Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Michael Bober, Jr

Patrick H Terry

Arthur A Lietz

Arthur Yanowitz

William L Wickman

The present invention contemplates an improved grid for fluid bed reactors which minimizes catalyst coking in fluidized catalytic cracking operations by shedding catalyst dispersed through the grid from feed risers located therebelow. Indeed, the grid has a central portion containing a plurality of orifices therein and a downwardly extending annular ring portion for shedding catalyst outwardly and downwardly for collection and removal from the reactor vessel. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the grid consists of a convex upper grid and a concave lower plate joined together and defining a disengaging zone therebetween. At least one riser opens into the disengaging zone for introducing the material to be fed into and separated in the reactor. The upper grid includes a solid annular ring which extends outwardly and downwardly from the point at which the upper grid and the lower plate are joined.

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Toms River, NJ, United States of America

Michael Bober, Jr