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Outline Introduction
• Hydrocracking Chemistry
• Hydrogen consumption
• Hydrocracking process
• Conclusion
Introduction
• A process similar to catalytic cracking in
its industrial purpose but effected under
hydrogen pressure and on a catalyst
• > Purpose: process gas oil to break
carbon- carbon bonds of large aromatic
compounds
• » Hydrogenation (addition of hydrogen)
» Cracking (aromatic bonds
INRODUCTION
Hydrocracking does a better job of
processing aromatic rings without coking
than catalytic cracking Hydrogen used to
hydrogenate aromatics Hydrocracking not as
attractive as delayed coking for resids high in
resins, asphaltenes poison hydroprocessing
catalysts
Feeds require large amounts of hydrogen
Hydrocracker Feeds
Hydrogenation reactions
Exothermic giving heat
Hydrogen inserted to saturate newly formed
molecule from aromatic cracking
Olefins are saturated to form light hydrocarbons
especially butane (naphthenes)
Aromatic rings hydrogenated to cycloparaffins
Carbon-carbon bonds cleaved to open aromatic
&cycloparaffins (naphthenes) rings
Hydrocracker Products
Two extremes
• Mild one stage hydrocracking system
• Severe two stage operation
Catalytic hydrocracking process
Conclusion