Modeling, simulation and analysis of heavy oil hydroprocessing in fixed-bed reactors employing liquid quench streams

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Alvarez, Anton ^a   Ancheyta, Jorge ^a,b   Muñoz, José A D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fixed bed reactor; Heavy oil hydroprocessing; Liquid quenching

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PROCESS; EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIXED BED REACTOR SYSTEM; FIXED-BED REACTOR; FIXED-BED REACTORS; HEAVY OIL HYDROPROCESSING; HYDRO DESULFURIZATIONS; HYDRODEMETALLIZATION; HYDRODENITROGENATION; HYDROPROCESSING; LIQUID QUENCHING; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; OPERATING CONDITION; PLUG-FLOW REACTOR MODELS; PRODUCT QUALITY; SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL COSTS;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROCRACKING; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; LIQUIDS; PILOT PLANTS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 65649123120     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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