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Kinetic Modeling of the Conversion of Complex Hydrocarbon Feedstocks by Acid Catalysts
Author(s) -
Thybaut J.W.,
Marin G.B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200390076
Subject(s) - refinery , hydrocarbon , kinetic energy , catalysis , chemistry , hydrocarbon mixtures , biochemical engineering , petroleum , petroleum engineering , process engineering , thermodynamics , environmental science , organic chemistry , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Petroleum feedstocks in refinery processes are complex mixtures of various types of hydrocarbon species. Innumerable reactions occur between species of the same or a different nature. A detailed kinetic description accounting for all individual reactions with separate rate parameters is an insurmountable task and, hence, appropriate assumptions have to be made in order to come to a manageable kinetic model.