Table 3 Coking behavior of wash oils and their fractions.

From: Kinetic analysis and comparison of the coking behavior of coal Tar oil

Fraction of wash oil (%)

Light oil

Heavy oil

Yield (% wt.)

Coke residue yield (% wt.)

Yield (% wt.)

Coke residue yield (% wt.)

Oil (fresh)

 

0.5

 

0.2

Oil (fresh) + 6% tar

 

2.4

 

1.9

Oil (operating)

 

7.1

 

6.2

Oil (operating) + 6% tar

 

9.0

 

7.3

Distillates of spent oils

 < 250 °C

8

2.0

1

1.5

 250–270 °C

37

1.9

29

1.3

 270–310 °C

20

2.6

59

1.5

 > 310 °C

34

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