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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P MacLean, Stafford, TX (US);
Joel S Bittensky, Houston, TX (US);
James H Colvert, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; C10G / ; F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502 39 ; 60 3902 ; 60 3903 ; 208113 ; 502 41 ; 502 42 ;
Abstract
An improved process for recovering energy via an expander turbine axial flow gas compressor set which utilizes hot regeneration gas recovered from the regeneration of fluidized catalytic cracking catalyst, and during turndown conditions when the output of the gas compressor is required to be increased by an excess amount to prevent surge and the excess amount is normally vented to the atmosphere prior to entering the regenerator to prevent afterburn, the process including the steps of: