Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

N. V. Choudary; Hrishikesh Shidhaye; Somanath Kukade; Pramod Kumar; Peddy V.C. Rao

Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

N. V. Choudary
, Hrishikesh Shidhaye
, Somanath Kukade
, Pramod Kumar
, Peddy V.C. Rao

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

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Abstract

With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased. But metals content in heavy feeds is one of the limiting factors in FCCUs, as increased levels of metals lead to high coke and dry gas yields.

Original language	English
Volume	2015
No	DECEMBER
Specialist publication	Hydrocarbon Processing
State	Published - Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Economics
FCC
Margins
Refining
Vacuum residue

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Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

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