Regeneration of fluid solid particles and separation of solid particles from combustion product flue gases

Claim 1

A method for removing carbonaceous deposits from fluid solid particles and separating entrained solid fines from combustion product flue gases which comprises: (a) forming a mixture of solid particles comprising carbonaceous deposits with sufficient hot regenerated solid particles to form a mixture thereof at a temperature of at least 649° C. (1200° F.) dispersed in suspension forming combustion supporting oxygen containing gas at a particles concentration within the range of 3 to 35 lbs/cu.ft.; (b) passing the suspension mixture thus formed in (a) upwardly through a combustion zone as a suspension under conditions selected to restrict combustion temperatures thereof below 871° C. (1600° F.); (c) discharging the upwardly flowing gas-solids suspension in combustion product flue gases as a confined stream into a zone in open communication with an annular zone about said confined stream, directing the discharged suspension downwardly through said annular zone at a velocity whereby entrained particles solid are separated from combustion flue gas by withdrawing flue gas radially from said annular zone by an open ended confined passageway extending outwardly from above a collected bed of solid particles in a lower bottom portion of said annular zone; (d) passing hot regenerated solid particles from a bottom portion of said annular zone through a heat exchange zone and thence to a bottom portion of said combustion zone for admixture with spent solid particles as in above; (e)discharging glue gas with entrained solid particles from said generally horizontal confined passageway tangential into the upper part of a second separate flue gas-entrained solids particle separation zone and recovering centrifugally separated solid particles as a dense fluid mass in a bottom portion of said second separation zone; (f) passing separated flue gases comprising entrained solid fines from an upper part of said second separation zone upwardly through an open end elongated confined riser transport zone discharging upwardly into a third separation zone under velocity conditions establishing a momentum differential between entrained solid fines and combustion product flue gases; (g) collecting solids separated by momentum from flue gases in a bottom portion of said third separation zone and transferring solids thus collected to the mass of solids collected in a bottom portion of said second separation zone; (h) passing flue gas separated from solids particles in said third separation zone through an annular passageway in open communication with a plurality of attached cyclone separation zones wherein any entrained solid fines are further separated from the flue gases before effecting recovery of flue gases from said cyclone separation zones; (i) passing cyclone separated solid fines directly to the collected mass of solid particles in a bottom portion of the second separation zone; (j) passing particles collected in a bottom portion of said second separation zone to a bottom portion of said combustion zone for admixture with solid particles charged thereto; and (k) withdrawing collected regenerated solid particles from said second separation zone for use in a hydrocarbon conversion zone.

Claim 2

A method for removing carbonaceous deposits from fluid solid particles and separating entrained solid fines from combustion product flue gases which comprises: (a) forming a mixture of solid particles comprising carbonaceous deposits with sufficient hot regenerated solid particles to form a mixture thereof at a temperature of at least 649° C. (1200° F.) dispersed in suspension forming combustion supporting oxygen containing gas at a particles concentration within the range of 3 to 35 lbs/cu.ft.; (b) passing the suspension mixture thus formed in (a) upwardly through a combustion zone as a suspension under conditions selected to restrict combustion temperatures thereof below 871° C. (1600° F.); (c) discharging the upwardly flowing gas-solids suspension in combustion product flue gases as a confined stream into a zone in open communication with an annular zone about said confined stream, directing the discharged suspension downwardly through said annular zone at a velocity whereby entrained particles solid are separated from combustion flue gas by withdrawing flue gas radially from said annular zone by an open ended confined passageway extending outwardly from above a collected bed of solid particles in a lower bottom portion of said annular zone; (d) passing hot regenerated solid particles from a bottom portion of said annular zone through a heat exchange zone and thence to a bottom portion of said combustion zone for admixture with spent solid particles as in above; (e)discharging glue gas with entrained solid particles from said generally horizontal confined passageway tangential into the upper part of a second separate flue gas-entrained solids particle separation zone and recovering centrifugally separated solid particles as a dense fluid mass in a bottom portion of said second separation zone; (f) passing separated flue gases comprising entrained solid fines from an upper part of said second separation zone upwardly through an open end elongated confined riser transport zone discharging upwardly into a third separation zone under velocity conditions establishing a momentum differential between entrained solid fines and combustion product flue gases; (g) collecting solids separated by momentum from flue gases in a bottom portion of said third separation zone and transferring solids thus collected to the mass of solids collected in a bottom portion of said second separation zone; (h) passing flue gas separated from solids particles in said third separation zone through an annular passageway in open communication with a plurality of attached cyclone separation zones wherein any entrained solid fines are further separated from the flue gases before effecting recovery of flue gases from said cyclone separation zones; (i) passing cyclone separated solid fines directly to the collected mass of solid particles in a bottom portion of the second separation zone; (j) passing particles collected in a bottom portion of said second separation zone to a bottom portion of said combustion zone for admixture with solid particles charged thereto; and (k) withdrawing collected regenerated solid particles from said second separation zone for use in a hydrocarbon conversion zone.

