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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Kenneth D. Peters, Elmhurst, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A hydrocarbon conversion process is described. The process includes passing a hydrocarbon stream through a plurality of reaction zones and a plurality of fired heaters, the effluent from a first reaction zone passing through one of the plurality of fired heaters before entering a second reaction zone. The plurality of fired heaters include a radiant section, an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, at least one heater tube having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being in fluid communication with the inlet manifold and the outlet being in fluid communication with the outlet manifold, and at least one burner, the inlet manifold of one of the plurality of fired heaters being at a vertical height different from a vertical height of at least one of the other inlet manifolds or at least one of the outlet manifolds.