The difference between hydrocracking and wax oil hydrogenation
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I would like to ask the experts: Hydrocracking units and wax oil hydrogenation units, which are commonly found in refining plants, have similar process flows and similar feedstocks and products. What are the specific differences between them? What roles do they play in the refining process?
What you refer to as wax oil hydrogenation is likely hydrocracking as well; it’s just that people use different terms for it. Function
Its functions include reducing weight, producing gasoline and diesel, as well as refining, desulfurization, and denitrification.
Hydrocracking is a general term for the hydrocracking of various oils. Such as wax oil hydrogenation, residue hydrogenation, tar hydrogenation
The main difference between hydrocracking and wax oil hydrogenation lies in the catalysts used: hydrocracking catalysts are designed for both hydrogenation and cracking, whereas wax oil hydrogenation primarily involves hydrogenation for purification
Hydrocracking is generally used to process lower-grade oils to produce naphtha, diesel, kerosene, etc.; it’s not as you described