Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook
An Expert Guide to the Practical Operation, Design, and Optimization of FCC Units

Improve the profitability and reliability of cat cracker units with practical low and no-cost process improvement solutions

Reza Sadeghbeigi (Author)

9780123869654, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 25 January 2012

352 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.94 kg

This new and improved edition focuses on providing practical information and tools that engineers can use to maximize the profitability and reliability of their fluid catalytic cracking operations. The updated chapters and new content deliver expertise and know-how to an industry that faces significant cost cutting in capital expenditure and R&D, along with the retirement of technical specialists who are taking existing knowledge out of the industry with them. This FCC Handbook provides a valuable easy-to-understand resource for both experienced and inexperienced engineers and anyone else associated with the FCC process. This book gives those who need a quick reference, and gives those who are developing their skills and knowledge trusted information that will help them succeed with their projects.

1. Process flow description2. FCC Feed Characterization3. FCC Catalysts4. Chemistry of FCC reactions5. Unit monitoring and control. Products and economics6. Project management and hardware design7. Troubleshooting8. Emerging trends in fluidized catalytic crackingAppendixes:Total correlationsn-d-M correlationsAPI correlationsASTM to TBP conversionDefinitions of fluidization termsGlossaryIndex

Subject Areas: Petroleum technology [THFP], Fossil fuel technologies [THF], Chemical engineering [TDCB], Technology, engineering, agriculture [T], Chemistry [PN]