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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2025
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Sven Ivar Hommeltoft, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
William Richard Boorujy, Livermore, CA (US);
Steven Xuqi Song, El Cerrito, CA (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of repurposing a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) system originally designed for cracking vacuum gas oil (VGO) may include generating a first mixture of a renewable lipid feedstock and a particulate catalyst. The first mixture may be flowed through a riser for a sufficient time for the particulate catalyst to promote partial reaction of the renewable lipid feedstock to generate a second mixture including (i) catalyst particles to which acidic reaction intermediates are sorbed and (ii) a vapor-phase intermediate composition which is essentially acid free. The second mixture may be flowed into a reactor/stripper which is partially filled with more particulate catalyst. Within the reactor/stripper, the second mixture may be contacted with particulate catalyst for a sufficient residence time for the acidic reaction intermediates to substantially completely react to generate additional vapor-phase intermediate composition. The vapor-phase intermediate composition may be disengaged from the particulate catalyst and collected.