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Title: Multistage fcc catalyst stripping

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OSTI ID:6884352

This patent describes a fluid catalytic cracking process for cracking hydrocarbons. It comprises: cofeeding active hot solid zeolite cracking catalyst and crackable hydrocarbon feed to a cracking zone; cracking the feed to hydrocarbon products while depositing coke on the catalyst to evolve spent catalyst; disengaging the spent catalyst from the hydrocarbon products; flowing the spent catalyst to a regeneration zone; passing an oxygen-containing gas upwardly through the regeneration zone at sufficient velocity to fluidize the catalyst contained within the regeneration zone; retaining the catalyst in the regeneration zone at elevated temperature for a time sufficient to effect exothermic oxidative regeneration of the catalyst by burning the coke deposited thereon, thereby heating and reactivating the catalyst; providing a catalyst stripping zone comprising three superimposed stages, the stages comprising an upper mixing stage, a central dehydrogenation/stripping stage, and a lower steam stripping stage; mixing spent catalyst with regenerated catalyst in the upper mixing stage of the catalyst stripping zone; retaining the mixture within the upper mixing stage at elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to effect desorption of cracked products from the spent catalyst; flowing the catalyst mixture downwardly to the central dehydrogenation/stripping stage.

Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp., Fairfax, VA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5059305; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-649280
OSTI ID:
6884352
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 30 Jan 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English