Hydrocracking and catalyst development occupy a pivotal role in the upgrading of heavy oil, offering a pathway to convert low-value, high-impurity feedstocks into higher quality fuels and ...

(a) Simplified pathways for the ideal hydrocracking of PE (top) and PP (bottom) over metal particles supported on Brønsted-acidic supports. (b) General simplified mechanism for the hydrogenolysis of ...

North Atlantic Refining Ltd. implemented several key improvements to its hydrocracker including tailored catalyst systems, state-of-the-art reactor internals, replacement of air coolers, and avoidance ...

The distance between the acid sites and the noble-metal sites of hydrocracking catalysts must be below a maximum limit defined by the 'intimacy criterion', which was first reported 3 in 1962. The ...

The evolution of carburization (depicted by the spheres) under kinetic control (illustrated by the surface contours). The molecular beams represent gas evolution under synthesis conditions while the ...

During the 2017 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Operations & Process Technology Summit (formerly Q&A and Technology Forum), Oct. 2-4, 2017, US domestic and international refiners ...

Hydrocracking catalyst is projected to be the fastest growing type of refinery catalysts, in terms of value, during the forecast period. The hydrocracking catalyst type is the fastest growing refinery ...

Platinum is a key industrial catalyst because its electronic structure gives it an exceptional ability to accelerate oxidation and hydrogenation chemical reactions. Among its uses are in catalytic ...