Barrios, F.
Francy Barrios is a Technology Engineer for FCC and sweetening technologies at Axens. She has 16 yr of experience in the refining industry. Her primary responsibilities are technical proposals for new or revamped FCCUs and sweetening units, FCC catalysts evaluation and technical support. Barrios joined Axens in 2018 after working for 11 yr in PDVSA Intevep—the research center of PDVSA—as a Technical Assistance Engineer for FCCUs, providing technical support and participating in research and development (R&D) activities related to FCC catalysts and additives. She earned a degree in chemical engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes of Venezuela.
Tackle operational challenges with FCC coprocessing applications
Refiners are actively developing new solutions to decarbonize their finished products—such as transportation fuels or commodity chemicals—as part of the energy transition. As a result, refiners are now exploring the co-feeding of alternative feedstocks, including renewable and recyclable crude oils, as a means of lowering the carbon footprint of their products.
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