R & D Watch

Resid FCC

According to the Shaw Group virtually every new FCCU licensed from 2005-2010 is designed to maximize the processing of resid feeds, maximize the production of light olefins, or a combination of the two. In Asia particularly, new resid FCCUs (RFCCUs) are designed to produce ethylene and propylene for petrochemicals. The process is deemed economically favorable because of dwindling supply of light sweet crude, availability of large reserves of unconventional extra-heavy crude in Canada and Venezuela, and decline in fuel oil demand. Log-in for complete content