Enhancement of Olefins from Fluid Catalytic Cracking Processes: A Review on Effects of Catalysts and Kinetics

N Tasneem, S Ahmed, MM Hossain - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2024 - Springer
The fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process continued to be the major source of olefins
production with minimum CO2 emissions and high energy efficiency. It produces …

Parameter estimation of a six-lump kinetic model of an industrial fluid catalytic cracking unit

YM John, MA Mustafa, R Patel, IM Mujtaba - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work a simulation of detailed steady state model of an industrial fluid catalytic cracking
(FCC) unit with a newly proposed six-lumped kinetic model which cracks gas oil into diesel …

Thermodynamic analysis and techno-economic assessment of fluid catalytic cracking unit in the oil refining process

M Nahvi, AD Koohi, M Sedighi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluid catalytic cracking is an important, expensive, and energy-consuming unit that produces
light olefins, gases, and naphtha from heavy residues. This study aims to increase light …

Modeling of the catalytic cracking: Catalyst deactivation by coke and heavy metals

G Nazarova, E Ivashkina, E Ivanchina… - Fuel Processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a model of the cracking process considering the catalyst deactivation
by Ni, V and coke. The developed model is sensitive to the feedstock composition and …

Revisiting a large-scale FCC riser reactor with a particle-scale model

Y Du, X Chen, S Li, AS Berrouk, W Ren… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding gas–solid hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and multiphase reactions
is of great importance to the design of a large-scale fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser …

Hybrid strategy integrating variable selection and a neural network for fluid catalytic cracking modeling

J Long, T Li, M Yang, G Hu… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Different from traditional modeling methods for maximizing iso-paraffins (MIP), a hybrid
approach that integrates the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) …

CO2 capture and hydrogen generation from a solar-assisted and integrated fluid catalytic cracking process: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis

M Nahvi, AD Koohi, M Sedighi - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process transforms heavy wastes into lighter, more
valuable (naphtha, light olefins and gases) products. However, the unit's byproducts contain …

Eight-lumped kinetic model for Fischer-Tropsch wax catalytic cracking and riser reactor simulation

W Zhao, J Wang, K Song, Z Xu, L Zhou, H Xiang, X Hao… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Wax produced during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) has no sulfur, nitrogen and
aromatic contents and could be an attractive material to produce high quality transportation …

Maximization of gasoline in an industrial fluidized catalytic cracking unit

YM John, R Patel, IM Mujtaba - Energy & Fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
The riser of a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit cracks gas oil to make fuels such as gasoline
and diesel. However, changes in quality, the nature of crude oil blends feedstocks …

Maximization of propylene in an industrial FCC unit

YM John, R Patel, IM Mujtaba - Applied Petrochemical Research, 2018 - Springer
The FCC riser cracks gas oil into useful fuels such as gasoline, diesel and some lighter
products such as ethylene and propylene, which are major building blocks for the …