Hydrocracking and catalyst development occupy a pivotal role in the upgrading of heavy oil, offering a pathway to convert low-value, high-impurity feedstocks into higher quality fuels and ...

The distance between the acid sites and the noble-metal sites of hydrocracking catalysts must be below a maximum limit defined by the 'intimacy criterion', which was first reported 3 in 1962. The ...

North Atlantic Refining Ltd. implemented several key improvements to its hydrocracker including tailored catalyst systems, state-of-the-art reactor internals, replacement of air coolers, and avoidance ...

The evolution of carburization (depicted by the spheres) under kinetic control (illustrated by the surface contours). The molecular beams represent gas evolution under synthesis conditions while the ...

Clean fuels strategies are at the top of crude oil refiners' lists of challenges this year, and catalyst suppliers have responded with solutions. "Refining catalyst development activities over the ...

Platinum is a key industrial catalyst because its electronic structure gives it an exceptional ability to accelerate oxidation and hydrogenation chemical reactions. Among its uses are in catalytic ...