The invention relates to a settler-
free gas-
solid separation method and belongs to the technical field of
petrochemical engineering and
fluidization. The method is used for solving the problems of reaction that settlers undergo coking and excessive oil vapor thermal
cracking. The method comprises the processes of rapid gas-
solid separation, second-stage separation, dipleg
flutter valve
discharge and oil vapor lead-out and is characterized in that due to a settler-free design, closed rapid
cyclone separation is adopted to be mated with second-stage
cyclone separation, catalyst diversion facilities are arranged, the catalyst diversion facilities are connected with the rapid
cyclone separation and the second-stage separation, so as to form a closed
separation system, and a catalyst and oil vapor, which are discharged from second-stage
flutter valves, are closely guided to the closed
separation system. The method has the advantages that the coking of the settlers is eliminated; due to closed rapid cyclone separation, the gas-
solid separation efficiency reaches over 98%, and the
retention time of the oil vapor is shorter than 5 seconds, so that the reaction of excessive thermal
cracking of the oil vapor is obviously reduced, the yield of
dry gas is lowered, and the yield of products is increased; the discharging of diplegs is smooth, so that blow-by is avoided; the equipment maintenance is facilitated, and the equipment investment is greatly reduced. The invention further provides an external closed rapid cyclone separator, an external second-stage separator and external catalyst diversion equipment, which are used for implementing the method disclosed by the invention. The method and equipment are applied to devices for catalytic
cracking,
catalytic pyrolysis and the like.