Improving FCC Unit Performance

Conference: Galveston 2015

• The FCC has been the centroid of the US refining gasoline production
  business for the last 60 yrs.
• New regulatory and emissions targets such as 2017 Tier 3 sulfur
  targets and the proposed FCC Flue gas emissions values are the
  latest challenges for the refiner.
  
  • If post treating of FCC cat gasoline is required the loss of octane will put a constraint
    on meeting the regulatory requirements.
• The value of the FCC is to maximize the yield of “profitable”
  components of C3 through LCO.
• This presentation will cover a range of options for the FCC plant to
  consider in in maximizing the profit of the plant with every effort to
  maximize the volume of most profitable products.