Industrial investigation on the origin of sulfur in fluid catalytic cracking gasoline

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 10253-10261

  Stratiev, Dicho S ^a   Shishkova, Ivelina ^a   Tzingov, Todor ^a   Zeuthen, Per ^b  

^a Research and Development Department   (Bulgaria)

^b HALDOR TOPSØE A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULGARIA; COMPOUNDS FORMATION; DIOLEFINS; FCC GASOLINES; FCC UNITS; SPIKED FEED; VACUUM GAS OIL;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GAS OILS; GASOLINE; OLEFINS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; THIOPHENE; VACUUM;

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 72449152966     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900985g     Document Type: Article

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