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HPCL Selects UOP FCC Technology for Revamps at Mumbai and Vizag Refineries.


DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
HPCL High Performance Computing Laboratory (University of Rhode Island Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
HPCL Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language
) has selected UOP (micro OPeration) The "u" is the substitute letter for the µ symbol. See microinstruction.  FCC technology to revamp the existing FCC units at HPCL's Mumbai and Vishakapatnam (Vizag) refineries. These revamps are designed to maximize the production of LPG while processing a resid re·sid  
n. Informal
Residual oil.

Noun 1. resid - oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled
residual oil
 quality feedstock. Both revamps feature UOP's latest FCC technology including an Optimix(TM) feed distribution system, a VSS(TM) riser disengager and AF(TM) spent catalyst stripping technology.

UOP FCC technology is the premier catalytic cracking technology used in more than 150 units world-wide for the production of high octane gasoline and light olefins. HPCL will install a new reactor and a new high-efficiency combustor com·bus·tor  
n.
A combustion chamber and its igniters, injectors, and other related apparatus in a jet engine or gas turbine.


A name generally assigned to the combination of flame holder or stabilizer, igniter, combustion chamber, and
 regenerator to reduce NOx emissions at its Mumbai location. The basic engineering work for the 31,000 BPSD BPSD Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
BPSD Barrels Per Stream Day
BPSD Bethel Park School District (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 
 FCC unit at Mumbai and the 21,000 BPSD FCC unit at Vizag was completed earlier this year.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai, India is the second largest integrated oil company in India refining and marketing entire range of petroleum products. HPCL is one of the Fortune 500 Companies which has been identified by the Government of India The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [3]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government  as a company which has the potential to become a global giant in the energy sector.

UOP LLC, headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., is a leading international supplier and licensor of process technology, catalysts, process plants and consulting services to the petroleum refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries.
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