EP0529441B1 - Four de pyrolyse pour le craquage thermique d'hydrocarbures - Google Patents

Four de pyrolyse pour le craquage thermique d'hydrocarbures Download PDF

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EP0529441B1
EP0529441B1 EP92113909A EP92113909A EP0529441B1 EP 0529441 B1 EP0529441 B1 EP 0529441B1 EP 92113909 A EP92113909 A EP 92113909A EP 92113909 A EP92113909 A EP 92113909A EP 0529441 B1 EP0529441 B1 EP 0529441B1
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    • C10PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10GCRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G9/00Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
    • C10G9/14Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils in pipes or coils with or without auxiliary means, e.g. digesters, soaking drums, expansion means
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  • the invention relates to a pyrolysis furnace for the thermal splitting of hydrocarbons with a radiation zone, burners and cracking tubes installed therein, the cracking tubes in the radiation zone consisting of parallel, vertically extending straight pipe sections and connecting pipe elbows located in the lower region of the radiation zone, at least in each case Four canned tubes are combined into groups arranged in the same way in the radiation zone, the canned tubes of a group in the lower and upper region of the radiation zone being combined in an outlet tube via tube collecting pieces, the straight tube pieces and the tube collecting pieces of the individual groups being single-row in the transverse direction of the pyrolysis furnace, ie are arranged in one plane.
  • the thermal cracking of hydrocarbons usually takes place in pyrolysis furnaces.
  • a conventional pyrolysis furnace has a radiation zone heated by burners.
  • the thermal splitting of the hydrocarbons is carried out in canned tubes in the radiation zone.
  • the splitting of the hydrocarbons can be facilitated in that the hydrocarbons are preheated in a convection zone of the pyrolysis furnace before being introduced into the radiation zone.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of the arrangement of the can in the radiation zone of such a pyrolysis furnace.
  • 16 canned tubes are grouped into groups A, B and C.
  • the areas of the individual groups are indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • the hydrocarbons to be split are fed into the split tubes in the radiation zone from above in the direction of the arrow.
  • the canned pipes run parallel and straight (Z direction) to the lower area of the radiation zone, where two canned pipes are combined via a pipe collecting piece. Pipe bends are connected to the resulting eight canned pipes in the group.
  • Straight, parallel and vertical pipe sections arranged in the Z direction lead from the pipe elbows to the upper region of the radiation zone. There, four pipe sections are combined in pipe collectors to form two canned pipes. These two canned tubes are brought together in a further tube collecting piece to form the outlet tube of the respective group.
  • the split hydrocarbons are passed through the three outlet tubes of the groups from the radiation zone of the pyrolysis furnace.
  • the straight pipe sections and the pipe collecting sections of the individual groups are arranged in a single row. They are all on the same level (X / Z level). Only the pipe elbows in the lower area of the radiation zone have projections and protrude from this level.
  • the can is usually suspended in the radiation zone of the pyrolysis furnace. Length extensions caused by temperature changes make it necessary to hang up the can. However, the mechanical loading of the canned tubes is considerable in this case due to their own weight. For this reason, voltage overruns occur especially in the elbows, especially at high temperatures.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of disclosing a pyrolysis furnace of the type mentioned at the outset which in a simple manner prevents excess voltages in the can.
  • the arrangement of the canned tubes in the pyrolysis furnace according to the invention requires that the straight pipe sections through which the two halves of a group flow from top to bottom surround the pipe sections through which the bottom flows upwards laterally in the plane of arrangement of the canned pipes in the radiation zone.
  • the radius of curvature of the elbows is considerably reduced, as a result of which the stresses that occur are substantially reduced.
  • the projections of the pipe elbows are also smaller, ie the pipe elbows protrude considerably less from the arrangement level of the can. This also leads to a Reduction of the stress on the can.
  • the heat distribution over the can of the individual groups is also more uniform.
  • the canned tubes are staggered in steps before entering the radiation zone and a split gas cooler is located above each outlet tube of a group outside the radiation zone in a straight extension of the outlet tubes.
  • the canned tubes are guided around the cracked gas cooler in one step (two 90 ° bends) before entering the radiation zone. This enables a particularly advantageous vertical arrangement of the cracked gas coolers.
  • the canned tubes prefferably be combined into a canned tube with a comparatively enlarged diameter by means of tube collecting pieces. As a result, the pressure loss in the can is kept small.
  • FIG. 2 shows a canned tube arrangement of a pyrolysis furnace according to the invention, which illustrates the invention in a modification of the conventional canned tube arrangement from FIG. 1 according to the prior art.
  • three groups of canned tubes A, B and C are also shown.
  • the hydrocarbons to be split are shown in the direction of the arrow introduced into the pipes at the top.
  • the three groups of canned tubes are staggered (two 90 ° bends) around three cracked gas coolers (not shown) before they run into the radiation zone of the pyrolysis furnace.
  • the cracked gas coolers are located in the extension of the three outlet pipes (arrows pointing in the Z direction).
  • the dashed line symbolizes the upper end of the radiation zone of the pyrolysis furnace.
  • Straight, vertical (Z-direction) pipe sections of the canned tubes extend to the lower area of the radiation zone.
  • two canned tubes are combined to form a tube via a tube collecting piece.
  • the resulting eight canned tubes per group merge into eight elbows, four of which each have approximately the same direction of curvature. A certain deviation in the direction of curvature is caused by the protrusions of the elbows.
  • the arrangement of the pipe elbows enables the eight straight pipe sections of each group into which the pipe elbows flow to flow from the bottom to the top, lie in the plane of arrangement of the can between the straight pipe sections through which the pipe flows from top to bottom.
  • the straight pipe sections of the groups are in the arrangement level of the can (X / Z plane).
  • the eight straight pipe sections of each group through which flow flows from bottom to top, are first combined into two canned pipes via pipe collecting pieces and into an outlet pipe via another pipe collecting piece. Above the three outlet pipes are the cracked gas coolers, not shown, in a straight extension of the outlet pipes.

