System for a heat balanced FCC forlight hydrocarbon feeds
View Patent ↗Catalyst regenerators and methods for using same. The regenerator can include a regenerator housing containing a dense phase catalyst bed for receiving a catalyst to be regenerated. A heater can be disposed in the regenerator and can have a fuel nozzle configured to eject a mixture of fuel and an oxygen-lean gas for combustion to supplement the heat to satisfy the reactor heat demand when a light feedstock cracked that may not provide sufficient coke formation on the catalyst to fully satisfy the reactor heat demand.
1. A catalyst regenerator, comprising:
a regenerator housing containing a dense phase catalyst bed configured to receive a catalyst to be regenerated, wherein the catalyst is at least partially covered with a carbonaceous coke that is combusted to provide a heated catalyst;
a heater disposed in the regenerator comprising:
a body having a first end and a second end;
a fuel nozzle disposed within the body and configured to eject a mixture of fuel and oxygen-lean gas; and
a plurality of windows defined near the first end of the body where a vaporized mixture of fuel and oxygen-lean gas exits the body into the dense phase catalyst bed.
2. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of perforations defined near the second end of the body and configured to draw in the heated catalyst to vaporize the mixture of fuel and oxygen-lean gas.
3. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , further comprising:
a standpipe portion and a plug Valve assembly for receiving the catalyst to be regenerated;
a centerwell receiving a lower end of the standpipe portion and defining an annulus around the lower end of the standpipe portion, wherein the plug valve assembly is configured to introduce the catalyst into the annulus;
a catalyst distributor communicably coupled to the annulus and configured to disperse the catalyst into the dense phase catalyst bed where the carbonaceous cope is combusted;
an air distributor disposed in the dense phase catalyst bed for introducing an oxidant into the dense phase catalyst bed; and
a catalyst discharge outlet in fluid communication with the dense phase catalyst bed.
4. The catalyst regenerator of claim 3 , wherein the oxidant is oxygen enriched air having an oxygen concentration greater than 21 wt %.
5. The catalyst regenerator of claim 3 , further comprising a torch oil nozzle disposed in the regenerator.
6. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , wherein the heater is disposed in the dense phase catalyst bed.
7. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , wherein the fuel comprises a fuel gas, torch oil, liquid oil, heavy cycle oil, light cycle oil, or diesel.
8. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , wherein the fuel comprises a product effluent gas derived from a fluid catalytic cracking unit,
9. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , wherein the oxygen-lean gas is steam.
10. The catalyst regenerator of claim 1 , wherein the body is disposed in an oxidative environment of the dense phase catalyst bed, and the body is configured to substantially isolate the mixture of fuel and oxygen-lean gas from the oxidative environment.