Texaco Inc.

Dale Williams

John P MacLean

Henry B Jones

Frederick C Jahnke

James H Colvert

Dorrance P Bunn, Jr

John C Strickland

Randlow Smith

John D Brown

Rich Walter Barkley

A fluid catalytic cracking process and apparatus in which a plurality of hydrocarbon feedstocks including at least one normally gaseous paraffinic hydrocarbon feedstock and at least one normally liquid hydrocarbon feedstock are subjected to cracking reaction conditions in a common transport type reaction zone in the presence of a zeolite cracking catalyst. Fresh hot regenerated catalyst is first contacted with a normally gaseous paraffinic hydrocarbon under dehydrogenation reaction conditions effecting conversion to normally gaseous olefins, and fresh normally liquid cracking charge stock is contacted in the reaction zone under cracking reaction conditions with the gaseous paraffinic and olefinic hydrocarbons.

Catalytic cracking

An air distribution apparatus for delivering an oxygen-carrying gas such as air to a zone of spent catalyst in a regenerator for the purpose of combusting air with the spent catalyst in order to rejuvenate the catalyst. A header support assembly is adapted for mounting in a regenerator which receives the spent catalyst. A hollow header ring is mounted onto the header support assembly and includes a plurality of openings each having a nozzle mounted therein. Air is supplied to the header support assembly and thus to the hollow header ring at a pressure sufficiently high to effect a maximum desired pressure differential between header pressure and pressure in the zone of spent catalyst to cause maximum uniform air distribution. The nozzles mounted in the openings in the header ring decrease air velocity between nozzle inlet and nozzle outlet in order to provide for maximum uniform air distribution without destruction of the catalyst.

Air distribution apparatus

A fluidized catalytic cracking unit wherein cyclone diplegs extend from the reactor vessel into the stripping vessel, for reducing the overall height of the unit. Valve means are provided at the lower end of the diplegs to prevent blow by of gas through the diplegs. The diplegs pass through the vent lines.

Fluidized catalytic cracking reactor

Apparatus for the regeneration of fluidized solid catalyst including a regeneration chamber adapted to hold a fluidized solids bed, oxygen containing gas source communicating with the chamber, a tangential inlet communicating with the regeneration chamber to impart a swirling motion to spent catalyst entering the regeneration chamber and a free standing drawoff conduit disposed within the regeneration chamber, the drawoff conduit having an upper, open end in communication with the solids bed, the open end being formed by an obliquely truncated, outwardly flared portion of the conduit, the high portion of said truncated conduit lying closest the spent catalyst inlet.

Apparatus for the regeneration of solid catalyst

A process is described herein for regeneration of spent, coke contaminated fluidized cracking catalyst by burning coke therefrom with a molecular oxygen containing regeneration gas in a fluidized dense phase bed, and for burning substantially all carbon monoxide formed to carbon dioxide. A method is provided for balancing oxygen concentration across the cross-sectional area of the dense phase bed, as is a method for supplying additional oxygen above the dense phase bed for combustion of carbon monoxide. Additionally, a method is provided for transferring heat from a dilute phase back to the fluidized dense phase bed.

Fluidized catalytic cracking regeneration process

Apparatus for regeneration of spent, coke contaminated fluidized cracking catalyst by burning coke therefrom with a molecular oxygen containing regeneration gas in a fluidized dense phase bed, and for burning substantially all carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Means are provided for transferring heat from the top of said regeneration apparatus to the bottom, employing catalyst as the transfer medium. Additionally, means are provided for maintaining a homogeneous fluidized dense phase bed of catalyst undergoing regeneration. Also, conical standpipe means is provided for deaerating regenerated catalyst.

Fluidized cracking catalyst regeneration apparatus

The present application discloses a fluidized catalytic cracking process wherein intermediate cycle gas oil is stripped of light cycle gas oil components employing reboiled intermediate cycle gas oil as stripping vapor for improving light cycle gas oil yield, reducing feed preheat requirements, and reducing sour water production from a fluidized catalytic cracking unit.

Fluidized catalytic cracking process with improved intermediate cycle

The present application discloses a fluidized catalytic cracking process wherein light cycle gas oil is stripped of heavy naphtha components employing reboiled light cycle gas oil as stripping vapor. Heavy naphtha vapors stripped from the light cycle gas oil are returned to the reaction vapor as primary stripping vapor. This process results in increased naphtha octanes, and reduced sour water production from a fluidized catalytic cracking unit.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Dale Williams