residue

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Process Chemistry and Technology

Cite this

@misc{07aad7e2c2554a028aa79507ce7265c8,

title = "Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed",

abstract = "With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased. But metals content in heavy feeds is one of the limiting factors in FCCUs, as increased levels of metals lead to high coke and dry gas yields.",

keywords = "Economics, FCC, Margins, Refining, Vacuum residue",

author = "Choudary, {N. V.} and Hrishikesh Shidhaye and Somanath Kukade and Pramod Kumar and Rao, {Peddy V.C.}",

year = "2015",

month = dec,

day = "1",

language = "English",

volume = "2015",

journal = "Hydrocarbon Processing",

issn = "0018-8190",

publisher = "Gulf Publishing Company",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

AU - Choudary, N. V.

AU - Shidhaye, Hrishikesh

AU - Kukade, Somanath

AU - Kumar, Pramod

AU - Rao, Peddy V.C.

PY - 2015/12/1

Y1 - 2015/12/1

N2 - With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased. But metals content in heavy feeds is one of the limiting factors in FCCUs, as increased levels of metals lead to high coke and dry gas yields.

AB - With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased. But metals content in heavy feeds is one of the limiting factors in FCCUs, as increased levels of metals lead to high coke and dry gas yields.

KW - Economics

KW - FCC

KW - Margins

KW - Refining

KW - Vacuum residue

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949036069&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84949036069

SN - 0018-8190

VL - 2015

JO - Hydrocarbon Processing

JF - Hydrocarbon Processing

ER -

Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this