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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd R. Steffens, Centreville, VA (US);
Paul K. Ladwig, Centreville, VA (US);
George Melfi, Whippany, NJ (US);
John E. Asplin, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/100 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for maintaining heat balance in a fluidized bed catalytic cracking unit. More specifically, the invention relates to a combustion control method capable of maintaining or restoring heat balance by conducting, under appropriate conditions, fuel and an oxygen-containing gas to a transfer line. The transfer line conducts effluent including spent catalyst and combustion products to the unit's catalyst regeneration zone.