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Effect of Fines Content on Fluidity of FCC Catalysts for Stable Operation of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit

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  • Sung Won Kim

    (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk 27469, Korea)

  • Chae Eun Yeo

    (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk 27469, Korea)

  • Do Yeon Lee

    (Greenhouse Gas Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 34129, Korea)

Abstract

Effect of fines content (weight % of particles with diameter less than 45 μm) on bed fluidity was determined to get a base for good fluidization quality in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit. The fines content in equilibrium FCC catalysts (Ecat) from commercial units were controlled by adding or removing the fines to simulate commercial situation. To get the fluidity values (U mb /U mf ) of seven different FCC catalysts (2 Ecats and 5 fresh catalysts) and their mixture, minimum fluidization velocity (U mf ) and minimum bubbling velocity (U mb ) were measured in a fluidized bed reactor (0.05 m ID). The fluidity decreased with loss of fines content and increased with increments of makeup of fresh catalysts or additive with the controlled fines content. The fluidities of catalysts increase with increases of normalized particle diameter variation by the fines addition. The obtained fluidities have been correlated with the fines contents and the catalyst and gas properties. The proposed correlation could guide to keep good catalyst fluidity in the FCC unit.

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  • Sung Won Kim & Chae Eun Yeo & Do Yeon Lee, 2019. "Effect of Fines Content on Fluidity of FCC Catalysts for Stable Operation of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:2:p:293-:d:198829
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    1. Batyr Orazbayev & Dinara Kozhakhmetova & Ryszard Wójtowicz & Janusz Krawczyk, 2020. "Modeling of a Catalytic Cracking in the Gasoline Production Installation with a Fuzzy Environment," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-13, September.

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