FCC Catalyst Testing in a Novel Laboratory Riser Reactor

摘要

The product demand from a refinery is changing to lighter products such asgasoline and diesel fuels. Therefore, oil conversion processes such as fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) have a major impact on the profitability of a refinery. Modest improvements in all aspects of the FCC process can be very valuable. A general descripton of the process and catalyst is given. Different designs and future trends are discussed. The optimal catalyst choice is one of the important means to keep or enhance the profitability of the FCC process. Catalyst testing plays a key role in obtaining data and establishing the performance. Reactor selection in catalyst testing is a crucial step in the collection of useful information. An overview is given of the current state of the art of FCC catalyst testing including kinetic modelling. This chapter is concluded with the scope of this thesis.