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Method and device for steam cracking comprising the injection of particles upstream of a secondary quenching exchanger

US6183626A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1999
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G9/16
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A steam-cracking process includes the injection, at at least one point upstream from a secondary quenching indirect exchanger (4b), of particles with a mean size of between 0.02 and 4 mm, at a velocity speed in the exchanger of 20 to 180 m/s, in sufficient quantity to limit the rise in the output temperature of the effluents from the exchanger to a value that is less than 100.degree. C. per month. At least 70% by weight of the quantity of injected particles is introduced downstream from primary quenching exchangers (4a) and upstream from the inlet to the secondary quenching exchanger. At intervals, decoking of the pyrolysis pipes and primary quenching exchangers is carried out in the presence of air.

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