Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, Vol.37, No.6, 388-392, 2001
Visbreaking residues as components of feedstock for paving asphalts
A crude-oil residue visbreaking unit has been operating for a long time at the Moscow Refinery [1]; it solves the problem of boiler fuel production in the winter. In the summer, it does not run due to the difficulties of utilizing visbreaking residue (VR), although Year-round operation is economically expedient. A rational way to use the residue could be in production of asphalt, for which the demand is very high in the summer construction season.