(138c) Producing Renewable Distillate Products in Refineries
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2019
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
22nd Topical Conference on Refinery Processing
Processing Unconventional Crudes / Alternative Fuels
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 4:25pm to 4:45pm
Refiners face both opportunities and challenges when processing alternative feedstocks. By leveraging existing equipment and infrastructure, capital costs can be minimized and existing assets can be fully utilized, but only if unique processing challenges are addressed. Both stand-alone and co-processing flow sheets will be reviewed along with options for retrofit of existing hydroprocessing units.