The present disclosure provides a method of operating a
dehydrogenation reactor requiring
vacuum pressure during the
dehydrogenation reaction, the method including feeding a
hydrocarbon to a reactor comprising a catalyst
bed and configured to dehydrogenate the
hydrocarbon under
vacuum pressure; purging the reactor to remove remaining
hydrocarbon; regenerating the catalyst
bed with air from a regeneration air source; and evacuating the reactor to induce
vacuum pressure, wherein the evacuating comprises passing a motive gas through a reactor evacuation ejector in fluid connection with the reactor, wherein the motive gas is
nitrogen or air in the absence of steam. A
system for
dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon is also provided, which includes a dehydrogenation reactor and a reactor evacuation ejector in fluid communication with the dehydrogenation reactor and a motive gas source, wherein the motive gas is
nitrogen or air in the absence of steam.