This new and improved edition focuses on providing practical information and tools that engineers can use to maximize the profitability and reliability of their fluid catalytic cracking operations. The updated chapters and new content deliver expertise and know-how to an industry that faces significant cost cutting in capital expenditure and R&D, along with the retirement of technical specialists who are taking existing knowledge out of the industry with them. This FCC Handbook provides a valuable easy-to-understand resource for both experienced and inexperienced engineers and anyone else associated with the FCC process. This book gives those who need a quick reference, and gives those who are developing their skills and knowledge trusted information that will help them succeed with their projects.
Key features include;
About the author;
Reza Sadeghbeigi is President of RMS Engineering, Inc. a Houston, Texas based engineering firm providing high-level technical expertise in the area of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and related processes.
Reza has 35 years of hands-on FCC experience in the refining industry, focusing on technical services, troubleshooting, process design, and project management, including major FCC revamps. A licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas and Louisiana, Reza has published technical papers and produced industry seminars on refining and catalytic cracking operations and conducted numerous client customized FCC training courses and public seminars.
The only practical approach, with tools and techniques for those with FCC responsibilities to help maximize the profitability and reliability of fluid catalytic cracking operations.
Updated throughout, with new material focusing on latest developments, the shift to using FCC to process lower quality crudes, and new applied material on troubleshooting.
Provides a reference for both experienced engineers who need a quick reference, as well as providing those who are developing their skills and knowledge with access to trusted information that will help them succeed in their projects.
1. Cover image 2. Table of Contents 3. Front-matter 4. Dedication 5. Copyright 6. Preface to the Third Edition 7. Acknowledgments 8. About the Author 9. Chapter 1. Process Description 10. Chapter 2. Process Control Instrumentation 11. Chapter 3. FCC Feed Characterization 12. Chapter 4. FCC Catalysts 13. Chapter 5. Catalyst and Feed Additives 14. Chapter 6. Chemistry of FCC Reactions 15. Chapter 7. Unit Monitoring and Control 16. Chapter 8. Products and Economics 17. Chapter 9. Effective Project Execution and Management 18. Chapter 10. Refractory Lining Systems 19. Chapter 11. Process and Mechanical Design Guidelines for FCC Equipment 20. Chapter 12. Troubleshooting 21. Chapter 13. Optimization and Debottlenecking 22. Chapter 14. Emissions 23. Chapter 15. Residue and Deep Hydrotreated Feedstock Processing 24. Appendix 1. Temperature Variation of Liquid Viscosity 25. Appendix 2. Correction to Volumetric Average Boiling Point 26. Appendix 3. TOTAL Correlations 27. Appendix 4. n–d–M Correlations 28. Appendix 5. Estimation of Molecular Weight of Petroleum Oils from Viscosity Measurements 29. Appendix 6. Kinematic Viscosity to Saybolt Universal Viscosity 30. Appendix 7. API Correlations 31. Appendix 8. Definitions of Fluidization Terms 32. Appendix 9. Conversion of ASTM 50% Point to TBP 50% Point Temperature 33. Appendix 10. Determination of TBP Cut Points from ASTM D86 34. Appendix 11. Nominal Pipe Sizes 35. Appendix 12. Conversion Factors 36. Glossary 37. Index
This new and improved edition focuses on providing practical information and tools that engineers can use to maximize the profitability and reliability of their fluid catalytic cracking operations. The updated chapters and new content deliver expertise and know-how to an industry that faces significant cost cutting in capital expenditure and R&D, along with the retirement of technical specialists who are taking existing knowledge out of the industry with them. This FCC Handbook provides a valuable easy-to-understand resource for both experienced and inexperienced engineers and anyone else associated with the FCC process. This book gives those who need a quick reference, and gives those who are developing their skills and knowledge trusted information that will help them succeed with their projects.
Key features include;
About the author;
Reza Sadeghbeigi is President of RMS Engineering, Inc. a Houston, Texas based engineering firm providing high-level technical expertise in the area of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and related processes.
Reza has 35 years of hands-on FCC experience in the refining industry, focusing on technical services, troubleshooting, process design, and project management, including major FCC revamps. A licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas and Louisiana, Reza has published technical papers and produced industry seminars on refining and catalytic cracking operations and conducted numerous client customized FCC training courses and public seminars.
The only practical approach, with tools and techniques for those with FCC responsibilities to help maximize the profitability and reliability of fluid catalytic cracking operations.
Updated throughout, with new material focusing on latest developments, the shift to using FCC to process lower quality crudes, and new applied material on troubleshooting.
Provides a reference for both experienced engineers who need a quick reference, as well as providing those who are developing their skills and knowledge with access to trusted information that will help them succeed in their projects.
1. Cover image 2. Table of Contents 3. Front-matter 4. Dedication 5. Copyright 6. Preface to the Third Edition 7. Acknowledgments 8. About the Author 9. Chapter 1. Process Description 10. Chapter 2. Process Control Instrumentation 11. Chapter 3. FCC Feed Characterization 12. Chapter 4. FCC Catalysts 13. Chapter 5. Catalyst and Feed Additives 14. Chapter 6. Chemistry of FCC Reactions 15. Chapter 7. Unit Monitoring and Control 16. Chapter 8. Products and Economics 17. Chapter 9. Effective Project Execution and Management 18. Chapter 10. Refractory Lining Systems 19. Chapter 11. Process and Mechanical Design Guidelines for FCC Equipment 20. Chapter 12. Troubleshooting 21. Chapter 13. Optimization and Debottlenecking 22. Chapter 14. Emissions 23. Chapter 15. Residue and Deep Hydrotreated Feedstock Processing 24. Appendix 1. Temperature Variation of Liquid Viscosity 25. Appendix 2. Correction to Volumetric Average Boiling Point 26. Appendix 3. TOTAL Correlations 27. Appendix 4. n–d–M Correlations 28. Appendix 5. Estimation of Molecular Weight of Petroleum Oils from Viscosity Measurements 29. Appendix 6. Kinematic Viscosity to Saybolt Universal Viscosity 30. Appendix 7. API Correlations 31. Appendix 8. Definitions of Fluidization Terms 32. Appendix 9. Conversion of ASTM 50% Point to TBP 50% Point Temperature 33. Appendix 10. Determination of TBP Cut Points from ASTM D86 34. Appendix 11. Nominal Pipe Sizes 35. Appendix 12. Conversion Factors 36. Glossary 37. Index
