US4359379A
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Process for fluid catalytic cracking of distillation residual oils
Assignee: Eneos Corp
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Filing: 1980-12-16
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Granted: 1982-11-16
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Expires: 2000-12-16
Abstract
Abstract A process for fluid catalytic cracking of a starting oil selected from the group consisting of a distillation residual oil, a solvent deasphalted oil derived therefrom and a hydrodesulfurized oil derived therefrom, which comprises withdrawing a part of catalyst particles circulating through a fluid catalytic cracking unit, sending the withdrawn catalyst particles by means of a carrier fluid selected from the group consisting of air, nitrogen, steam and the mixtures thereof at a rate of 0.01 to 100 meters/second in a particle concentration of 0.01 to 500 g/liter to a high gradient magnetic separator in which a ferromagnetic matrix is placed in a uniform high magnetic field to generate a high magnetic gradient around the matrix, thereby separating the withdrawn catalyst particles into a group of particles rendered magnetic by the deposition of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, vanadium, iron and copper which are contained in the starting oil and a group of non-magnetic particles; and returning the non-magnetic particles to the fluid catalytic cracking unit for re-use.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaru Ushio
- 👤 Tohru Morita
- 👤 Takeshi Ishii
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:41
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J21/00; B01J21/20; C; C10; C10G; C10G11/00; C10G11/14; C10G11/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A process for fluid catalytic cracking of a starting oil selected from the group consisting of a distillation residual oil, a solvent deasphalted oil derived therefrom and a hydrodesulfurizied oil derived therefrom, which comprises withdrawing a part of catalyst particles circulating through a fluid catalytic cracking unit, sending the withdrawn catalyst particles by means of a carrier fluid selected from the group consisting of air, nitrogen, steam and the mixtures thereof at a rate of 0.01 to 100 meters/second in a particle concentration of 0.01 to 500 g/liter to a high gradient magnetic separator in which a ferromagnetic matrix is placed in a uniform high magnetic field to generate a high magnetic gradient around the matrix, thereby separating the withdrawn catalyst particles into a group of particles rendered magnetic by the deposition of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickely, vanadium, iron and copper which are contained in the starting oil and a group of non-magnetic particles; and returning the non-magnetic particles to the fluid catalytic cracking unit for re-use.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A process for fluid catalytic cracking of a starting oil selected from the group consisting of a distillation residual oil, a solvent deasphalted oil derived therefrom and a hydrodesulfurizied oil derived therefrom, which comprises withdrawing a part of catalyst particles circulating through a fluid catalytic cracking unit, sending the withdrawn catalyst particles by means of a carrier fluid selected from the group consisting of air, nitrogen, steam and the mixtures thereof at a rate of 0.01 to 100 meters/second in a particle concentration of 0.01 to 500 g/liter to a high gradient magnetic separator in which a ferromagnetic matrix is placed in a uniform high magnetic field to generate a high magnetic gradient around the matrix, thereby separating the withdrawn catalyst particles into a group of particles rendered magnetic by the deposition of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickely, vanadium, iron and copper which are contained in the starting oil and a group of non-magnetic particles; and returning the non-magnetic particles to the fluid catalytic cracking unit for re-use.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the magnetic gradient is 2,000×10 3 to 20,000×10 3 gauss/cm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the strength of the magnetic field is 1,000 to 20,000 gauss.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ferromagnetic matrix is a steel net having a filament diameter of 10 to 1000 μm and a mesh opening size of 3 to 80 mesh.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the content of nickel or vanadium in the starting oil is at least 1 ppm by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein a contaminant metal passivating agent is added to the starting oil.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the withdrawn catalyst particles are pre-treated before they are sent to the high gradient magnetic separator.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the magnetic catalyst particles are subjected to a demetallization treatment, and then returned to the fluid catalytic cracking unit for re-use.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is a silica alumina catalyst.
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