A perforated plate distributor evens catalyst flow in a counter-current reactor, improving contact time control and light olefins yield.
Lower regenerator temperatures and intermediate-pore zeolites help low-coke cracking feeds boost aromatics and naphtha octane without energy imbalance.
Small-pore zeolite pyrolysis converts waste-derived feedstocks to ethylene and propylene while suppressing aromatics and easing purification.
Converting light naphtha paraffins into naphthenes before FCC improves reactivity and raises light olefin and gasoline blendstock yield.
Coupled naphtha-methanol aromatization uses cascade reactions and in-situ heat to raise p-xylene selectivity while cutting reforming energy use.
Magnetic induction heats a susceptor-based catalytic cracker to convert crude-derived distillate into light olefins and BTX with lower energy use and coke.
Natural oils are converted through selective cracking, hydroisomerization, and adsorption to make low-carbon mono-methyl alkylbenzenes with 90-92% linearity.
Controlled aging and hydroxyl regulation create mesoporous pseudo-boehmite that improves heavy oil diffusion, lowers coke yield, and preserves catalyst strength.
Reducing water in zeolite crystallization raises solids loading, adds mesoporosity, and cuts energy use in FCC catalyst production.
A dividing wall column creates aromatics-free light naphtha for FCC olefin production while cutting energy use, footprint, and fractionation complexity.
Using oxygen firing and flue gas recycle, this FCC regenerator raises CO2 concentration and cuts capture energy by reducing nitrogen dilution.
A cooled renewable oil feed line keeps pyrolysis oil below 100°C before FCC entry, reducing polymerization, coking, and plugging.
A neural network predicts FCC volume gain from feed and product volumes, then adjusts reactor severity to raise yield within operating constraints.
X-zeolite and 5A adsorbent beds strip oxygenates, aromatics, and other poisons from renewable paraffins before dehydrogenation.
Splitting spent catalyst into bypass and adsorption streams cuts halogen-containing vent gas while maintaining regeneration throughput.
A high-ZSM-5 FCC catalyst in a single riser boosts light olefins and aromatic gasoline while improving hydrogen distribution.
Internal nozzles jet a fluidizing agent into spent catalyst in lateral FCC conduits to prevent settling, preserve pressure drop, and sustain circulation.
Injecting biomass-derived pyrolysis oil into the FCC regenerator burns with coke to raise regenerator temperature and preserve product sulfur quality.
Metal-modified HZSM-5 in staged aromatization reactors converts naphtha and light alkanes into aromatics with higher para-xylene content and lower energy use.