Abstract:
Removing sulfur oxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide in a flue gas stream by combusting fuel in the combustor with a reduced amount of oxygen to convert all sulfur-containing species in the flue gas stream to sulfur oxide, and to partially convert carbon monoxide therein to carbon dioxide, thus forming a sulfur oxide enriched gas stream having between at least about 500 ppm carbon monoxide and a consequential reduced amount of nitrogen oxide. The sulfur oxide enriched gas stream is contacted with a solid adsorbent bed for adsorbing the sulfur oxides in the form of inorganic sulfates and/or sulfur oxides. The solid adsorbent contains a catalytic oxidation promoter for oxidizing the carbon monoxide gas stream to carbon dioxide, thus forming a sulfur oxide and carbon monoxide depleted stream with the consequential reduced amount of nitrogen oxide for disposal. The adsorbent bed is then contacted with a reducing gas stream for regenerating the adsorbent bed to form a hydrogen sulfide and/or sulfur dioxide bearing stream.
Abstract:
Catalytically cracked naphthas containing C.sub.9 + hydrocarbons are hydrocracked over a crystalline zeolite, typically, mildly steamed zeolite beta then subjected to reforming to achieve a gasoline product of reduced end boiling range and higher octane than the feed. A hydrogen stream from the reformer which contains a catalytic promoter, such as chlorine, is separated into a first stream and a second stream. The first stream is treated over a solid sorbent to remove the promoter and recycled promoter to the hydrocracking step while the untreated second hydrogen stream which contains promoter is recycled to the reformer.
Abstract:
A sulfur-containing catalytically cracked naphtha is upgraded to form a low-sulfur gasoline product by a process which retains the octane contribution from the olefinic front end of the naphtha. Initially, the mercaptan sulfur in the front end of the cracked naphtha is converted to higher boiling disulfides by oxidation. The front end, which is then essentially an olefinic, high octane sulfur-free material, may be blended directly into the gasoline pool. The back end, which now contains the original higher boiling sulfur components such as thiophenes, together with the sulfur transferred from the front end as disulfides, is hydrotreated to produce a desulfurized product. This desulfurized product, which has undergone a loss in octane by saturation of olefins, is then treated in a second stage, by contact with a catalyst of acidic functionality, preferably a zeolite such as ZSM-5, under conditions which produce a product in the gasoline boiling range of higher octane value. Because this second product may contain combined organic sulfur, it may be subjected to a final desulfurization to reduce organic sulfur to acceptable levels.
Abstract:
A refinery derived spent caustic is recycled by introducing the spent caustic to a delayed coking drum while conducting delayed coking of a hydrocarbon feedstock. The alkali metal containing material accelerates coking, induces production of shot coke, alleviates the problem of a hot drum and reduces drum cooling time.
Abstract:
At least one olefin and at least one isoparaffin are converted to a diesel fuel blending component by contacting the olefin and the isoparaffin with a catalyst selected from MCM-22, MCM-36, MCM-49, and MCM-56 to provide a product containing a diesel fuel.
Abstract:
A fluidized catalytic cracking process and apparatus with an active bed annular spent catalyst stripper is disclosed. An annular catalyst stripper disposed about a riser reactor is separated, by a baffle or fluid flow, into a secondary stripper nearer the catalyst regenerator and a primary stripper on the far side of the annular stripper from the regenerator. Catalyst flows through the primary stripper as a dense bed, to a transport means which lifts catalyst to the inlet of the secondary stripper. The "dead" region on side of annular strippers far from the regenerator is eliminated. Preferably catalyst is added to the primary stripper via cyclone diplegs, and a cyclone is used on the transport outlet.
Abstract:
A catalytic cracking process operates with enhanced stripper efficiency by subjecting spent catalyst to microwave radiation before catalyst regeneration. Preferably the microwave frequency is one which ignores the catalytic cracking catalyst and preferentially excites the hydrocarbon or coke on the spent catalyst, the stripping steam conventionally used, or both the stripping steam and the hydrocarbonaceous coke. In preferred embodiments, microwave frequencies are used which are selective for various impurities in the coke, such as sulfur and/or nitrogen impurities. Additives, such as ferrous materials, may be added to augment the efficiency of desulfurization during stripping. The process is applicable to fluidized catalytic cracking and moving bed catalytic cracking units.
Abstract:
There is provided a process for the catalytic production of hydrogen from the reaction of hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide with the elimination of the carbonyl sulfide and/or sulfur dioxide by-products. The carbonyl sulfide and the sulfur dioxide are combusted or reacted in one or more reaction steps with each other, oxygen and/or hydrogen sulfide to produce carbon dioxide, water, sulfur or sulfuric acid or a combination of these.
Abstract:
A multi-bed process of removing sulfur oxides and/or other combustible sulfur-containing compounds from a gas stream including combusting the other combustible sulfur-compounds when present in the gas stream with air or oxygen to convert such sulfur-containing compounds to sulfur oxide and form a sulfur oxide enriched gas stream. The sulfur oxide enriched gas stream is contacted with first and second serially connected solid adsorbent beds for adsorbing the sulfur oxides in the form of inorganic sulfates and/or sulfur oxides. A third adsorbent bed is contacted with a reducing gas stream to regenerate the bed by reducing the retained inorganic sulfates and/or sulfur oxides to hydrogen sulfide and/or sulfur dioxide, to thereby form a hydrogen sulfide and/or sulfur dioxide bearing stream. The feeds to each of the beds are realigned to place the second and third beds in series with the sulfur oxide and/or sulfur dioxide enriched stream being fed to the second bed and to place the first bed in a regenerative mode. Thereafter, the foregoing steps are repeated whereby each of the three beds are sequentially placed in an initial bed mode in the series, a regenerative mode, and a second bed mode in the series.
Abstract:
Oxides of nitrogen (NO.sub.x) emissions from an FCC regenerator are reduced by forcing the regenerator to operate between full and partial CO burn mode. Operating with less than 1 mole % O2 and up to 1 or 2% CO in the flue gas creates conditions which oxidize nitrogen compounds in coke on spent catalyst to NOx, and simultaneously convert NOx in the regenerator to nitrogen. A downstream CO boiler can burn this low CO flue gas without producing large amounts of NOx. Most NOx emissions can be eliminated. An apparatus, with the regenerator air:coke ratio controlled by both CO and O2 analyzers monitoring regenerator flue gas, is also disclosed.