Flexibility of commercially available UOP technology for conversion of resid to distillates. [HC Unibon process, Demex, visbreaking, RCD Unibon (BOC)]
Commercially proven residuum reduction processes provide refiners around the world the means to upgrade the low-value portion of the crude barrel. These processes and process combinations yield overhead products which are excellent feedstocks for the HC Unibon process. This single-stage hydrocracking operation gives a high yield of good-quality distillate products. Jet plus diesel fuel yields as high as 94 vol-/PERCENT/of light Arabian reduced crude are possible. Using a set of reasonable product values it was shown that the high resid conversion operations continued to show a favorable product value response. The visbreaking and Demex resid reduction schemes coupled with the hydrocracking operation showed the most attractive economics. Without developing a complete economic picture for a particular location, no ''best'' residuum conversion scheme can be selected. However, when given the site-specific information and objectives, UOP Inc. can determine an optimum residuum conversion flow scheme. 4 refs.
- Research Organization:
- UPO Inc, Des Plaines, IL, USA
- OSTI ID:
- 6411847
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8103161-
- Journal Information:
- Natl. Pet. Refiners Assoc., (Tech. Pap.); (United States), Vol. AM-81-46; Conference: National Petroleum Refiners Association annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 29 Mar 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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