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Gewinnung leichter Kohlenwasserstoffe aus schweren Ölen — Verfahren und Entwicklungen
Author(s) -
Weitkamp Jens
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.330540205
Subject(s) - petrochemical , refining (metallurgy) , oil refinery , raw material , shale oil , oil shale , refinery , synthetic crude , oil sands , waste management , distillation , fluid catalytic cracking , environmental science , tar (computing) , petroleum , cracking , chemistry , asphalt , materials science , engineering , organic chemistry , programming language , computer science , composite material
Manufacture of light hydrocarbons from heavy oils – processes and developments . High quality crude oils are running short and their price continues to increase. At the same time there is a trend towards light petroleum products for use as transportation fuels or petrochemical raw materials. Consequently, the conversion of heavy oils, i.e., particularly distillation residues but also heavy oils from tar sands, is gaining increasing commercial importance. The cracking processes currently used in the refining industry are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on their application to metal‐and asphaltene‐containing heavy oils. Feed pretreatment by solvent deasphalting is discussed and the manufacture of syncrude from tar sands is considered. New developments for conversion of heavy oils are outlined. The future production of shale oil and of transportation fuels from oil shale is briefly treated.