Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the major conversion process used in oil refineries to produce valuable hydrocarbons from crude oil fractions. Because the demand for oil-based products is ever ...

This article presents how Saudi Aramco evaluates the performance of selected fluid catalytic cracking catalysts and compares this performance with vendor projections in terms of gasoline yield, ...

Since 2023, the Moscow Refinery has started using a new catalyst for Gazprom Neft production at the catalytic cracking complex. The quality of its own catalyst makes it possible to increase the ...

Sinopec revamped its residue fluid catalytic cracking unit (RFCCU) in its Luoyang petrochemical complex (LPC) in April 2000 to enable it to process residue with more contaminants. The new design ...

In chemical processes for producing pharmaceuticals, catalysts are a core technology that determines production speed and ...

French mechanical engineer Eugène J. Houdry enjoyed racing cars, but during the early 1920s that was hard to do. At the time, France produced little petroleum or gasoline, and worldwide supplies were ...

Chemists have developed a new theoretical framework for more accurately predicting the behavior of catalysts. The study reveals how conditions such as temperature and pressure can change a catalyst's ...

NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the procurement of the development of a high efficiency water processing oxidation catalyst capable of operation at ambient pressure and a ...