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  1. Four de pyrolyse pour le craquage thermique d'hydrocarbures comportant une zone de rayonnement et des brûleurs et des tubes de craquage installés dans cette zone, étant entendu que les tuhes de craquage dans la zone de rayonnement sont constitués de longueurs de tubes rectilignes, disposées parallèlement et s'étendant verticalement et de raccords coudés qui les relient et se trouvent dans la région inférieure de la zone de rayonnement, que les tubes de craquage sont rassemblés au moins par quatre, en des groupes disposés de manière homogène dans la zone de rayonnement, que les tubes de craquage d'un groupe, dans la région inférieure et la région supérieure de la zone de rayonnement, sont réunis via des longueurs de tubes collecteurs respectivement en un tube de sortie, et que les longueurs de tubes rectilignes et les longueurs de tubes collecteurs des groupes individuels sont disposées en une rangée, c'est-à-dire dans un plan, dans la direction transversale du four de pyrolyse, caractérisé en ce que les longueurs de tubes d'un groupe, à l'entrée de la zone de rayonnement, sont disposées pour une moitié à gauche et pour une moitié à droite du tube de sortie du groupe et que les raccords coudés d'une première moitié du groupe sont installés, orientés dans la direction opposée à celle des raccords coudés de la deuxième moitié du groupe.
  2. Four de pyrolyse suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les tubes de craquage, avant l'entrée dans la zone de rayonnement, sont agencés avec un décalage formant gradin et qu'un dispositif de refroidissement de gaz de craquage se trouve au-dessus de chaque tube de sortie d'un groupe, à l'extérieur de la zone de rayonnement, dans le prolongement en ligne droite des tubes d'évacuation.
  3. Four de pyrolyse suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que des tubes de craquage sont réunis via des longueurs de tubes collecteurs respectivement en un tube de craquage de diamètre relativement augmenté.
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