Upgrade of light cycle oil by solvent extraction

Karonis, D; Bardakos, D; Stournas, S; Zannikos, F

dc.contributor.author	Karonis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Bardakos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Stournas, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Zannikos, F	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:51:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:51:18Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	00657727	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35452
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dc.title	Upgrade of light cycle oil by solvent extraction	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	The increased use of diesel cars in the European Union asks for larger amounts of diesel fuel that cannot be achieved from hydrotreated straight run gasoil. Cracked gasoils from catalytic cracking processes, have very poor ignition quality characteristics, and are not proper for use as automotive diesel fuel. Solvent extraction, a well known process in the petroleum industry, is applied for the extraction of aromatic hydrocarbons from LCO. A low boiling point polar solvent, acetonitrile, was used for the extraction of aromatics, in solvent to feed ratios from 1 up to 2.5 by volume. Results showed decrease of raffinate yield with increasing solvent to feed ratio was increasing, (45 to 27.5%), but the quality of the raffinate was continuously improving. Aromatics content was reduced from 67.5% to 41.5% the cetane index was increased from 18 to 35. The properties of the raffinate are not adequate in order to be used as diesel fuel, but this improvement is the first step for the upgrade of a fuel that could possibly give some more feedstock for the production of automotive diesel fuel.	en
heal.journalName	ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts	en