Abstract 0056 AT LYST OUTLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, THE LOWER SECTION OF SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER BEING SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER BY A WALL MEANS WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN SAID BED OF REGENERATED CATALYST SEGREGATED FROM THE DENSE BED OF CATALYST IN SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER. 1. A CATALYST REGENERATION APPARATUS FOR OXIDIZING COKE ON A SPENT CATALYST WITH A FRESH REGENERATION GAS AND OXIDIZING CARBON MONOXIDE (PRODUCED BY THE OXIDATION OF COKE) WITHIN SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A REGENERATION VESSEL HAVING DISPOSED THEREIN, A SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, AND A TRANSFER CONDUIT AND CATALYST-REGENERATION GAS SEPARATION MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SPENT CATALYST AND REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBERS; (B) SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS, A FRESH REGENERATION GAS INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AT SAID LOWER SECTION TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF FRESH REGENERATION GAS INTO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH SAID LOWER PORTION, A SPENT CATALYST INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF SPENT CATALYST INTO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER POSITIONED TO MAINTAIN A DENSE BED OF SPENT CATALYST WITHIN THE SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AND TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF A MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE OUT OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH A CATALYST-GAS OUTLET POSITIONED IN THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER; (C) SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED TRANSFER CONDUIT BEING LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN A HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A CAP CLOSING THE TOP THEROF, AN UPPER OUTLET MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT POSITIONED TO DISCHARGE LATERALLY WITHIN SAID UPPER SECTION OF SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A LOWER INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF SAID MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS FROM SAID SPENT CATALYST CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CONDUIT, AND A MEANS FOR EFFECTING COMBUSTION LOCATED BETWEEN THE UPPER OUTLET MEANS AND THE LOWER INLET MEANS OF SAID CONDUIT; (D) SAID CATALYST-REGENERATION GAS SEPARATION MEANS ADAPTED TO SEPARATE SAID MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS, HAVING AN INLET FOR RECEIVING SAID MIXTURE, A REGENERATED CATALYST OUTLET AND A REGENERATION GAS OUTLET SAID LET CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER OUTLET OF SAID TRANSFER CONDUIT; AND (E) SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER FOR MAINTAINING A DENSE BED OF REGENERATED CATALYST BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SEPARATION MEANS OUTLETS AND HAVING AN UPPER SECTION AND A LOWER SECTION, A REGENERATION GAS OUTLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AT ITS UPPER SECTION TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF REGENERATION GAS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF REGENERATED CATALYST FROM SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A REGENERATED CATA-
A CATALYST REGENERATION APPARATUS FOR OXIDIZING COKE ON A SPENT CATALYST WITH A FRESH REGENERATION GAS AND OXIDIZING CARBON MONOXIDE (PRODUCED BY THE OXIDATION OF COKE) WITHIN SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A REGENERATION VESSEL HAVING DISPOSED THEREIN, A SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, AND A TRANSFER CONDUIT AND CATALYST-REGENERATION GAS SEPARATION MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SPENT CATALYST AND REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBERS; (B) SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS, A FRESH REGENERATION GAS INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AT SAID LOWER SECTION TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF FRESH REGENERATION GAS INTO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH SAID LOWER PORTION, A SPENT CATALYST INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF SPENT CATALYST INTO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER POSITIONED TO MAINTAIN A DENSE BED OF SPENT CATALYST WITHIN THE SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AND TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF A MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE OUT OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH A CATALYST-GAS OUTLET POSITIONED IN THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER; (C) SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED TRANSFER CONDUIT BEING LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN A HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A CAP CLOSING THE TOP THEROF, AN UPPER OUTLET MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT POSITIONED TO DISCHARGE LATERALLY WITHIN SAID UPPER SECTION OF SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A LOWER INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF SAID MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS FROM SAID SPENT CATALYST CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CONDUIT, AND A MEANS FOR EFFECTING COMBUSTION LOCATED BETWEEN THE UPPER OUTLET MEANS AND THE LOWER INLET MEANS OF SAID CONDUIT; (D) SAID CATALYST-REGENERATION GAS SEPARATION MEANS ADAPTED TO SEPARATE SAID MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS, HAVING AN INLET FOR RECEIVING SAID MIXTURE, A REGENERATED CATALYST OUTLET AND A REGENERATION GAS OUTLET SAID LET CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER OUTLET OF SAID TRANSFER CONDUIT; AND (E) SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER FOR MAINTAINING A DENSE BED OF REGENERATED CATALYST BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SEPARATION MEANS OUTLETS AND HAVING AN UPPER SECTION AND A LOWER SECTION, A REGENERATION GAS OUTLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AT ITS UPPER SECTION TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF REGENERATION GAS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF REGENERATED CATALYST FROM SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A REGENERATED CATA-
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A CATALYST REGENERATION APPARATUS FOR OXIDIZING COKE ON A SPENT CATALYST WITH A FRESH REGENERATION GAS AND OXIDIZING CARBON MONOXIDE (PRODUCED BY THE OXIDATION OF COKE) WITHIN SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A REGENERATION VESSEL HAVING DISPOSED THEREIN, A SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, AND A TRANSFER CONDUIT AND CATALYST-REGENERATION GAS SEPARATION MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SPENT CATALYST AND REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBERS; (B) SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS, A FRESH REGENERATION GAS INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AT SAID LOWER SECTION TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF FRESH REGENERATION GAS INTO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH SAID LOWER PORTION, A SPENT CATALYST INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF SPENT CATALYST INTO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER POSITIONED TO MAINTAIN A DENSE BED OF SPENT CATALYST WITHIN THE SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AND TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF A MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE OUT OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH A CATALYST-GAS OUTLET POSITIONED IN THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER; (C) SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED TRANSFER CONDUIT BEING LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN A HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A CAP CLOSING THE TOP THEROF, AN UPPER OUTLET MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT POSITIONED TO DISCHARGE LATERALLY WITHIN SAID UPPER SECTION OF SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A LOWER INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SPENT CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF SAID MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS FROM SAID SPENT CATALYST CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CONDUIT, AND A MEANS FOR EFFECTING COMBUSTION LOCATED BETWEEN THE UPPER OUTLET MEANS AND THE LOWER INLET MEANS OF SAID CONDUIT; (D) SAID CATALYST-REGENERATION GAS SEPARATION MEANS ADAPTED TO SEPARATE SAID MIXTURE OF REGENERATED CATALYST AND REGENERATION GAS, HAVING AN INLET FOR RECEIVING SAID MIXTURE, A REGENERATED CATALYST OUTLET AND A REGENERATION GAS OUTLET SAID LET CONNECTED TO SAID UPPER OUTLET OF SAID TRANSFER CONDUIT; AND (E) SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER FOR MAINTAINING A DENSE BED OF REGENERATED CATALYST BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SEPARATION MEANS OUTLETS AND HAVING AN UPPER SECTION AND A LOWER SECTION, A REGENERATION GAS OUTLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER AT ITS UPPER SECTION TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF REGENERATION GAS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF REGENERATED CATALYST FROM SAID REGENERATED CATALYST RECEIVING CHAMBER, A REGENERATED CATA-