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Souza, Jeferson Avila; Vargas, Jose Viriato Coelho; Meien, Oscar Felippe von; Martignoni, Waldir Pedro
(2007)
Risers are considered vital parts in Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) conversion units. It is inside the riser reactor that the heavy hydrocarbon molecules are cracked into lighter petroleum fractions such as liquified ...
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Souza, Jeferson Avila; Vargas, Jose Viriato Coelho; Meien, Oscar Felippe von; Martignoni, Waldir Pedro
(2003)
The catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons in a FCC riser is a very complex physical and chemical phenomenon, which combines a three-dimensional, three-phase fluid flow with a heterogeneous catalytic cracking kinetics. Several ...
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Souza, Jeferson Avila; Vargas, Jose Viriato Coelho; Ordonez, Juan Carlos; Martignoni, Waldir Pedro; Meien, Oscar Felippe von
(2011)
In this paper, a thermodynamic optimization procedure for FCC riser units has been developed. The formulation uses a 2D fluid flow and kinetic model to provide the necessary information for the optimization process. The ...
