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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Charles P Luebke, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
William A Leet, Naperville, IL (US);
Joseph E Zimmermann, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Ronald J Vangelisti, Marseilles, IL (US);
Terry L Marker, Warrenville, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A process for regenerating solid treating particles contained in at least two vessels of a swing bed regeneration operation where the effluent of the regeneration operation is maintained regeneration fluid-free and at a substantially constant flowrate has been developed. The swing bed regeneration operation involves an on-line vessel treating process fluid and an off-line vessel for regeneration. At least a portion of the process fluid effluent from the vessel on-line is conducted to a displacement surge drum. The flowrate of the process fluid effluent from the displacement surge drum is controlled so that downstream units receive a substantially constant flowrate. A portion of the process fluid effluent from the displacement surge drum is periodically used to displace regeneration fluid from the vessel off-line, and during the displacement, the flowrate of effluent from the displacement surge drum is increased to provide additional flow to the vessel off-line without having to reduce the flow to downstream units.