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Title: Disengager stripper

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7052972

This patent describes a process for the fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) of an FCC feedstream. It comprises: passing FCC catalyst and the FCC feedstream to a riser reaction zone and contacting the feedstream with the FCC catalyst in the riser reaction zone at a temperature above 427[degrees]C and a pressure above 65 kPa to convert the feedstream to product vapors; discharging a mixture of the product vapors and spent FCC catalyst from the riser directly to the inlet of a disengaging vessel; stabilizing the inner vortex with a vortex stabilizer in the disengaging vessel; emptying catalyst particles in closed communication from the bottom of the disengaging vessel directly into the top of a subajacent stripping vessel; injecting a stripping gas into the stripping vesse4l and contacting the catalyst particles with the stripping gas to desorb hydrocarbons from the catalyst particles; discharging a gaseous stream of desorbed hydrocarbons and stripping gas upwardly from the stripping vessel; maintaining a relatively dense bed of catalyst in the stripping vessel; withdrawing the product vapor and the gaseous stream from the central outlet to a separator to recover additional catalyst particles; recovering a product stream from the separator; transferring catalyst particles from the separator to a lower portion of the stripping vessel; removing spent FCC catalyst from the lower end of the stripping vessel and transferring the spent catalyst to a regeneration zone; regenerating the FCC catalyst in the regeneration zone by the oxidative removal of coke; and, transferring FCC catalyst from the regeneration zone to the riser reaction zone.

Assignee:
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5158669; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-613037
OSTI ID:
7052972
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 15 Nov 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English