Will catalytic devices be phased out?
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The oil refining industry is now a declining sector; with the promotion of new energy and nuclear power, oil refineries are forced to transition toward the petrochemical industry. The catalytic device has declined from being the original core device and faucet device. Catalytic devices are energy-intensive and polluting, and the products require further upgrading. Now, new petrochemical companies no longer choose to install catalytic units and opt for alternative production routes instead. Please have the sea friends discuss whether catalytic devices will be phased out.
There should be no problems in the next few decades. The large-scale refining companies in use today all follow the chemical processing route and no longer use catalytic devices
This post was last edited by qugd on 2018-5-14 at 15:31. Catalytic cracking is a very practical and flexible processing method. In recent years, as oil qualities have become heavier, there has been extensive research into the application of catalytic cracking in petroleum refining and the chemical industry, with goals such as producing more olefins, more diesel, and the maximum amount of propylene possible. Catalytic cracking can indeed be used to produce low-boiling-point hydrocarbons to a certain extent, and it is not necessarily aimed solely at producing gasoline. A major advantage of catalytic cracking is that the gasoline produced can be blended without hydrogenation (after desulfurization using S-Zorb), whereas coking products must be hydrogenated in order to be blended.
1. Catalytic cracking technology holds special significance under China’s unique national conditions. 2. There are currently many different process formats for catalytic cracking technology, which can be used to process various feedstocks. 3. Although its products cannot directly meet the existing quality requirements, these deficiencies can be compensated for through various subsequent processing methods, and it still has advantages in the treatment of heavy oils. 4. In terms of current technology, hydrogenation is an inevitable trend, whether it is pre-hydrogenation or post-hydrogenation! But technically, there is still room for improvement in the equipment! 5. Personally, I believe that catalytic cracking technology will remain unchanged for at least 50 years!
The cost of hydrogenation units is too high; catalysis still holds promise
Although catalytic cracking is no longer in that era when \"a single catalytic reaction could yield huge profits,\" it still has a long way to go before it can fully take on the task of converting heavy oils into light oils and raw materials for the chemical industry. Moreover, large-scale refineries still rely on catalysis for the secondary processing of oils
Flexible coking and hydrocracking should be quite promising in the future, especially given the trend toward heavier feedstocks these days
Even developed countries haven’t phased them out; let alone us in developing countries – it’s definitely fine to use them for several decades
The company’s catalytic demulsifier has been removed. . . . . . .