The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) which contains a combination of a FCC catalyst component and an additive component with certain physical properties attributed therein. The present invention is also directed to provide methods for the preparation of the catalyst composition for FCC. The admixture of the FCC catalyst component and additive component is used in cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock containing hydrocarbons of higher molecular weight and higher boiling point and/or olefin gasoline naphtha feedstock for producing lower yield of fuel gas without affecting the conversion and yield of general cracking products such as gasoline, propylene and C.sub.4 olefins.

The invention includes an additive for maximizing production of olefins. The additive comprises a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, at least one inorganic oxide, and phosphorus oxide. The ZSM-5 molecular sieve has iron in the framework, and the additive comprises at least 0.5 weight percent iron, as measured as iron oxide, in the molecular sieve framework. The additive is useful for maximizing production of olefins in a FCC process.

Provided are zeolite catalysts that allow reactions to proceed at temperatures as low as possible when lower olefins are produced from hydrocarbon feedstocks with low boiling points such as light naphtha, make it possible to make propylene yield higher than ethylene yield in the production of lower olefins, and have long lifetime. The zeolite catalysts are used in the production of lower olefins from hydrocarbon feedstocks with low boiling points such as light naphtha. The zeolite catalysts are MFI-type crystalline aluminosilicates containing iron atoms and have molar ratios of iron atoms to total moles of iron atoms and aluminum atoms in the range from 0.4 to 0.7. The use of the zeolite catalysts make it possible to increase propylene yield, to lower reaction temperatures, and to extend catalyst lifetime.

Methods use a catalytic composition built up from a ceramic material including a catalytic material and a first inorganic binder and a second inorganic binder and a catalytic structure made thereof. Preferably, the structure is made by a colloidal ceramic shaping technique. The structure is used for catalytic or ion exchange applications. The catalytic structures have excellent mechanical, physicochemical and catalytic properties.

A process for treating effluent streams in a naphtha complex is described. One or more of the sour water stripping unit for the NHT sour water from the NHT, the amine treatment unit and the caustic treatment unit for the NHT stripper off-gas, the caustic scrubber unit or other chloride treatment unit for the off-gas from the C.sub.5-C.sub.6 isomerization zone and the C.sub.4 isomerization zone, and the caustic scrubber unit or other chloride treatment unit for the regenerator off-gas are replaced with a thermal oxidation system.

An apparatus for producing ethylene includes: a reactor; a first separation column, connected to the reactor; a second separation column, the upper part of the second separation column being connected to the bottom of the first separation column, and the top of the second separation column being connected to the lower part of the first separation column; a first condenser, an inlet of the first condenser being connected to the top of the first separation column, and an outlet of the first condenser being connected to the upper part of the first separation column; and a third separation column, used for receiving a second part of a first condensate from the condenser and separating the received part. A method for producing ethylene using the aforementioned apparatus is also described.

The present invention provides a pyrolysis tube for manufacturing olefin which tube can improve a yield of olefin in a pyrolysis reaction of a hydrocarbon raw material. The pyrolysis tube (1A) for manufacturing olefin includes a tubular base material (2) made of a heat resistant metal material and a dehydrogenating catalyst (4A) which is supported on an inner surface of the tubular base material (2).

Processes and apparatuses for the production of olefins are provided. In an embodiment, a process for production of a process is provided for increasing light olefin yield comprising passing a hydrocarbon feedstream comprising paraffins, naphthenes and aromatic hydrocarbons to a catalytic reforming unit. The hydrocarbon feedstream is contacted with a reforming catalyst under mild reforming conditions suitable for converting naphthenes into aromatics while minimizing conversion of the paraffins, to provide a reforming effluent stream. The reforming effluent stream is passed to a solvent extraction unit to provide an overhead stream comprising predominantly paraffins and a bottoms stream comprising predominantly aromatics. Finally, the overhead stream is passed to a cracking unit to provide a product stream comprising the light olefins.

The Invention discloses a method for improving the quality of oil products and increasing the yield of low-carbon olefins by catalytic cracking of bio-oil, which takes bio-oil or mixed oil of bio-oil and hydrocarbon oil as raw oil for catalytic cracking reaction. With this method, the octane number of the gasoline in product is obviously increased, simultaneously, the content of propylene and other low-carbon olefins in product is also improved.

A method for catalytic cracking of naphtha is provided. Naphtha is catalytically cracked under the action of a catalyst. The catalyst includes aluminosilicate, alkali metal oxide, alkaline earth metal oxide, TiO.sub.2, iron oxide, vanadium oxide and nickel oxide. On the other hand, a rapid separation component is arranged in a disengager of a catalytic cracking reaction device, so that a transport disengaging height is greatly reduced without changing a gas flow and a diameter of the disengager. In addition, the separation efficiency of oil gas and the catalyst is improved.