The document contains a list of typical process equipment used in reforming and catalyst regeneration sections of a refinery, including reactors, columns, vessels, furnaces, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors and blowers. It also provides comparisons of different reforming processes and their key parameters such as RON, reaction pressure, LHSV, H2/HC ratio, yield and cycle length. Finally, it summarizes the assessment of a recommended process/technology for criteria such as performance, reliability, safety, costs and flexibility.

1. List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Reactors and Columns)

2. List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Vessels) (Continued)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Other Equipment)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Tubular Furnaces)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Shell and Tube Coolers
/ Heat Exchangers)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Air Coolers)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Pumps)

3. List of Typical Process Equipment in Reforming Section (Compressors and
Blowers) (Continued)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Catalyst Regeneration Section (Electric
Heater)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Catalyst Regeneration Section (Reactors
and Columns)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Catalyst Regeneration Section (Vessels)
List of Typical Process Equipment in Catalyst Regeneration Section (Shell and
Tube Coolers/Heat Exchangers)

4. Comparison of Licensed-in CCR Process and Licensed-in Semi-Regeneration
Reforming Process
Option I Option II
Item for Comparison CCR Process Semi-Regeneration Reforming
Process
RON 102 95
WAIT/WABT ℃
520/495
505/480
Average Reaction Pressure, MPa 0.35 1.5
LHSV h-1
1.8
2.0
H2/HC mol/mol
2.5
6.0
C5+ Yield, wt% 88 85
H2 Purity, v% 92.0 85
Pure H2 Yield, wt% 3.3 2.7
Operation Cycle, month More than 24 months 12
Comparison of UOP’s Caclemax Process and IFP’s RegenC Process
Item UOP IFP
Cyclemax Regen C
1、Technical Features
⑴Process Parameters
Catalyst Model R-234 CR401
⑵Structural Features for
Reactors
Layout Superimposed Paralleled
Inlet Gas Flow Distribution Scallop shaped Round shaped
Gas/Solid Flow Direction Radial Radial
Inlet/Outlet Gas Flow Direction Fed from top and withdrawn from top Fed from top and withdrawn from
bottom
Catalyst Transfer between Reactors From top to down by gravity Lifted via lifter
⑶Catalyst Regeneration
Pressure, MPa(G) 0.25 (lower) 0.55 (higher)
Regeneration Method One continuous coke burning system Two continuous coke burning
systems in batch-wise
Gas/Solid Flow Direction Radial Countercurrent Flow Radial Concurrent Flow
Regenerator Structure Two layers of screens in inverted
trapziod structure
Two layer of screens in round
sleeve
OCr18Ni12Mo2Ti (suitable for high 1Cr18Ni9Ti (suitable for low
Regenerator Material moisture content and high
chlorinating
moisture content and low
agent environment) chlorinating agent environment)
Moisture in Regeneration 35000 (high moisture level imposes 2000 (low moisture level extends
Gas, ppm impact to catalyst service life) catalyst service life)
Tail Gas Flow Direction in
Chlorination Section
To coke burning section To caustic scrubbing section
⑷Regeneration Gas
Recycle System
Recycle Gas Transfer Power Hot Blower Cold State Compressor
Item UOP IFP
Regenerator – Heat Exchanger –
Recycle Flow Regenerator – Blower – Air Cooler –
Electric Heater - Regenerator
Air Cooler – Scrubber – Dryer –
Compressor – Heat Exchanger –
Electric Heater – Regenerator
⑸Catalyst Lift
Lift Method L-Valve Manifold Lifter
Lift Gas: Catalyst for Regeneration N2 N2
Regenerant H2 H2
⑹Locked Hopper
Location Below the Regenerator Above the Regenerator
Oper. Stream H2 N2
Function Locked hopper, which is controlled
via lock hopper controller, is served to
transfer regenerated catalyst into
regenerant lifter in batch-wise based
on the recycle volume required, and
pressure balance is served to control
catalyst flowing, no valves are
required.
Locked hopper is served to
transfer catalyst into the
regenerator, where both the top
and bottom special-purpose valves
are controlled based on the
setpoints of timer, and thus recycle
volume of catalyst for regeneration
is controlled.
⑺Catalyst Reduction
Location At the top of Reactor 1# Above Reactor 1#
Reduction Method Two-stage reduction One-stage reduction
Purity Requirements for Reduction H2 Reformer H2 can be used 99mol% H2 required
⑻Dust Elutriation
Oper. Stream N2 N2
Dust Collection System Number (set) 1 2
⑼Instruments/Control
Systems
In addition to one DCS system, an Catalyst regeneration control
Instruments/Control independent CRCS (catalyst
regeneration
program is incorporated into DCS
Systems control system) system is provided as system, and no other control
well. program is provided.
⑽Land Occupation Lower 2~3% higher
2、Commercialization
Number for CCR Units More Less
Ultra-Low Pressure CCR
Process
Commercialized in In 1996 In 1991
3、Project Engineering Rich Rich

5. Comparison of Items related to UOP Processes and IFP Process Licensing
S/N UOP Process IFP Process
1 License Fee and PDP Fee License Fee and PDP Fee
2 Reactor and Regenerator Internals Reactor and Regenerator Internals
3 Feed Heat Exchanger (Plate Heat
Exchanger)
Feed Heat Exchanger (Plate Heat Exchanger)
4 Booster Compressor Gas Coalescer ---
5 Electric Heater Electric Heater
6 --- H2 Purification System (Membrane Separation)
7 Regeneration Gas Air Cooler Air Dryer and Regeneration Gas Dryer
8 Regeneration Blower, Dust
Collection Blower and Lift Blower
Dust Collection Blower
9 Dedicated Ball Valve and Special
Control Valve for Catalyst Pipeline
Dedicated Ball Valve and Special Control Valve
for Catalyst Pipeline
10 On-line Analyzer and Radioactive
Level Meter
On-line Analyzer and Radioactive Level Meter
11 Catalyst Regeneration Control
System (CRCS), Distributed Control
System (DCS) and Emergency
Shutdown System (ESD)
Distributed Control System (DCS) and
Emergency Shutdown System (ESD)
Summary of Recommended Process/Technology Assessment
GBHE
S/N
Item Assessment
1 Cutting-edge performance
2 Operational Flexibility
3 Operational Reliability
4 Operation Safety
5 Economic Profit
6 Development Outlook
7 Technical Investment per Unit
Product
8 Total Investment per Unit Product
9 Product Quality
10 Improvement Margin for Product
Quality
11 Technical Performance for
Maintaining Product Quality
12 Flexibility to Raw
Materials/Feedstocks
13 Proper Design for Process Flow
14 Process Suitability to Cleaner
Production
15 Process Availability
16 Flexibility to Natural Conditions
17 Total Operation Cost
18 Product Competitiveness
19 Cost Reduction Possibility
20 Concerns and Improvements
Prior to
Modifications
After
Modifications
Units
Operation
Cycle Length days
EOR WAIT °F
H2:HC Ratio
Barrels per pound of catalyst BBL/lb
Separator Pressure psig
Regeneration
Carbon burn time Hours
Calculated Carbon on Catalyst Lbs
Average Cycle Feed Properties
Charge MBPD
Feed Gravity °API
Feed 95% °F
Feed N+3.5A LV%
Average Products and Yields
RONC
H2 Purity mole%
C5+ Yield LV%
H2 Yield SCFB

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