Saba A. Gheni
USA
Title: Catalytic hydro cracking through hydro treating of atmospheric Kirkuk crude oil residue upgrading
Biography
Biography: Saba A. Gheni
Abstract
In this work, reduced crude residue derived from Kirkuk crude oil using a commercial nickel-molybdenum on alumina (Ni-Mo/γ-Al2O3) catalyst pre-sulfided at specified conditions in an experimental scale is considered. A series of experiments were carried out in a continuous flow trickle bed reactor by varying the reaction temperature from 380 to 420°C, the liquid hourly space velocity from 0.3 to 1.0 hr-1 and the hydrogen pressure from 60 to 100 bar at constant hydrogen to oil ratio of 1000 L/L. The hydrocracking products were distillated into the following fraction: naphtha (IBP-160°C), kerosene (160-225°C), light gas oil (225-345°C), heavy gas oil (345-540°C) and vacuum reside (+540°C).