Considerations for Upgrading Light Cycle Oil with Hydroprocessing Technologies
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Journal
Article
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Author
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Deepak
Bisht
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Author
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John
Petri
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Pages
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1-15
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Publication
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Indian
Chemical Engineer
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Date
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August
15, 2014
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Abstract
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The
need for more diesel fuel far outpaces gasoline growth, while demand for
heavy fuel oil is actually declining. Light cycle oil (LCO) is a diesel
boiling range product from fluid catalytic cracking units. Unfortunately, LCO
is a poor diesel fuel blending component without further processing.
Authors describe various ways of economically upgrading LCO, including hydrotreating, high pressure hydrocracking for full conversion of LCO into naphtha and a more optimized partial conversion hydrocracking process. The optimized partial conversion hydrocracking process provides an effective and flexible process to process LCO into such products as very-low sulphur diesel and high-octane high-aromatics naphtha. |
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