Resid hydrotreating, catalyst performance

Y. Miyauchi c.s., Nippon Ketjen Seminar 1992, Correlation between catalyst performance in laboratory tests and commercial units for resid hydrotreating with the KFR catalyst system , Tokyo. 

Since different origins of resid feedstock are hydrotreated in the commercial fixed bed unit, an issue how to correct the commercial result is raised to compare them with pilot test results. The difference in the liquid mass velocity and the oil distributor efficiency between the pilot and commercial units is another important issue for determining the correlation between both units. The performance of catalyst was, therefore, evaluated under the normalized conditions applicable to the results of both units. 

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