Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook

Reza Sadeghbeigi is President of RMS Engineering, Inc. a Houston, Texas based engineering firm providing high-level technical expertise in the area of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and related processes. Reza has 35 years of hands-on FCC experience in the refining industry, focusing on technical services, troubleshooting, process design, and project management, including major FCC revamps. A licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas and Louisiana, Reza has published technical papers and produced industry seminars on refining and catalytic cracking operations and conducted numerous client customized FCC training courses and public seminars.

1. Process flow description2. FCC Feed Characterization3. FCC Catalysts4. Chemistry of FCC reactions5. Unit monitoring and control6. Products and economics7. Project management and hardware design8. Troubleshooting9. Emerging trends in fluidized catalytic cracking10. Appendixes: Total correlations11. n-d-M correlations12. API correlations13. ASTM to TBP conversion. Definitions of fluidization terms