A method for removing gas contaminants from flowing solids in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process can include: catalytically cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of a catalyst in a riser of a FCC unit to produce a hydrocarbon product; separating the hydrocarbon product from a spent catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon product stream; regenerating the spent catalyst in a regeneration gas comprising oxygen to produce a mixture comprising a regenerated catalyst and a gas contaminant at a first concentration; introducing a stripping gas and the mixture into a regenerated catalyst stripper to produce a regenerated catalyst stream comprising the regenerated catalyst, the stripping gas, and a gas contaminant at a second concentration that is reduced by 50% or greater as compared to the first concentration; and introducing the regenerated catalyst stream to the riser.

The invention relates to a process and system for the continuous polymerization of one or more -olefin monomers comprising the steps of: (a) withdrawing fluids from a reactor (b) cooling fluids comprising the withdrawn fluids with a cooling unit (c) introducing the cooled fluids to a separator to separate at least part of the liquid from these fluids to form a liquid phase and a gas/liquid phase (d) introducing the gas/liquid phase below to the reactor below a distribution plate (e) introducing the liquid phase to a settling tank to separate liquid from fines that settle down in the settling tank (f) introducing liquid from the settling tank up stream of the cooling unit.

A device and method for loading pellets. A funnel includes a means for loading pellets into a reactor tube, and a means for quickly and easily measuring the elevation of pellets in the reactor tube while the reactor tube is being loaded. A vacuum-assist device may be used to pick up and transfer a desired volume of porous pellets while removing dust from the porous pellets.

Device for metering powder, in particular in clean-rooms, which includes a vessel containing powder and a sealing head with a septum for the vessel, wherein the sealing head is connectable powder-tight with the vessel and the septum powder-tight with the sealing head and the device further includes a vessel holder, which serves to hold the sealing head of the vessel, and the vessel with its opening points downwards, so that the powder can flow out of the vessel, wherein a gap is provided between the sealing head and a holding bowl of the vessel holder, in which a gas flow between the holding bowl and the sealing head can be created. The invention also relates to a use of the device and a metered addition method.

The present invention relates to a three-phase reactor for the reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with hydrogen and to a hydroconversion process, for example of H-Oil type, employing it, comprising a chamber with an upper end and a gas/liquid separation device comprising: a recycle cup, above the catalytic reaction zone and delimiting, with the upper end, a recycle zone, comprising a cylindrical upper part extended by a lower part of decreasing section and of variable angle of inclination, provided with vertical pipes for the passage of a gas/liquid mixture originating from a catalytic reaction zone, and having a fixed angle of inclination of between 50 and 85 with respect to the axis of the cylindrical part, a pipe for recycle of the liquid at the apex of the lower part, in fluidic communication with the lower end of the chamber by recirculation means.

Processes and systems for the conversion of hydrocarbons herein may include separating an effluent from a moving bed reactor, the effluent including reaction product, first particulate catalyst, and second particulate catalyst. The separating may recover a first stream including the reaction product and first particulate catalyst and a second stream including second particulate catalyst. The second stream may be admixed with a regenerated catalyst stream including both first and second particulate catalyst at an elevated temperature. The admixing may produce a mixed catalyst at a relatively uniform temperature less than the elevated regenerated catalyst temperature, where the temperature is more advantageous for contacting light naphtha and heavy naphtha within the moving bed reactor to produce the effluent including the reaction product, the first particulate catalyst, and the second particulate catalyst.

A turbulent fluidized-bed reactor, device and method for preparing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons from oxygen-containing compounds. The device includes the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor and a fluidized-bed regenerator for regenerating a catalyst. The method includes: a) feeding a raw material containing the oxygen-containing compounds from n reactor feed distributors to a reaction zone of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor, and contacting the raw material with a catalyst, to generate a stream containing target product and a spent catalyst containing carbon; b) sending the stream discharged into a product separation system, obtaining propylene, C4 hydrocarbons, light fractions and the like after separation, returning 70 wt. % or more of the light fractions to the reaction zone of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor from the reactor feed distributor, and reacting ethylene and the oxygen-containing compounds to perform an alkylation reaction in presence of the catalyst, to produce products of propylene and the like.

A device and method for loading pellets. A funnel includes a means for loading pellets into a reactor tube, and a means for quickly and easily measuring the elevation of pellets in the reactor tube while the reactor tube is being loaded. A vacuum-assist device may be used to pick up and transfer a desired volume of porous pellets while removing dust from the porous pellets.

A process to react an oxygen containing regenerated catalyst stream prior to use in a fluidized bed reactor comprising providing a regenerated catalyst stream which comprises at least 0.001 wt % oxygen; reacting the regenerated catalyst stream with a fuel source thereby forming oxides and reducing the amount of oxygen in the regenerated catalyst stream to produce a usable regenerated catalyst stream; and injecting the usable regenerated catalyst stream into a hydrocarbon fluidized bed reactor is provided.

The disclosure is directed to the use of an upflow reactor for producing a dihydroxy compound, to a method for producing a dihydroxy compound, and to a method for manufacturing polycarbonate. The upflow reactor for producing a dihydroxy compound of the disclosure comprises: a vessel; a catalyst bed disposed in said vessel; a distributor in fluid communication with an inlet through which reactants are introduced to said distributor, said distributor being disposed at a lower end of said vessel and comprising distributor perforation(s) disposed in said distributor, at least part of which distributor perforations are in a direction facing away from said catalyst bed; and a collector through which said product dihydroxy compound is removed, said collector being disposed at an upper end of said vessel.