Definition of 'FCC propylene production'
FCC propylene production in the Oil and Gas Industry (ɛf si si proʊpəlin prədʌkʃən) or fluid catalytic cracking propylene production
noun
( Extractive engineering : Refinery processes , Product )
FCCSome propylene is recovered from the refinery off-gases of fluid catalytic crackers,
and this FCC propylene production has been growing at a fast rate.
More than 60% of the needed propylene has been produced by steam cracking of naphtha
but the growing source has been FCC propylene production.
FCC propylene production is the production of propylene from a catalytic cracker.
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