Catalytic Oxycracking of Vacuum Gas Oil.

The catalytic vacuum gas oil oxycracking process in the presence of zeolite-containing OMNIKAT-210P catalyst was studied. It was observed that temperature and degree of oxidation have the same effect on the degree of feedstock conversion and the yield of reaction products, whereas temperature and contact time are antithetical. Introduction of oxygen was found to facilitate diesel fraction and hydrocarbon gas formation. Determination of physicochemical characteristics of narrow fractions made it possible to assess the quality of the potential commercial straight-run products of vacuum gas oil oxycracking, depending on the technological conditions of the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]