Inventors:
Ahmad Faegh - Houston TX, US
John C. Collins - Houston TX, US
Virendra Manral - Houston TX, US
Gary Reisen - Houston TX, US
Assignee:
CATALYTIC DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIES - Pasadena TX
International Classification:
C10G 9/00, C10B 55/00
Abstract:
A process and apparatus for improving the production of coke having a high volatile combustible material content are disclosed. The process may include, for example: heating a coker feedstock to a coking temperature to produce a heated coker feedstock; contacting the heated coker feedstock with a quench medium to reduce a temperature of the heated coker feedstock and produce a quenched feedstock; feeding the quenched feedstock to a coking drum; subjecting the quenched feedstock to thermal cracking in the coking drum to (a) crack a portion of the quenched feedstock to produce a cracked vapor product, and (b) produce a coke product having a volatile combustible material (VCM) concentration in the range from about 13% to about 50% by weight, as measured by ASTM D3175.