Deactivation of Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Catalysts

Fundamentals and Modeling

• Author(s): Jorge Ancheyta,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 336
• ISBN_10: 1118769848
  ISBN_13: 9781118769843
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Petroleum , Science / Chemistry / General ,

Description:... Written by a scientist and researcher with more than 25 years of experience in the field, this serves as a complete guide to catalyst activity loss during the hydroprocessing of heavy oils.

• Explores the physical and chemical properties of heavy oils and hydroprocessing catalysts; the mechanisms of catalyst deactivation; catalyst characterization by a variety of techniques and reaction conditions; laboratory and commercial information for model validations; and more
• Demonstrates how to develop correlations and models for a variety of reaction scales with step-by-step descriptions and detailed experimental data
• Contains important implications for increasing operational efficiencies within the petroleum industry
• An essential reference for professionals and researchers working in the refining industry as well as students taking courses on chemical reaction engineering