FUELS TECHNOLOGIES

FCC
CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY New opportunities in FCC technology licensing!
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) is a high yield process that uses state-of-the-art catalyst formulations and hardware to upgrade heavy oil feeds into high-value products. ExxonMobil has been the industry leader in the invention, continuing research and development, and operation of FCC technology since the 1940s. ExxonMobils FCC technology portfolio, innovative research, and engineering supported by Kellogg Brown and Root, provides for custom-designed FCC technology solutions for refiners. Expect these advantages: Extensive technology portfolio available for improving refinery profitability - for both grassroots and retrofit projects Unsurpassed reliability and process performance A licensor with extensive operating experience ensures technology integrity The latest innovations through ongoing research and development FLEXICRACKING Unit
reactor
riser termination

ExxonMobil Grassroots Technology Options ExxonMobil can provide Short Contact Time (SCT) FCC solutions for grassroots applications. The Orthoflow and FLEXICRACKING IIIR FCC units provide superior yields, reliable operations, and unit flexibility for a widevariety of VGO and vacuum resid feedstocks.

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stripper reactor riser spent catalyst riser stripper cone spent catalyst standpipe throttling slide valve
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regenerated catalyst standpipe regenerated catalyst standpipe

slide valve spent catalyst j-bend

regenerated catalyst j-bend

ExxonMobil has experience in designing over seventy fluid catalytic cracking units worldwide - ranging in capacity from 3 kB/D to 140 kB/D. Expect these advantages: High-efficiency riser termination for improved product selectivity Efficient feed injection system to minimize gas and coke yields Designs to improve overall structural cost and access Efficient stripper design for improved solid / vapor contacting and reduced hydrocarbon carry-under Mechanical features for high reliability and reduced construction cost (such as cold wall and minimum expansion joints designs) Process control features for improved yields at lower operating costs Feed flexibility that can include resid processing Orthoflow Resid FCC Converter

closed cyclone system disengager external plenum staged stripper split feed quench regenerator spent catalyst distribution air distributor

atomizing feed injection

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dense phase catalyst cooler

catalyst plug valves

Operators Understand Performance Drivers ExxonMobil provides its licensees with FCC fluidization expertise, troubleshooting, operations support and training. Using advanced state-of-the-art process modeling capabilities, ExxonMobil can provide yield and product quality predictions, feedstock evaluations and catalyst selection support.

FCC Retrofit Technology Options

Reactor-side Technologies
Reactor-side Technologies are aimed at improving product selectivity through the reduction of coke and gas yields. These technologies offer increased operability and reliablity Cyclone Technologies provides excellent catalyst / vapor separation with minimal erosion. Stripper Technology reduces hydrocarbon carry-under at lower steam consumption and combustion air requirements than provided through conventional stripping technologies - all at a reduced cost.

Regenerator-side Technologies
Regenerator-side Technologies offer reliable, reduced operating cost regeneration options to minimize catalyst deactivation, limit NOx emissions, and provide flexibility for feedstock and catalyst changes. The integrated mechanical and process design minimizes thermal stresses and polythionic stress corrosion cracking. Wet Gas Scrubbing (WGS) Technology simultaneously controls FCC unit flue gas emission of SOx and particulates. The WGS system is commercially proven, reliable, and robust. Third Stage Separator (TSS) Technology achieves higher removal of small particles compared to other commercial third stage separator systems and can often meet particulate emission standards without an electrostatic precipitator or scrubber. Catalyst Cooler Technology provides additional regenerator cooling for higher concarbon / resid feedsocks.

Riser Termination / Short Contact Time (SCT) Technology provides optimal catalyst hydrocarbon contacting and separation. Feed Injector Technology increases the yield of high-value products through superior feed atomization and droplet distribution, plus improved riser temperature profiles and coke and gas selectivity benefits.

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Feed Injection Zone Technology evenly distributes catalyst across the riser prior to contacting feed, thus controlling backmixing

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Distributor Technology improves regenerator operability, resulting in low carbon on regenerated catalyst and afterburn control.

To learn more about these FCC technologies, contact:

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company Technology Sales and Licensing 3225 Gallows Road Fairfax, Virginia 22037-0001 phone (703) 846-2568; fax (703) 846-2725 www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies

Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. 601 Jefferson Avenue, PO Box 3 Houston, TX 77210-0003 USA email: refining@kbr.com www.kbr.com