Presenting extensive, recent advances in the field of hydrocracking - including new catalytic materials, reaction mechanisms and pathways, as well as new hydrocracking processes and applications - this unified reference covers in detail both catalysts and processes.
Analyzing every important area related to the subject, Hydrocracking Science and Technology describes the petroleum refining process and the history of hydrocracking...catalyst composition, preparation, and manufacturing methods...deactivation and reactivation...the correlation between catalyst composition and performance...catalyst characterization and reclamation techniques...reaction mechanisms...applications in catalytic dewaxing, residue upgrading, and catalytic cracking feedstock improvement...and much more.
With over 850 bibliographic citations, tables, drawings, and equations plus a useful glossary of terms, Hydrocracking Science and Technology is a practical day-to-day guide for chemical and hydrocracking research and development engineers; petroleum refinery chemists, engineers, and managers; hydrocracking, catalysis, and catalytic process researchers; and graduate and continuing-education students in these disciplines.
Covers both the science and technology of catalytic hydrocracking, which plays a key role in petroleum processing. Describes new catalytic materials, reaction mechanisms, and pathways, as well as new processes and applications. Coverage includes an overview and discussion of such topics as catalysts and their preparation; manufacturing and activation; reactions and reaction pathways; catalyst composition, performance, deactivation, reactivation, characterization, and testing; hydrocracking processes; factors affecting yields and quality; and catalytic dewaxing. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Presents advances in the field of hydrocracking. The volume includes catalytic materials, reaction mechanisms and pathways, as well as hydrocracking processes and applications. It discusses hydrocracking processes and hydrocracking technology in catalytic dewaxing, resid upgrading, and fluid catalytic cracking feedstock improvement