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Hydrocracking, an example of modern hydrogen processing
Author(s) -
Maclaren D. D.,
Cunningham A. R.,
Hendricks G. W.,
Kelley A. E.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450420212
Subject(s) - refinery , cracking , catalysis , process engineering , boiling , hydrogen , refining (metallurgy) , organic chemistry , chemistry , chemical engineering , environmental science , petroleum engineering , waste management , materials science , engineering , metallurgy
Hydrocracking as defined in this paper is a catalytic process for converting relatively high boiling hydrocarbons to lower boiling products with a net consumption of hydrogen. As such, hydrocracking is a combination hydrogen/catalytic process. The paper discusses the modern hydrocracking process by reviewing its past history, discussing the mechanism of the reactions which occur, describing the types of catalysts which can be employed, presenting typical results on a variety of feedstocks and, finally, showing the economic attractiveness of hydrocracking by comparing the value of a variety of refinery stocks as hydrocracking feed as compared to their more normal alternate disposition.