Baffles for improving riser hydrodynamics
US8877132B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G11/18
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Fluid catalytic cracking units having risers with improved hydrodynamics through the use of baffles are described. The baffles break up the high concentration of catalyst in the slower moving outer annulus and redistribute it into the faster moving, more dilute center of the riser flow.
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