Kinetic modelling of thermal cracking of petroleum residues: A critique

Fuel Processing Technology, Volume 94, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 131–144
Kinetic modelling of thermal cracking of petroleum residues: A critique
Jasvinder Singh^a,
jassa28@yahoo.co.in
Surendra Kumar^b,
Madhukar O. Garg^a
a Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, Uttarkhand, India
^b Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarkhand, India
Abstract
Most of the models reported in the literature for thermal cracking of petroleum are either highly empirical or first principles based models requiring detailed analysis of the feedstock.
Authors present a critical appraisal of various published models. They also generate the experimental data on a batch reactor for different feedstocks, and develop multi-lump parameter models with the generated data.  They evaluate three for prediction of experimental yields in terms of gas and distillate fractions (i.e. kerosene, LGO and VGO) in the light of experimental data.
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