Claim 3

A method for regenerating solid fluid particles comprising carbonaceous deposits by combustion and recovering flue gases of combustion separated from particle fines which comprises: (a) passing solid fluid particles comprising carbonaceous deposits admixed with regenerated solid particles in combustion supporting fluidizing gas as a suspension upwardly through a combustion zone at a temperature restricted to within the range of 649° C. to 815° C. (1200° F. to 1500° F.), thereby producing hot combustion product flue gases; (b) passing a suspension of said heat combustion product flue gases comprising entrained solid particles through a sequence of separation zones comprising an annular downflow flue gas-solids suspension separation zone, a centrifugal flue gas-solids suspension separation zone and a flue gas-entrained solids suspension upflow ballistic separation zone; (c) passing separated solids from each of said annular separation zones and said centrifugal solids separation zone to said combustion zone; and (d) removing hot regenerated solids from said centrifugal solids separation zone for use in a hydrocarbon conversion zone.

Claim 4

A method for regenerating solid fluid particles comprising carbonaceous deposits by combustion and recovering flue gases of combustion separated from particle fines which comprises: (a) passing solid fluid particles comprising carbonaceous deposits admixed with regenerated solid particles in combustion supporting fluidizing gas as a suspension upwardly through a combustion zone at a temperature restricted to within the range of 649° C. to 815° C. (1200° F. to 1500° F.), thereby producing hot combustion product flue gases; (b) passing a suspension of said heat combustion product flue gases comprising entrained solid particles through a sequence of separation zones comprising an annular downflow flue gas-solids suspension separation zone, a centrifugal flue gas-solids suspension separation zone and a flue gas-entrained solids suspension upflow ballistic separation zone; (c) passing separated solids from each of said annular separation zones and said centrifugal solids separation zone to said combustion zone; and (d) removing hot regenerated solids from said centrifugal solids separation zone for use in a hydrocarbon conversion zone.

Claim 12

A method for separating combustion product flue gases from entrained particles of catalyst recovered from an upflowing fluid catalyst particles suspension regeneration zone which comprises: (a) passing a suspension of hot regenerated catalyst particles in combustion product flue gases obtained from a catalyst regeneration zone downwardly through an annular separation zone whereby separation and recovery of flue gases of reduced entrained catalyst particles is obtained from a downflowing concentration of catalyst particles; (b) passing flue gases recovered from said annular zone tangentially into a second cylindrical separation zone under velocity conditions centrifugally separating entrained catalyst particles from said flue gases, recovering centrifugally separated particles as a mass of particles in a bottom portion of said second separation zone separately from flue gases; (c) passing centrifugally separated flue gas of reduced particle concentration upwardly from said second separation zone through an open confined passageway at a velocity providing ballistic separation thereof upon discharge therefrom whereby the flue gases become further separated from entrained catalyst particles fines and flue gases thus separated thereafter pass through cyclone separation zones before being separated from the regeneration operation; and (d) passing regenerated catalyst particles recovered from each of said sequence of separation steps to a bottom portion of said regeneration zone for admixture with charged spent catalyst particles and combustion supporting, suspension forming, fluidizing gaseous material.

Claim 13

A method for separating combustion product flue gases from entrained particles of catalyst recovered from an upflowing fluid catalyst particles suspension regeneration zone which comprises: (a) passing a suspension of hot regenerated catalyst particles in combustion product flue gases obtained from a catalyst regeneration zone downwardly through an annular separation zone whereby separation and recovery of flue gases of reduced entrained catalyst particles is obtained from a downflowing concentration of catalyst particles; (b) passing flue gases recovered from said annular zone tangentially into a second cylindrical separation zone under velocity conditions centrifugally separating entrained catalyst particles from said flue gases, recovering centrifugally separated particles as a mass of particles in a bottom portion of said second separation zone separately from flue gases; (c) passing centrifugally separated flue gas of reduced particle concentration upwardly from said second separation zone through an open confined passageway at a velocity providing ballistic separation thereof upon discharge therefrom whereby the flue gases become further separated from entrained catalyst particles fines and flue gases thus separated thereafter pass through cyclone separation zones before being separated from the regeneration operation; and (d) passing regenerated catalyst particles recovered from each of said sequence of separation steps to a bottom portion of said regeneration zone for admixture with charged spent catalyst particles and combustion supporting, suspension forming, fluidizing gaseous material.