Transfer hydrocracking of heavy oil and its model compound

Abstract

Transfer hydrocracking of Kuwait atmospheric residue (RC-KW) and its model compounds with nickel supported on active carbon catalyst was examined under several reaction conditions. In the case of RC-KW cracking, the yield of asphaltene in product oil is very low (almost zero) with small amount of hydrogen consumption (100 m 3 (STP)/kL of oil, kL=m 3 ), whereas coke yield is relatively high (about 10 wt%). As the hydrogen pressure increased, the level of hydrogen consumption and sulfur removal increased, while the coke yield and the conversion of residual oil decreased