Hydrocracking Process
UOP offers a full range of hydrocracking configurations to meet your
refinery’s unique needs.
Our most commonly implemented configuration is a single-stage Unicracking
design, where the fresh feed and recycle oil are converted in the same
reaction stage. This configuration simplifies the overall unit design by
reducing the quantity of equipment in high-pressure service, keeping
high-pressure equipment in a single train, and thus reducing the cost of
the installed unit. We also offer our Once-Through design, a variation
of single-stage configuration. Our two-stage design has a separation
system in each reaction stage.
The optimum flowscheme depends on feedstock capacity and product
slate objectives. A number of additional flowscheme options have been
developed and commercialized in recent years for co-processing and
revamp applications.
One of our newest developments is HyCycle Unicracking technology, designed
to minimize cost and maximize diesel production for full conversion applications.
Another new UOP technology, Advanced Partial Conversion Unicracking (APCU),
is a variation of the single-stage flow scheme. The APCU process allows high
quality ultra-low-sulfur diesel to be produced at lower conversion and pressures
than would typically be required in a conventional design. The APCU process
has a post-treat reactor operating at conditions more suitable for hydrogenation
and desulphurization.
The following links offer more information and detail on these
configurations and technologies:
Hydrocracking Catalysts
Hydrotreating Process
Hydrotreating Catalysts
Black Oil/Lubes Process
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