Apparatus and method for regenerating coked fluid cracking catalyst
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsTsoung Y. Yan, Gary J. Green
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Abstract
A continuous regenerator for the two-stage regeneration of hot coked fluid catalytic cracking catalyst, and a method for regenerating coked catalyst by combustion with air and with reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides, or with reduced emissions of any two or more of the pollutants which include nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and carbon monoxide.
Claims12
A continuous counterflow two-stage method for regenerating hot coked FCC catalyst discharged from a FCC reactor, each of which stages produces a distinct flue gas, said FCC catalyst comprising an acidic cracking component and a SO.sub.x -transfer agent, which method comprises as concurrent steps:
- passing said hot coked catalyst and first-stage fluidizing gas containing all of the second-stage flue gas having more than 2 volume percent residual free oxygen and an ecologically excessive concentration of NO.sub.x to a first-stage riser unit under conditions effective to burn off 10 to 50 percent of said coke whereby forming partially regenerated catalyst and a first-stage flue gas depleted of NO.sub.x and containing less than 2 volume percent of residual free oxygen;
- passing said partially regenerated catalyst and second-stage fluidizing gas consisting of fresh regeneration gas to a second stage riser unit under conditions effective to produce regenerated catalyst containing entrained SO.sub.x and a second-stage flue gas containing more than 2 volume percent of residual free oxygen and an ecologically excessive concentration of NO.sub.x ;
- discharging said first-stage flue gas depleted of NO.sub.x from said first-stage riser unit;
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- passing said regenerated catalyst containing entrained SO.sub.x back to said FCC reactor.
In a fluid-bed method for regenerating hot coked FCC catalyst in 2 stages by contact with a gas containing elemental oxygen, the improvement whereby the emission of pollutants discharged with the flue gas is abated, which comprises:
- (a) intimately and thoroughly mixing in a first stage riser unit hot coked FCC catalyst and the second-stage flue gas including containing NO.sub.x passed in step (d), said mixing being under conditions effective to burn off 10 to 50 percent of said coke whereby forming a first combustion zone flue gas having a lower NO.sub.x content than said second combustion zone flue gas and less than 2 volume percent of residual free oxygen;
- (b) discharging from the regenerator said first stage flue gas;
- (c) passing said partially regenerated catalyst from step (a) to a second stage riser unit wherein said catalyst is contacted with fresh regenerating gas under conditions effective to form completely regenerated catalyst and a second stage flue gas containing NO.sub.x and more than 2 volume percent of residual free oxygen;
- (d) passing all of said second stage flue gas to said first stage and passing said completely regenerated catalyst back to said FCC reactor.
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