2021 AFPM Annual Meeting Virtual Edition: FCCU revamps—Reduced CAPEX for increased petrochemicals
2021 AFPM Annual Meeting Virtual Edition: FCCU revampsâReduced CAPEX for increased petrochemicals 4/11/2021 GARY R. MARTIN, Sulzer GTC Technology Modern fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) provide an important link between a fuel refinery and the production of light olefins and aromatics for petrochemical use. FCC licensors are designing units to produce 10 wt%â20 wt% (on fresh feed) propylene yield from the more historically typical 5 wt%. Realistically, economics are driving the designs to the lower end of this range, with optimum designs usually somewhere between 10% and 15% a...