Abstract:
Hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon charge stocks which contain sulfur and various metals is performed using two moving-bed reactors connected in series; intermittently fresh catalyst is added to and used catalyst is removed from the second reactor, the used catalyst is regenerated and charged to the first reactor for use in metals removal and initial hydrotreating of the charge stock.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
A startup method for moving-bed reactors used in hydrocarbon conversion processes wherein the reactor is brought on-stream at full capacity while it contains less than a full loading of catalyst, and quantities of catalyst are intermittently added to the reactor while the hydrocarbons are being processed. Catalyst removal is then begun at a rate lower than the rate of catalyst addition and adjusted when the catalyst retention volume of the reactor becomes filled. The method is specifically adaptable to the hydrogenation of olefinic materials, the desulfurization of petroleum fractions and the production of liquid products from coal.
Abstract:
A CONTUNUOUS PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE CATALYTIC TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBON OILS WHEREIN AN OIL IS PASSED OVER A CATALYST BED WITHIN A REACTOR, THE BOTTOM OF WHICH CONTAINS A CATALYST DISCHARGE FUNNEL INCORPORATING A SCREEN FOR SEPARATING CATALYST AND OIL AT A POINT ABOVE THE EXIT OF THE FUNNEL, FRESH CATALYST BEING INTRODUCED AT THE TOP OF THE CATALYST BED AND SPENT CATALYST BEING WITHDRAWN AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF WHILE THE PROCESS IS OPERATING. THE CATALYST DISCHARGE FUNNEL PREFERABLY CONSISTS OF AT LEAST
TWO INVERTED CONICAL SECTIONS CONNECTED BY MEANS OF A CYLINDRICAL SCREEN SECTION.
Abstract:
A startup method for a moving-bed reactor used in a process for the hydrogenation of olefin-containing hydrocarbons. The reactor is brought on-stream at full capacity while it contains less than a full loading of catalyst, and quantities of catalyst are intermittently added to the reactor while the hydrocarbons are being processed. Catalyst removal is then begun at a rate lower than the rate of catalyst addition and adjusted when the catalyst retention volume of the reactor becomes filled.
Abstract:
FROM THE SECOND REACTOR, THE USED CATALYST IS REGENERATED AND CHARGED TO THE FIRST REACTOR FOR USE IN METALS REMOVAL AND INITIAL HYDROTREATING OF THE CHARGE STOCK.
HYDROPROCESSING OF HYDROCARBON CHARGE STOCKS WHICH CONTAIN SULFUR AND VARIOUS METALS IS PERFOMED USING TWO MOVING BED REACTORS CONNECTED IN SERIES; INTERMITTENTLY FRESH CATALYST IS ADDED TO AND USED CATALYST IS REMOVED
Abstract:
A multiple-stage catalytic conversion system in which a hydrocarbonaceous charge stock and hydrogen flow serially through a plurality of catalytic reaction zones in each of which the catalyst particles are movable via gravity-flow. The reaction product effluent from each zone, in admixture with added hydrogen is heated prior to the introduction thereof into the succeeding reaction zone. The proportions of added hydrogen (portions of a recycled hydrogen-rich phase) are such that (i) vapor density decreases, and, (ii) lateral pressure drop across the catalyst bed increases in the direction of reactant stream flow through the plurality of reaction zones. The disclosed technique alleviates problems associated with the occurrence of stagnant catalyst areas as a result of catalyst particles being "pinned" within the reaction zone and thus unable to assume a downward gravity-flow pattern. In addition, the technique allows utilization of excess heater capacities before and between reaction zones.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for catalytic hydrotreating of a heavy hydrocarbon oil and a light hydrocarbon oil in separate reactors, wherein the hydrotreating catalyst is circulated through both reactors. The process is particularly suited to obtaining long catalyst life when operating at low hydrogen pressures.
Abstract:
A novel liquid-particulate solid or liquid-gas-particulate solid contacting method which comprises causing a liquid and a particulate solid or a liquid, a gas and a particulate solid which have contacted each other in a contact zone while ascending through the contact zone in substantial motion to overflow into an overflow zone, allowing the particulate solid to freely drop through a precipitation zone in succession to the overflow zone and recycling the particulate solid to below the contact zone.