Key observations from a comprehensive FCC study on Canadian heavy gas oils from various origins: 1. Yield profiles in batch reactors

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 475-485

  Ng, Siauw H ^a   Zhu, Yuxia ^b   Humphries, Adrian ^c   Nakajima, Nobumasa ^a,h   Tsai, Thomas Y R ^d   Ding, Fuchen ^e   Ling, Hao ^f   Yui, Sok ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING   (China)

^c Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^h R and D Center Research and Safety and Technology Management Unit   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced Cracking Evaluation (ACE) unit; Canadian heavy feeds; FCC yields; Gasoline precursors; Microactivity test (MAT) unit; Oil sands bitumen

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COKE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GASOLINE;

ADVANCED CRACKING EVALUATION (ACE) UNIT; CANADIAN HEAVY FEEDS; FCC YIELDS; MICROACTIVITY TEST (MAT) UNIT;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33644886314     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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