Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook

Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook: An Expert Guide to the Practical Operation, Design, and Optimization of FCC Units, Fourth Edition, enables readers to maximize the profitability and reliability of fluid catalytic cracking operations by covering all stages of FCC, including their design, operation, troubleshooting and optimization. It includes valuable chapters on FCC Main Fractionator and Gas Plant and Process Engineering Tools that provide engineers with the relevant tools they need to fully optimize processes and operations. This book presents technologies and processes that will improve the profitability and reliability of FCC units, along with lessons from Mr. Sadeghbeigi's 30 years of field experience. The book provides a valuable reference for experienced engineers, but is also an ideal reference for those who are developing their skills and knowledge base.

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.

1. Process flow description2. FCC Feed Characterization3. FCC Catalysts4. Chemistry of FCC reactions5. Unit monitoring and control6. Products and economics7. Project management and hardware design8. Troubleshooting9. Emerging trends in fluidized catalytic cracking10. Appendixes: Total correlations11. n-d-M correlations12. API correlations13. ASTM to TBP conversion. Definitions of fluidization terms