A review on the oil-soluble dispersed catalyst for slurry-phase hydrocracking of heavy oil

• Published in: Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry (Seoul, Korea) Vol. 43; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Manh Tung, Nguyen, Ngoc Thuy, Cho, Joungmo, Park, Chulwoo, Park, Sunyoung, Jung, Jinhwan, Lee, Chul Wee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 25.11.2016; 한국공업화학회
• Subjects: Heavy oil process; Oil-dispersed catalyst; Slurry-phase hydrocracking; 화학공학; Oil-dispersed catalyst; Heavy oil process; Slurry-phase hydrocracking
• ISSN: 1226-086X; 1876-794X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2016.07.057

*: Russell R. Chianelli, Mohammad H. Siadati, Myriam Perez De la Rosa, Gilles Berhault, Jess P. Wilcoxon, Roby Bearden Jr. & Billie L. Abrams, Catalysis Reviews: Science and Engineering (2006), 1. [Display omitted] Nowadays, unconventional-oil becomes a potential candidate for satisfying the world's energy demands due to the scarcity of other energy sources. However, it contains many impurities, such as heavy metal, sulfur-compounds, and nitrogen-compounds, and leads to quick deactivation of catalyst, high coke formation, and large pressure drop during the operation of a fixed bed or E-bed. Slurry phase hydrocracking (SHC) with the presence of oil-dispersed catalyst has been proven to be the best solution to overcome those problems. In oil-dispersed, the metal precursor, dispersion ability, and additive strongly affect the catalyst performance, and are all reviewed in this paper.