Petroleo Brasileiro S.a. - Petrobras

Emanuel Freire Sandes

Wilson Kenzo Huziwara

José Mozart Fusco

Aurélio Medina Dubois

José Geraldo Furtado Ramos

Nelson Patricio Junior

Andrea De Rezende Pinho

Eduardo Cardoso De Melo Guerra

Claudia Maria De Lacerda Alvarenga Baptista

Paulo Sergio Freire

Paulo Sérgio Freire

Henrique Soares Cerqueira

William Richard Gilbert

Jorivaldo Medeiros

Jose Geraldo Ramos

Luiz Carlos Casavechia

Rogério Michelan

Shelton Rolim Cercal

Naiara Dos Santos Lages

Jose Geraldo Furtado Ramos

Ricardo Serfaty

Moacir Jose Bampi

Francisco Carlos Barros

Claudio Fonseca Santos

Ingrid Alexandra Zech

Monica Einsfeldt

Maria Celia Da Rocha

Raphael Coelho Schiavo

Geovani Aliatti

Celson Murilo Dos Santos

Diana Albani Siqueira

Aurélio Medina Dubios

Nelson Junoir Patricio

Celso Murilo Dos Santos

Pinho Andrea De Rezende Rezende

A telescopic joint for connecting two pipes in a separating vessel of a fluid catalytic cracking unit includes a first pipe and a second pipe; wherein the two pipes are connected together at their ends by a sliding ring comprising a first portion extending substantially parallel to the first and second pipes, and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first and second pipes, to thereby form an L profile; the first pipe comprises a fitting seat fixed at its end, and a flanged ring, the flanged ring and the fitting seat being configured to surround at least partially the second portion of the sliding ring; and the telescopic joint comprises a first plurality of gaskets positioned in a first space between the second portion of the sliding ring and the fitting seat and distributed in a direction parallel to the second portion of the sliding ring.

Telescopic joint

A combustion device for meeting the energy demand of processes for producing light olefins (ethylene and propene) in fluidized-bed catalytic cracking units. The combustion device is used to burn heating oil and to keep burning the coke deposited on the catalyst, with a view to heating it to meet the energy demand of the reaction, combustion taking place smoothly and uniformly, preventing the formation of hotspots within the catalytic bed and in the dilute phase following combustion (afterburning), thereby minimizing deactivation of the catalyst and the risk of damage to the equipment inside of the combustion device.

High-performance combustion device and fluid catalytic cracking process for the production of light olefins

A separator comprises a separation chamber () with at least one inlet () in its upper part, a solids outlet () in its lower part and two outlet pipes (and) for fractions of gas. Also described is a method which the separator uses, with the fractions of gas being sucked out in two separation zones generated inside the chamber, one with reverse flow and the other with unidirectional flow.

Cyclone separator and separation method

A process is described for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks from petroleum refining which increases substantially the yields of light olefins. The process limits the extreme conditions to a first reaction section and introduces a stream of cooling fluid above the feedstock injection point so as to maintain a second reaction section under cracking conditions which produce light olefins propene and ethene, and inhibits reactions undesirable for the process.

Process for catalytic cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons in a fluidized bed with maximized production of light olefins

The present invention relates to a system for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons formed in an FCC unit with multiple ascending flow reaction tubes, comprising interconnections between each of the ascending flow reaction tubes and the separator vessel, each interconnection also comprises two sections. The outside sections of the separator vessel are inclined and are connected to a single vertical section, which penetrates into the interior of the separator vessel, and which has at its lower end an open device for draining the spent catalyst from the suspensions separated in this sector. In the same vertical section, at the end of its internal part at the separator vessel, a series of two sets of cyclones are installed, the first set containing cyclones without sealing legs, and the second set containing conventional cyclones of the first stage. The present invention also relates to a process for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons using the said separation system.

System and process for the separation of suspensions of spent catalysts and hydrocarbons formed in a fluid catalytic cracking unit with multiple ascending flow reaction tubes

An improved cyclone system for disengaging solid and gaseous particles in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes with reduced coke formation in disengager vessels, without favoring release of the disengaged catalyst into cyclones in subsequent stages, said system comprising legless cyclonesfitted with external collector pipes, is described. The collector pipesoptimize the purge of gases coming from the disengager vessel, reducing the time the hydrocarbons remain inside the disengager vessel, thus preventing overcracking and subsequent coke formation. Positioning of the external collector pipesprevents release of the disengaged catalyst into cyclones in subsequent stages. The present invention also relates to a process and device for disengaging solid and gaseous particles in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes, reducing coke formation in disengager vessels and minimizing the release of catalyst into consecutive stages, said process and device being part of the system of the present invention.

Process for disengaging solid and gaseous particles in FCC processes with reduced coke formation in disengager vessels

A process for the fluid catalytic cracking of mixed hydrocarbon feeds from different sources is described, such as feeds A and B of different crackability, the process being especially directed to obtaining light fractions such as LPG and comprising injecting feed A in the base of the riser reactive section and feed B, of lower crackability, at a height between 10% and 80% of the riser, with feed B comprising between 5% and 50% of the total processed feed. The process requires that the feeds present differences in the contaminant content, improved dispersion of feeds A and B and feed B injection temperature same or higher than that of feed A.

Process for the fluid catalytic cracking of mixed feedstocks of hydrocarbons from different sources

An improved cyclone system for disengaging solid and gaseous particles in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes with reduced coke formation in disengager vessels, without favoring release of the disengaged catalyst into cyclones in subsequent stages, said system comprising legless cyclonesfitted with external collector pipes, is described. The collector pipesoptimize the purge of gases coming from the disengager vessel, reducing the time the hydrocarbons remain inside said disengager vessel, thus preventing overcracking and subsequent coke formation. Positioning of the external collector pipesprevents release of the disengaged catalyst into cyclones in subsequent stages. The present invention also relates to a process and device for disengaging solid and gaseous particles in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes, reducing coke formation in disengager vessels and minimizing the release of catalyst into consecutive stages, said process and device being part of the system of the present invention.

Cyclone system for disengaging solid and gaseous particles in FCC systems with reduced coke formation in disengager vessels

A process for the fluid catalytic cracking of heavy feeds under a heat balance regime is described, where one or more catalyst coolers external to the regenerator cool a stream of regenerated catalyst. A portion of said stream returns to the regenerator and a portion of the cooled regenerated catalyst is admixed to the non-cooled regenerated catalyst at a temperature substantially lower than the regenerator temperature, said admixture being brought into contact with the hydrocarbon feed to be cracked. As a result, the control of the catalyst circulation is rendered independent from the heat balance of the unit, with minimization of the thermal cracking, and therefore lower coke and fuel gas products.

Process for the fluid catalytic cracking of heavy feedstocks

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Emanuel Freire Sandes