Convert hot wall FCCU lines to cold wall design
Many refiners are seeing increasing financial advantages in raising the operating temperatures of their fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU). Increasing demands for higher octane gasolines, the need to use heavier feedstocks and the availability of new, more tolerant and active catalysts for increased yields are forcing refiners to look at operating their units at higher temperatures. High temperature operation, however, has been a major cause of failure of FCCU equipment resulting in shorter run lengths, higher maintenance costs and increased downtime. Many operating FCC units were designed and built years ago when design temperatures were lower than those required for today's optimum operation. In a significant number of these units the catalyst transfer lines were designed for hot wall operation where the line wall temperatures are close to the fluid operating temperature. Hot wall transfer lines traditionally have required significant maintenance and may be one of the bottlenecks in upgrading some FCC units to higher operating temperatures. High maintenance of hot wall transfer lines is one of the major reasons owners are changing to cold wall designs.
- Research Organization:
- Fluor Eng. Inc., Houston, TX
- OSTI ID:
- 5784142
- Journal Information:
- Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States), Vol. 65:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CATALYTIC CRACKING
CHEMICAL REACTORS
RETROFITTING
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
ANTIKNOCK RATINGS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
FAILURES
GASOLINE
HEAT TRANSFER
MAINTENANCE
OCTANE
PIPES
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
VISCOSITY
ALKANES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY TRANSFER
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PYROLYSIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
YIELDS
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