Ancheyta J. Deactivation of Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Catalysts: Fundamentals and Modeling

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Canada, 2016. — 331 p. — ISBN10: 1118769848Written by a scientist with more than 25 years of experience in the field, this serves as a complete guide to catalyst activity loss during the hydroprocessing of heavy oils. Deactivation of Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Catalysts offers a rigorous exploration of a wide range of topics in the field, including the physical and chemical properties of heavy oils and hydroprocessing catalysts; the mechanisms of catalyst deactivation; catalyst characterization by a variety of techniques and reaction conditions; and laboratory and commercial information for model validations. The content demonstrates how to develop correlations and models for a variety of reaction scales with step-by-step descriptions and detailed experimental data. It also contains important implications for increasing operational efficiencies within the petroleum industry.
With in-depth explanations of models and mechanisms not found in other literature, Deactivation of Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Catalysts is an essential reference that industry researchers and engineering students will turn to again and again.Properties of Heavy Oils
Properties of Catalysts for Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing
Deactivation of Hydroprocessing Catalysts
Characterization of Spent Hydroprocessing Catalyst
Modeling Catalyst Deactivation