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Fluid catalytic cracking. A typical fluid catalytic cracking unit in a petroleum refinery. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the conversion process used in petroleum refineries to convert the high-boiling point, high-molecular weight hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum (crude oils) into gasoline, alkene gases, and other petroleum products. [1][2 ...
Catalytic cracking is an ionic process involving carbonium ions (hydrocarbon ions having a positive charge on a carbon atom) and are produced by: (1) addition of a proton from an acid catalyst to an olefin, (2) abstraction of a hydride ion (H−) from a hydrocarbon by the acid catalyst or by another carbonium ion. From: Fouling in Refineries, 2015.
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Fluid Catalytic Process, also introduced in 1942, offered an excellent integration of the cracking reactor and the catalyst regenerator that provides the highest thermal efficiency, as shown in Figure 7.7. In FCC, a fluidized-bed (or fluid-bed) of catalyst particles is brought into contact with the gas oil feed ...
Jan 23, 2023 · Cracking is the name given to breaking up large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller and more useful bits. This is achieved by using high pressures and temperatures without a catalyst, or lower temperatures and pressures in the presence of a catalyst. The source of the large hydrocarbon molecules is often the naphtha fraction or the gas oil ...
The formation of branched-chain alkanes, or iso-alkanes, leads to the production of gasoline with high octane numbers. This is the fundamental reason why catalytic cracking has replaced thermal cracking as the central process in a refinery geared to maximize gasoline production. A high octane number of gasoline is needed for current spark ...
Typical modern catalytic cracking reactors operate at 480–550 °C (900–1,020 °F) and at relatively low pressures of 0.7 to 1.4 bars (70 to 140 KPa), or 10 to 20 psi. At first natural silica-alumina clays were used as catalysts, but by the mid-1970s zeolitic and molecular sieve-based catalysts became common.
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Fluid (ised) catalytic cracking is a core process in many refineries and produces light alkenes, high-octane gasoline and aromatic middle distillates from vacuum gas oil and often also from residue. FCC units have a feed intake between 2000 and 10 000 tons per day (about 0.6–3 million tons per annum).
