Resid Conversion

Consulting Offerings

• Characterization
• Process Models
• Process Selection
• New Innovative Processes
• Teaching of Courses

For more background on what Soluble Solutions and Irv Wiehe offers in Resid Conversion please read the following tutorial on the subject. Some of the key points are:

• Conversion is limited by polynuclear aromatics.
• Coke formation can be delayed by keeping asphaltenes in solution.
• The Pendant-Core Model enables understanding Conradson Carbon and how it changes with processing.
• Present Resid Conversion Processes can be greatly improved.
  • Reduce formation of polynuclear aromatics.
  • Reduce hydrocarbon gas formation.
  • Eliminate fouling by coke and sediments.
  • Use effective combinations of separations and conversion.
  • Optimize process conditions to the resid being processed.
• Process Models require kinetics, resid stoichiometry, vapor-liquid equilibria, liquid-liquid equilibria, and reactor model.

Irv's Tutorial on Resid Conversion

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