Fluid Catalytic Cracking V: Volume 134

by P. O'Connor, Occelli M. L. Occelli, M.L. Occelli

Catalyst production for the transformation of crudes into gasoline and other fuel products is a billion dollar/year business and fluid cracking catalysts (FCCs) represent almost half of the refinery catalyst market. During the cracking reactions, the FCC surface is contaminated by metals (Ni, V, Fe, Cu, Na) and by coke deposition. As a result, the catalyst activity and product selectivity is reduced to unacceptable levels thus forcing refiners to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444504753
• ISBN13: 9780444504753
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"