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4. Influence of feedstock type on steam cracker performance
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The feedstocks used in pyrolysis are quite varied, ranging from light saturated hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane or ethane-propane mixtures, to heavier or lighter petroleum cuts such as petrochemical naphtha and light or heavy gas oils. The United States, a country rich in natural gases combining ethane and propane with methane, still uses mostly light hydrocarbons for ethylene production; in Europe, on the other hand, steam crackers have traditionally been fuelled by petroleum cuts (cf. table B). ).
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- KARA (F.) - Contribution de la simulation dynamique à l'étude du vapocraquage des hydrocarbures en réacteur tubulaire. Application au N-Hexadecane - (1998).
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