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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Xin X. Zhu, Long Grove, IL (US);
Joao Jorge da Silva Ferreira Alves, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Paolo Palmas, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Richard A. Johnson, II, Algonquin, IL (US);
Michael R. Van de Cotte, Palatine, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Abstract
A power generation process for use in a processing unit that includes the steps of: using a regenerator to produce a flue gas stream; removing catalyst particles from the flue gas stream; routing the flue gas stream to a combustor/expander unit after performing the step of removing catalyst particles; and using rotation of the turbine of the combustor/expander unit as a source of rotary power. Preferably, the combustor/expander unit includes a combustion chamber and a power recovery turbine housed within a single casing. In certain embodiments, the flue gas stream is routed between the regenerator and the combustor/expander without passing through a compressor.