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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2007
Eric Elliott, Wilkesboro, NC (US);
Martin Evans, Tolland, CT (US);
Eric Elliott, Wilkesboro, NC (US);
Martin Evans, Tolland, CT (US);
Intercat Equipment, Inc., Sea Girt, NJ (US);
Abstract
An addition apparatus, a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) system having an addition apparatus, and a method for adding material to an FCC unit are provided. In one embodiment, an addition system having the capability of interfacing with a material container is provided that allows the addition system to obtain information relating material held in the container. In one embodiment, at least some of the information is contained on a tag affixed to the container. Other information may be retrieved and/or sent to the addition system controller from a remote data source, such as a catalyst supplier.