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- OIES paper: EE18
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The Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) process was introduced commercially in 1942; in the half-century of its existence, it has been improved again and again, so that plants today operate on a much larger scale and at a fraction of their original unit costs. This paper provides a methodology for a study of the history of improvements to the FCC process, to understand both their engineering and economic natures.
Improvements in an industrial process can take many forms - new pi...
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- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Publisher's website
- Publication date:
- 1994
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- ora:10316
- ISBN:
- 0-948061-81-2
- Copyright holder:
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Copyright date:
- 1994
Working paper
Evaluation of improvements in petroleum refining technology : incentives, research & development and outcomes
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