In this work, a kinetic model for hydrocracking of heavy oils is proposed. The model includesfive lumps: unconverted resid (538
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C+), vacuum gas oil (VGO; 343-538
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C), distillates (204-343
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C), naphtha (IBP-204
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C), and gases. Kinetic parameters were estimated from theexperimental results obtained in a fixed-bed downflow reactor. The proposed lump kinetic modelfitted the data for hydrocracking of Maya heavy crude with a Ni/Mo catalyst at 380-420
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Creaction temperature, 0.33-1.5 h
-1 liquid hourly space velocity, 5000 scf/bbl, and 70 kg/cm
2.Only resid cracked to naphtha at 380
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C, but all heavier fractions produced some naphtha athigher temperature. The predicted product composition is in good agreement with experimentalvalues with an average absolute error of less than 5%.