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, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Dai Yeun Jeong

Dai Yeun Jeong

Asia Climate Change Education Center, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Sergey Suchkov

Sergey Suchkov

N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Enrico Paris

Enrico Paris

CREA-IT & DIAEE, Italy
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Tokeer Ahmad

Tokeer Ahmad

Jamia Millia Islamia, India
CAT 2026 Speakers
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Enrico Paris

Enrico Paris

CREA-IT & DIAEE, Italy
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Jiri Dedecek

Jiri Dedecek

J Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry , Czech Republic
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Dai Yeun Jeong

Dai Yeun Jeong

Asia Climate Change Education Center, Korea, Republic of
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Osman Adiguzel

Osman Adiguzel

Firat University, Turkey
Speaker at Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology 2026 - Sergey Suchkov

Sergey Suchkov

N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation

Submit your abstract Today

WhatsApp