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The primary focus of this book as a whole is on performance - performance of the catalyst, of its surface, of the FCC unit, of the feedstocks employed, of the analytical methods used to characterize the catalysts, and of environmentally directed regulations that govern the production of transportation fuels from petroleum. The emphasis is on catalyst performance, particularly commercial performance, essential dictated that the chapter authors be experienced industrial catalytic chemists and engineers. However, each author approached the task with a clear-cut obligation to connect the roots of the science of FCC catalysis with the technology. "Fluid Catalytic Cracking: Science and Technology" has been written for workers in industrial catalysis and academia, including graduate students in chemistry or chemical engineering who are interested in acquiring an overall knowledge of one of the world's most important areas of catalysis. The book is concise, each topic is treated briefly; complete, all aspects of catalysis are covered; concise, each topic is treated briefly.; and clear, anyone involved in this field should find topics of interest.
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Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 76 FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis Advisory Editors: B. Delmonand J.T. Yates Vol. 76
.FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Editors John S. Magee CatalyticScience Associates, 12205 Mount Albert Road, Ellicott City, Maryland 2 1042, U.S.A. (Formerly Director of Technology,Katalistiks International,A Unit of UOR Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) Maurice M. Mitchell, Jr. Ohio University Southern Campus, 1804 Liberty Avenue, Ironton, Ohio 45638, U.S.A.(Formerly Vice President, Research and Development, Ashland Petroleum Company,Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.A.)
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Preface According to the table of contents, Fluid Catalytic Cracking: Science & Technology, is concerned with fifteen different, though related, topics. While this is true, the reader is encouraged to consider the primary focus of the book as a whole to be on performance--performance of the catalyst, of its surface, of the FCC unit, of the feedstocks employed, of the analytical methods used to characterize the catalysts, and of environmentally directed regulations that govern the production of transportation fuels from petroleum. The authors and the editors have tried to prod