Abstract:
An apparatus for preventing the over-pressuring of a furnace which comprises a small diameter heat resistant tube inserted through the side of the furnace just below the convection section. A thermocouple is used to detect whether cool air is passing through the tube into the furnace because it is operating with a negative pressure or whether the pressure is positive and hot combustion gases are flowing out of the furnace. The change in temperature is detected and used to warn operating personnel of potential damage to the furnace. The temperature change may also be used to take some predetermined corrective action automatically.
Abstract:
THERMAL CRACKING OF HYDROCARBONS IN ADMIXTURE WITH STEAM IN TUBES ARRANGED IN A CRACKING FURNACE LEADS TO THE DEPOSITION OF COKE ON THE INTERIOR WALLS OF THE TUBES, WHICH COKE MUST BE PERIODICALLY REMOVED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CRACKING EFFICIENCY; THE COKE CAN BE REMOVED, WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF SHUTTING DOWN THE FURNACE, BY CUTTING OUT THE COKING HYDROCARBON FEED TO AT LEAST ONE TUBE AND PASSING THROUGH SUCH TUBE OR TUBES A DECOKING FEED OF STEAM AND A HYDROCARBON WHICH WHEN CRACKED WILL PRODUCE HYDROGEN AS A BY-PRODUCT, THE DECOKING FEED BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SULFUR FREE, WHILE MAINTAINING THE FURNACE ONSTREAM AND CONTINUING THE THERMAL CRACKING PROCESS IN THE TUBES THAT ARE NOT BEING DECOKED.
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PYROLSIS, OR THERMAL CRACKING, OF HYDROCARBONS OR HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS TO PRODUCE PRODUCTS USEFUL AS CHEMICAL RAW MATERIALS OR FUELS. IN PARTICULAR, MOBILE HYDROCARBONS, I.E., NORMALLY GASEOUS OR LIQUID PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBONS, OR OTHER SUITABLE FEEDSTOCKS, ARE CRACKED TO OBTAIN UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS, PARTICULARLY OLEFINS. FASTER REACTION RATES, INCREASED PRODUCT YIELDS, AND BETTER SELECTIVITIES ARE OBTAINED BY THERMALLY CRACKING (WITH OR WITH OUT STEAM) A RAW, OR FRESH HYDROCARBON FEED IN ADMIXTURE WITH A STREAM OF HOT REACTING, THERMALLY CRACKED (WITH OR WITHOUT STEAM) PRODUCT. THE PROCESS IS THUS CHARACTERIZED BY STEPS WHEREIN A FEED IS THERMALLY CRACKED TO FORM AT LEAST PARTIALLY CONVERTED PRODUCTS, AND FRESH FEED, WHICH PREFERABLY IS PREHEATED TO SUPPLY SOME OF THE NEEDED SENSIBLE AND REACTION HEAT, IS THERMALLY CRACKED IN ADMIXTURE WITH THE SAID AT LEAST PARTIALLY CONVERTED PRODUCTS. IN ONE EMBODIMENT, FRESH HYDROCARBON FEED, AND STEAM IF DESIRED, IS PREHEATED AND FED AT SPACED LOCATIONS THROUGH A TUBULAR REACTOR, OR REACTION ZONE, RESULTING IN FRESH FEED BEING CONTACTED WITH AT LEAST PARTIALLY CONVERTED PRODUCTS FROM A PRECEDING PORTION OF THE TUBULAR REACTOR, OR REACTION ZONE (EXCEPT FOR THE PORTION INTRODUCED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE REACTOR).
Abstract:
An improved support is disclosed for furnace shield tubes, which are located between the radiant and convection sections of industrial furnaces, and which, since they are exposed to radiant heat, are subject to significant weakening. In the preferred embodiment, a hollow pipe serves as a beam support for the shield tubes, the support being extensively insulated to minimize radiant heat input and being cooled by air passing inside it as induced by natural draft available from the furnace. Air from outside the furnace is drawn into the hollow support, cools it and passes out into the furnace stack above the convection section. The support beam is cooled by air while the supports on which the shield tubes rest are cooled by conduction, either into the air cooled support or into the shield tubes. Contact of the supports with radiant energy is avoided.
Abstract:
THERMAL CRACKING OF HYDROCARBONS IN ADMIXTURE WITH STEAM IN TUBES ARRANGED IN A CRACKING FURNACE LEADS TO THE DEPOSITION OF COKE ON THE INTERIOR WALLS OF THE TUBES, WHICH COKE MUST BE PERIODICALLY REMOVED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CRACKING EFFECIENCY; THE COKE CAN BE REMOVED, WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE FURNACE, BY CUTTING OUT THE FEED TO AT LEAST ONE TUBE AND PASSING THROUGH SUCH TUBE OR TUBES A DECOKING FEED OF STREAM AND/OR WATER AND HYDROGEN, WHILE MAINTAINING THE FURNACE ONSTREAM AND CONTINUING THE THERMAL CRACKING PROCESS IN TUBES THAT ARE NOT BEING DECOKED.