Segmented cooling with a wet-wall heat exchanger prevents tar fouling while recovering high-pressure steam from heavy hydrocarbon feeds.
Eliminating drum quenching and hydraulic decoking procedures reduces thermal stress on coking drums while increasing throughput and liquid product yields.
A mixing chamber in the reactor riser lower section blends carbonized and regenerated catalyst streams to ensure homogeneous temperature distribution.
Directly quenches steam-cracked gas with evaporated crude oil residue, eliminating aging quenching oil circuits and boosting high-value product yield.
Aromatization and isomerization upgrade low-octane Fischer-Tropsch naphtha, resolving the contradiction between fuel quality and processing complexity.
Solvent deasphalting removes coke precursors before thermal cracking, resolving the contradiction between high conversion rates and equipment fouling.
Dynamic heat exchanger area adjustment in cracking furnace convection zones maintains optimal flue gas temperature across varying feed states.
Sorbent adsorption removes methanol from steam cracker effluent to maintain continuous pyrolysis operation.
Optimize steam to hydrocarbon ratio using a numerical model to reduce chlorine content and lower production costs.
Porous ceramic packing in pyrolysis coils reduces coke deposition rates by preventing adhesion, extending operational run lengths between shutdowns.
Segments contaminant removal via solid adsorbents before thermal cracking, reducing sulfur and metal content in the final coke product.
Segregated separation section in dual riser FCC systems directs effluent to reduce capital costs while maintaining high propylene yield.
Calcium naphthenate additives mediate vacuum residue and plastic co-processing, reducing wall coke deposits while increasing distillate volume.
Segmented convection heat exchangers with independent fluid sources manage steam temperatures to prevent coking and protect mechanical reliability.
Alkylating isobutane with butene using a chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst yields middle distillates meeting Jet A-1 specifications.
A supercritical water process upgrades vacuum gas oil to improve diesel cold flow properties without external hydrogen.
An electrical heating reactor treats hydrocarbon streams via Joule heating, reducing coke formation and CO2 emissions by eliminating combustion.
Segmented heat exchangers cool pyrolysis effluent to condense tar, preventing fouling that plagues conventional cooling methods.
Alternating circular and elliptical tube segments create periodic flow disturbances that enhance heat transfer while limiting pressure losses.
Mixing pitch with a hydrogen-donating utility fluid diluent reduces high molecular weight concentration, preventing fouling in hydroprocessing units.
Integrated debutanizer column separates naphtha cuts while recycling light naphtha to the primary absorber.