Catalytic Cracking

The process of catalytic cracking, which is crucial to the oil business, involves passing petroleum vapour over a low-density bed of catalyst, which causes the heavier fractions to "break" and yield lighter, more valuable products. Gasoline, olefinic gases, and other petroleum products are produced at petroleum refineries by the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process, which transforms the high-boiling point, high-molecular weight hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum (crude oils). Thermal cracking was once the primary method for breaking down petroleum hydrocarbons, but catalytic cracking has largely taken its place. Catalytic cracking produces more high-octane gasoline and by-product gases with higher levels of carbon-carbon double bonds (also known as olefins), which have higher economic value than the gases created by thermal cracking.

Committee Members
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Stanislaw Dzwigaj

Stanislaw Dzwigaj

Sorbonne University, France
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Dai Yeun Jeong

Dai Yeun Jeong

Asia Climate Change Education Center, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Enrico Paris

Enrico Paris

CREA-IT & DIAEE, Italy
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Hanna Kierzkowska Pawlak

Hanna Kierzkowska Pawlak

Lodz University of Technology, Poland
CAT 2026 Speakers
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Ling Yin

Ling Yin

Cornell University, United States
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Tsitsishvili Vladimer

Tsitsishvili Vladimer

Petre Melikishvili Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry at the Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Rafia Ahmad

Rafia Ahmad

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Eun Han Lee

Eun Han Lee

Korea Institute of Energy Research, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Neul Ha

Neul Ha

Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 2026 - Shailza Sharma

Shailza Sharma

RMIT University, Australia

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