US4588558A
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Closed FCC cyclone system
Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1983-09-06
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Granted: 1986-05-13
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Expires: 2003-09-06
Abstract
Abstract A fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) apparatus comprising a reactor riser zone, primary and secondary cyclones, connected in series to the riser zone, and a stripping zone. The riser zone, the primary and the secondary cyclones, and the stripping zone, are placed within a single reactor vessel. The primary cyclone is connected to the reactor riser zone by an enclosed conduit which prevents random post-thermal cracking of the hydrocarbons after they exit the reactor riser zone. The secondary cyclone is also connected to the primary cyclone by an enclosed conduit. Any one or both of the enclosed conduits contain a trickle valve to accommodate sudden increased surges of pressure and of flow of the hydrocarbons and catalyst mixture. The reactor riser zone is equipped with an opening which allows stripping gases, from the stripping zone, to enter the riser. The gases are subsequently conducted through the primary and secondary cyclones to the downstream fractionation means.
Inventors
- 👤 Anthony Y. Kam
- 👤 Frederick J. Krambeck
- 👤 Klaus W. Schatz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 15:30
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J8/00; B01J8/005; B01J8/0055; C; C10; C10G; C10G11/00; C10G11/14; C10G11/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 41
Claim 1
Independent Claim
245 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exiting from the downstream end thereof; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a first surge capacity means located on said first enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, said first surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises first means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said first surge means is substantially closed and first means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said first surge means is substantially closed; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; means defining a catalyst stripping zone; and means for passing at least a portion of stripping gas from said catalyst stripping zone to said riser conversion zone.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
245 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exiting from the downstream end thereof; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a first surge capacity means located on said first enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, said first surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises first means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said first surge means is substantially closed and first means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said first surge means is substantially closed; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; means defining a catalyst stripping zone; and means for passing at least a portion of stripping gas from said catalyst stripping zone to said riser conversion zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
66 words
An apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises an opening in said first enclosed conduit, and said first means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough comprises a trickle valve which covers said opening, and further comprising means for pivoting a top portion of said trickle valve about a trickle valve axis which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said riser conversion zone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus of claim 2, wherein said first means for allowing stripping gas therethrough comprises means for horizontally elevating a bottom portion of said trickle valve with respect to said first enclosed conduit when said trickle valve is in said substantially closed position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus of claim 3, wherein said apparatus comprises a means for maintaining a pressure in said reactor vessel higher than in the primary cyclone thereby facilitating operation of said first surge capacity means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
97 words
An apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a second surge capacity means, located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said second surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, wherein said second surge capacity means comprises second means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said second surge capacity means is substantially closed and second means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said second surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means for elevating comprises a serrated edge attached to said first enclosed conduit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus of claim 6, wherein said bottom portion of said trickle valve contacts said serrated edge when said valve is in a substantially closed position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus of claim 7, wherein said first surge capacity means is sized to accommodate a two to twenty fold sudden increase of the steady state rate of flow of said mixture.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
236 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exiting from the downstream end thereof; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; a surge capacity means located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said second surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, and comprising means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said surge means is substantially closed and means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said surge means is substantially closed; means defining a catalyst stripping zone; and means for passing at least a portion of a stripping gas from said catalyst stripping zone to said riser conversion zone.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
236 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exiting from the downstream end thereof; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; a surge capacity means located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said second surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, and comprising means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said surge means is substantially closed and means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said surge means is substantially closed; means defining a catalyst stripping zone; and means for passing at least a portion of a stripping gas from said catalyst stripping zone to said riser conversion zone.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
190 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exciting from the downstream end thereof; wherein said riser conversion zone comprises two serially overlapped vertically extending sections, wherein an annular port is defined between said two sections and wherein the top of the lower section of said riser conversion zone is of a relatively larger diameter than the bottom of the upper section of said riser conversion zone; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; and means defining a catalyst stripping zone.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
190 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exciting from the downstream end thereof; wherein said riser conversion zone comprises two serially overlapped vertically extending sections, wherein an annular port is defined between said two sections and wherein the top of the lower section of said riser conversion zone is of a relatively larger diameter than the bottom of the upper section of said riser conversion zone; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; and means defining a catalyst stripping zone.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
90 words
An apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a surge capacity means, located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, wherein said surge capacity means comprises means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said surge capacity means is substantially closed and means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus of claim 10 wherein said annular port comprises an opening which is sized so as to cause port velocities of from about 2 to about 100 feet per second.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus of claim 12 wherein said primary and said secondary cyclones further include a first and a second dipleg, respectively, for returning said separated catalyst to said catalyst stripping zone.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus of claim 13 wherein said stripping zone is located beneath said primary and secondary cyclones.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
201 words
An apparatus of claim 14 wherein said primary cyclone is a stripper cyclone, wherein said stripper cyclone includes means defining an upper cyclonic separation zone, means defining a lower annular zone, means defining an opening between said upper cyclonic separation zone and said lower annular zone, an open end restricted passageway concentric with and connected to said annular zone, an upper withdrawal passageway connected between said open end restricted passageway and said second enclosed conduit, and wherein said catalyst is separated from said mixture by passage of said mixture from said riser conversion zone into said cyclonic separation zone, wherein a first cyclonic separation is carried out between said catalyst and said cracked hydrocarbon feed, the thus-separated catalyst being passed substantially immediately into said lower annular zone through said opening wherein it is contacted with a tangentially introduced stripping gas, said stripping gas and stripped products being separated from said catalyst in said annular zone upwardly through said open end restricted passageway and in open communication with said upper withdrawal passageway for removing cracked hydrocarbon feed from the upper portion of said stripper cyclone into said second enclosed conduit; said catalyst being conducted from said stripper cyclone into said stripping zone.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
