Upgrading naphtha in a multiple riser fluid catalytic cracking operation employing a catalyst mixture
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsJoseph A. Herbst, Hartley Owen, Paul H. Schipper
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AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsJoseph A. Herbst, Hartley Owen, Paul H. Schipper
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A catalytic cracking process is provided featuring multiple risers in which a variety of hydrocarbon conversion reactions take place, a stripping unit in which entrained hydrocarbon material is removed from catalyst and a regeneration zone in which spent cracking catalyst is regenerated, which comprises: (a) converting a relatively high boiling hydrocarbon charge material in a first riser in the presence of a first catalyst component which is an amorphous cracking catalyst and/or a large pore crystalline zeolite cracking catalyst to provide lighter products; (b) converting an ethylene-rich charge material introduced to a second riser at a lower level thereof in the presence of a second catalyst component which is a shape selective medium pore crystalline silicate zeolite catalyst to provide heavier products and to increase the temperature of the catalyst in said region; and, (c) converting a naphtha charge material introduced to the second riser at a higher level thereof in the presence of said second catalyst component to provide a relatively high octane gasoline product.
A process for producing gasoline comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feed having an initial boiling-point of at least 400.degree. F., a 50% boiling of at least 500.degree. F. and an end boiling point of at least 600.degree. F., in a first riser, with a two component catalyst under fluid catalytic cracking conditions wherein at least one component of the catalyst is stripped in a stripping unit to remove entrained hydrocarbons, and regenerated wherein the two component catalyst comprises a first catalyst component selected from the group consisting of an amorphous cracking catalyst and a large pore cracking catalyst, whereby a product comprising olefins and naphta is produced;
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