The paper considers the characteristics of a spent catalyst for the cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock. Spent catalyst formation is one of the problems for refineries. It also discusses the application of life cycle assessment to determine the environmental performance of various options for the management of spent cracking catalyst. Based on the considered use cases, providing for obtaining useful products, the best performance with the least damage to the environment is possessed by the complex processing of the spent catalyst.
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