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OwnerMohsen N. Harandi, Alvin U. Chen +5inventors
InventorsMohsen N. Harandi, Alvin U. Chen, Charles R. Bolz, Christopher G. Smalley, Masaaki Sugita, Suriyanarayanan Rajagopalan, Bing Du
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A method is provided for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed. The method may include contacting a hydrocarbon feed with a catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor; directing a portion of the catalyst from the fluidized bed reactor to a regeneration zone, such that the portion of the catalyst flows in a first direction through the regeneration zone; directing combustion air into the regeneration zone in a counter-flow direction to the first direction, wherein the combustion air is provided at a rate of about 100.05% or less of the stoichiometric air requirement for combusting coke present on the portion of catalyst; regenerating the portion of the catalyst in the regeneration zone to produce regenerated catalyst; and directing a portion of the hydrocarbon feed to combine with the regenerated catalyst downstream of the regeneration zone and lift the regenerated catalyst back to the fluidized bed reactor.
A method of upgrading a hydrocarbon feed comprising:
A system for upgrading a fuel gas comprising:
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