97 words
An apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a first surge capacity means, located on said first enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, said first surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises first means for preventing catalyst, flow therethrough when said first surge capacity means is substantially closed and first means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said first surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
66 words
An apparatus of claim 16, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises an opening in said first enclosed conduit, and said first means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough comprises a trickle valve which covers said opening, and further comprising means for pivoting a top portion of said trickle valve about a trickle valve axis which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said riser conversion zone.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus of claim 17, wherein said first means for allowing stripping gas therethrough comprises means for horizontally elevating a bottom portion of said trickle valve with respect to said first enclosed conduit when said trickle valve is in said substantially closed position.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
97 words
An apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a second surge capacity means, located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said second surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, wherein said second surge capacity means comprises second means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said second surge capacity means is substantially closed and second means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said second surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus of claim 18, wherein said means for elevating comprises a serrated edge attached to said first enclosed conduit.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus of claim 20, wherein said bottom portion of said trickle valve contacts said serrated edge when said valve is in a substantially closed position.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus of claim 21, wherein said first surge capacity means is sized to accommodate a two to twenty fold sudden increase of the steady state rate of flow of said mixture.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus of claim 21, wherein said apparatus comprises a means for maintaining a pressure in said reactor vessel higher than in the primary cyclone thereby facilitating operation of said first surge capacity means.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
190 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exiting from the downstream end thereof; wherein said riser conversion zone comprises two serially overlapped vertically extending sections, wherein an annular port is defined between said two sections and wherein the top of the lower section of said riser conversion zone is of a relatively smaller diameter than the bottom of the upper section of said riser conversion zone; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; and means defining a catalyst stripping zone.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
190 words
An apparatus for the fluid catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed in a closed cyclone system, said apparatus comprising: a reaction vessel; a riser conversion zone defined by a vertically disposed elongated tubular conduit means having an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end terminating within said reaction vessel; said riser conversion zone having a suspension of hydrocarbon feed and catalyst introduced into the upstream end thereof and a mixture of the catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon feed exiting from the downstream end thereof; wherein said riser conversion zone comprises two serially overlapped vertically extending sections, wherein an annular port is defined between said two sections and wherein the top of the lower section of said riser conversion zone is of a relatively smaller diameter than the bottom of the upper section of said riser conversion zone; a primary cyclone connected to said downstream end by a first enclosed conduit; a secondary cyclone connected to said primary cyclone by a second enclosed conduit, said first and said second conduits completely separating the material conducted therein from the atmosphere of said reactor vessel; and means defining a catalyst stripping zone.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
90 words
An apparatus of claim 24, further comprising a surge capacity means, located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, wherein said surge capacity means comprises means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said surge capacity means is substantially closed and means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus of claim 24 wherein said annular port comprises an opening which is sized so as to cause port velocities of from about 2 to about 100 feet per second.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus of claim 26 wherein said primary and said secondary cyclones further include first and second diplegs, respectively, for returning said separated catalyst to said catalyst stripping zone.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus of claim 27 wherein said stripping zone is located beneath said primary and secondary cyclones.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
201 words
An apparatus of claim 28 wherein said primary cyclone is a stripper cyclone, wherein said stripper cyclone includes means defining an upper cyclonic separation zone, means defining a lower annular zone, means defining an opening between said upper cyclonic separation zone and said lower annular zone, an open end restricted passageway concentric with and connected to said annular zone, an upper withdrawal passageway connected between said open end restricted passageway and said second enclosed conduit, and wherein said catalyst is separated from said mixture by passes of sid mixture from said riser conversion zone into said cyclonic separation zone, wherein a first cyclonic separation is carried out between said catalyst and said cracked hydrocarbon feed, the thus-separated catalyst being passed substantially immediately into said lower annular zone through said opening wherein it is contacted with a tangentially introduced stripping gas, said stripping gas and stripped products being separated from said catalyst in said annular zone upwardly through said open end restricted passageway and in open communication with said upper withdrawal passageway for removing cracked hydrocarbon feed from the upper portion of said stripper cyclone into said second enclosed conduit; said catalyst being conducted from said stripper cyclone into said stripping zone.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
97 words
An apparatus of claim 24, further comprising a first surge capacity means, located on said first enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, said first surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said mixture within said first enclosed conduit, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises first means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said first surge capacity means is substantially closed and first means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said first surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
66 words
An apparatus of claim 30, wherein said first surge capacity means comprises an opening in said first enclosed conduit, and said first means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough comprises a trickle valve which covers said opening, and further comprising means for pivoting a top portion of said trickle valve about a trickle valve axis which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said riser conversion zone.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus of claim 31, wherein said first means for allowing stripping gas therethrough comprises means for horizontally elevating a bottom portion of said trickle valve with respect to said first enclosed conduit when said trickle valve is in said substantially closed position.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
97 words
An apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a second surge capacity means, located on said second enclosed conduit, for accommodating a sudden increased rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, said second surge capacity means being substantially closed during a normal rate of flow of said material within said second enclosed conduit, wherein said second surge capacity means comprises second means for preventing catalyst flow therethrough when said second surge capacity means is substantially closed and second means for allowing stripping gas flow therethrough when said second surge capacity means is substantially closed.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus of claim 32, wherein said means for elevating comprises a serrated edge attached to said first enclosed conduit.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus of claim 32, wherein said bottom portion of said trickle valve contacts said serrated edge when said valve is in a substantially closed position.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus of claim 35, wherein said first surge capacity means is sized to accommodate a two to twenty fold sudden increase of the steady state rate of flow of said mixture.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus of claim 35, wherein said apparatus comprises a means for maintaining a pressure in said reactor vessel higher than in the primary cyclone thereby facilitating operation of said first surge capacity means.
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