Abstract:
Catalyst is transferred to and from a relatively high pressure moving-bed reactor through pressurized, liquid filled lock hoppers. A vertically segmented lock hopper is first filled with liquid and then raised to the pressure of the reactor and communicated with the reactor to allow equal portions of catalyst to slowly settle into each section of the lock hopper. Rapidly flowing liquid is then passed into the reactor to prevent catalyst from passing from the reactor while the lock hopper is emptied. The transfer method is used on reactors processing a heavy residual oil and the lock hoppers are pressurized with a lighter oil. Advantages include gentle catalyst transfer, ease of lock hopper pressurization and partial washing of the withdrawn catalyst.
Abstract:
1,156,749. Ion-exchange. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE and SOC. GRENOBLOISE D'ETUDES & D'APPLI-CATIONS (HYDRAULIQUES SOGREAH. 18 May, 1967 [20 May, 1966], No. 23203/67. Heading B1J. Liquids to be treated by ion-exchange are admitted to a bed at 2 and are discharged from the sand embedded strainer 3. At the end of a period of treatment an injection of driving fluid at 11 forces the exchange up the column discharging solid at 12 and fluid at 14. The column is replenished from reservoir 9 and when the removal of resin stops a suitable state of equilibrium is reached in the chamber 8. The process of treatment is then repeated.
Abstract:
Supported chromium catalysts containing a solid oxide and 0.1 to 15 wt. % chromium, in which the solid oxide or the supported chromium catalyst has a particle size span from 0.5 to 1.4, less than 3 wt. % has a particle size greater than 100 μm, and less than 10 wt. % has a particle size less than 10 μm, can be contacted with an olefin monomer in a loop slurry reactor to produce an olefin polymer. Representative ethylene-based polymers produced using the chromium catalysts have a HLMI of 4 to 70 g/10 min, a density from 0.93 to 0.96 g/cm3, from 150 to 680 ppm solid oxide (such as silica), from 1.5 to 6.8 ppm chromium, and a film gel count of less than 15 catalyst particle gels per ft2 of 25 micron thick film and/or a gel count of less than or equal to 50 catalyst particles of greater than 100 μm per five grams of the ethylene polymer.
Abstract:
A metal chloride generator is provided. The metal chloride generator is a metal chloride centrifugal reactor that can be operated under conditions sufficient to cause metal particles and chlorine in the generator to be brought into contact with one another and react using centrifugal force to form metal chloride. A process for manufacturing titanium dioxide that utilizes the metal chloride generator is also provided.
Abstract:
An apparatus of hydrocarbon fuel reactors separates and purifies carbon dioxide (CO2). Interconnected fluidized beds are applied in chemical-looping combustion. A multi-stage reduction reaction is processed with iron-based oxygen carriers. Three reduction stages using the iron-based oxygen carriers are accurately and completely controlled. Each of the three stages is separately processed in an individual space. Oxygen in the iron-based oxygen carriers can be fully released. High-purity CO2 is obtained. Hydrogen can be produced as an option. Horizontal connection of three reduction reactors is changed into vertical one. An oxidation reactor is further connected. Thus, the whole structure occupies less area and effectively uses vertical space. Not only small space is effectively used; but also high-volume capacity is obtained. Each of the reactors has better geometry flexibility. The tandem reactor in each layer has less geometric influence and limitation. Therefore, each of the reactors can be resized on its own.
Abstract:
One exemplary embodiment can include a slurry hydrocracking process. The process can include combining one or more hydrocarbons and a slurry hydrocracking catalyst as a feed to a slurry hydrocracking reaction zone, fractionating an effluent from the slurry hydrocracking reaction zone, separating the pitch from at least a portion of the slurry hydrocracking catalyst, and recycling the suspension to the slurry hydrocracking reaction zone. The slurry hydrocracking catalyst may include a support. Fractionating the effluent may provide a light vacuum gas oil, a heavy vacuum gas oil, and a mixture comprising a pitch and the slurry hydrocracking catalyst. Generally, the separated slurry hydrocracking catalyst is comprised in a suspension.