Hydrogen balance for catalytic pyrolysis of atmospheric residue

The catalytic pyrolysis of atmospheric residue over the commercial catalytic pyrolysis process catalyst (Al2O3/Fe2O3/Na2O (46.3, 0.27 and 0.04 wt.%, respectively)) was investigated in a confined fluidized bed reactor. The yield of light olefins was above 37 wt.% at reaction temperature above 600 °C and it reached a maximum of 47 wt.% at 660 °C. The main components in light olefins were ethylene and propylene, and those in liquid samples were aromatics. The main components in light alkanes were propane and i-butane at low reaction temperature (600 °C), and those were methane and ethane at high reaction temperature (700 °C). The hydrogen content of light olefins was about 14.27 wt.%, that of light alkanes was above 18.5 wt.%, that of gasoline was below 12.5 wt.%, and that of diesel was below 7.8 wt.%. The percentage of the hydrogen in light alkanes to total hydrogen was above 29% and that in light olefins was above 40%. The effective utilization ratio of hydrogen decreased from 66.60% at 600 °C to 61.44% at 700 °C.