摘要:
Crude oil petroleum derived from oil shale or tar sands and containing large amounts of highly abrasive particulate matter, such as rock dust or sulfated ash, is hydroprocessed in a dual function moving bed reactor which simultaneously removes particulate matter by the filter action of the catalyst bed. The effluent from the moving bed reactor is then separated and further hydroprocessed in fixed bed reactors with fresh hydrogen added to the heavier hydrocarbon fraction to promote desulfurization.
摘要:
Direct fired charge heaters are deleted from the equipment needed to start an exothermic catalytic hydrocarbon conversion process by changing the flow through the high pressure heat exchangers normally used to recover heat from the reactor effluent. Instead, heat produced in a product fractionation heater is added to a reactor effluent recirculation loop containing the reactor by the use of these heat exchangers. The heat exchanged reactor effluent is returned to the reactor with a recycle pump until the temperature of this charge stream is sufficient to initiate the exothermic reaction and thereby produce a hot effluent stream which is used to heat fresh charge material.
摘要:
A solids-withdrawal and transport vessel, and method, for use in superatmospheric pressure systems containing a bed of solid particles which are movable through the system of gravity-flow. The vessel and method are especially adaptable to be utilized in a multitude of high-pressure systems for the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbonaceous material, in which systems the catalyst particles are at least periodically removed.
摘要:
Heavy petroliferous stocks such as vacuum and atmospheric resids, tar sand oils, shale oils, liquids from conversion of coal and the like are concurrently distilled and hydroprocessed for removal of sulfur, nitrogen and metals and are hydrocracked or otherwise hydroprocessed in a packed distillation column under hydrogen pressure wherein the packing is constituted, at least to a substantial extent in both stripping and rectifying sections by catalyst suited to the desired conversions. In a specific application to catalytic hydrodewaxing of lubricating oil stocks, improvement of Viscosity Index (VI) of dewaxed product results.
摘要:
Continuous process for converting hydrocarbons in the presence of a granular catalyst including a metal from group VI a, VII a or VIII, deposited on a carrier, comprising passing a charge of hydrocarbons with hydrogen through a series of at least two vertical catalytic zones in which the catalyst bed moves progressively downwardly, withdrawing progressively the catalyst from the bottom of the last catalytic zone, and reintroducing the same, after regeneration, at the top of the first catalytic zone.
摘要:
Catalyst regeneration process and apparatus wherein air introduced to a midsection of a downwardly-moving mass of catalyst particles is taken off at the top and at the bottom of said bed through provided outlets and a third outlet is provided at the bottom portion of the said bed adapted to be controlled responsive to change in the flows through the top outlet and first mentioned bottom outlet to maintain substantially constant the total upward and downward flows through said bed. In an embodiment in which coke laydown on a hydrocarbon treated catalyst is burned off flue gases flow upwardly and out from the bed, e.g., through a carbon monoxide or flue gas burning boiler while downwardly flowing flue gas is taken off through a pressure control outlet or opening on which suction is taken by a blower passing flue gases to a boiler, a third outlet also flow controlled is operated responsive to change in the desired upward and downward flows of the flue gases. The third outlet, in operation of the regeneration system, can be normally closed or partly opened so that a condition of no flow or some flow, respectively, can exist.
摘要:
CATALYST IS ADDED TO A BED OF CATALYST IN CONTROLLED AMOUNTS BY AN EASILY CONTROLLED SYSTEM USING, FOR EXAMPLE, MOTIVE AIR TO MOVE CONTROLLED AMOUNTS OF CATALYST THROUGH A CONDUIT AND THEN ONTO A BED OF CATALYST AT REGULATED INTERVALS. CATALYST FLOW IS STOPPED WHEN A CYCLE TIMER STOPS THE FLOW OF AIR TO THE CONDUIT BECAUSE THE CATALYST STAGNATES WHEN THE MASS OF CATALYST PARTICLES INTRODUCED TO THE CONDUIT (BY A STANDPIPE FROM FRESH CATALYST STORAGE) ASSUMES ITS ANGLE OF REPOSE.
摘要:
Continuous process for converting hydrocarbons in the presence of a granular catalyst including a metal from group VI a, VII a or VIII, deposited on a carrier, comprising passing a charge of hydrocarbons with hydrogen through a series of at least two vertical catalytic zones in which the catalyst bed moves progressively downwardly, withdrawing progressively the catalyst from the bottom of the last catalytic zone, and reintroducing the same, after regeneration, at the top of the first catalytic zone.
摘要:
Liquid and gas materials are reacted in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor of the dispersed bed type which comprises a plurality of superposed chambers through which the catalyst progressively drops, its rate of transfer from one chamber to another being controlled by injecting an auxiliary fluid into downcomers through which the catalyst is forced to pass.
摘要:
A process for producing a high methane content, synthetic pipeline gas from heavy fuel oils including crude oil, Bunker ''''C'''' residual oil, shale oil, and solubilized coal. The process includes providing a hydrogasification reaction chamber having a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 100 psig and a temperature of 1200*-1500*F. Absorbent inert solids are recirculated from the bottom of the reaction chamber to the top thereof and the heavy fuel oil is introduced into the recirculating solids and both are fed to the top of the reaction chamber. The reaction chamber includes an oil preheat zone having a temperature up to 1000*F., a reaction zone at a temperature of 1200*-1500*F. and a hydrogen preheat zone, also having a temperature of 1200*-1500*F. The solids are moved through the chamber so that the oil is gradually heated to the reaction temperature over a period of at least ten minutes to inhibit the formation of a coke residue. A hydrogen rich gas, containing hydrogen in excess of stoichiometric amounts, is passed upwardly in the reaction chamber and countercurrent to the heavy oil and solids passing downwardly therethrough. A hydrogenation reaction is promoted in the reaction chamber between the oil and hydrogen to produce a mixture which includes volatilized liquids, methane and hydrogen. The mixture is separated into a hydrogasifiable liquid fraction, hydrogen, and the high methane content synthetic pipeline gas. The hydrogen and the hydrogasifiable liquid fraction are circulated back to the reaction chamber, the hydrogen being used as at least a portion of the hydrogen rich gas reacting in the chamber and the hydrogasifiable liquid enters into the hydrogenation reaction.