WO2005105957A1 - Procede permettant de reorganiser des reformeurs catalytiques a lit fixe - Google Patents

Procede permettant de reorganiser des reformeurs catalytiques a lit fixe Download PDF

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WO2005105957A1
WO2005105957A1 PCT/US2005/013458 US2005013458W WO2005105957A1 WO 2005105957 A1 WO2005105957 A1 WO 2005105957A1 US 2005013458 W US2005013458 W US 2005013458W WO 2005105957 A1 WO2005105957 A1 WO 2005105957A1
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Kenneth R. Graziani
Larry Lee Iaccino
Tomas R. Melli
Greg A Marshall
John Harland Thurtell
Brian D Fojtasek
Bozena Fiutowska
John Werner Viets
Stuart S. Goldstein
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING 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
    • C10G35/00—Reforming naphtha
    • C10G35/04—Catalytic reforming
    • C10G35/10—Catalytic reforming with moving catalysts
    • C10G35/12—Catalytic reforming with moving catalysts according to the "moving-bed" method
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
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    • B01J8/08—Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes with moving particles
    • B01J8/12—Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes with moving particles moved by gravity in a downward flow
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING 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
    • C10G49/00—Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the presence of hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds, not provided for in a single one of groups C10G45/02, C10G45/32, C10G45/44, C10G45/58 or C10G47/00
    • C10G49/002—Apparatus for fixed bed hydrotreatment processes
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING 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
    • C10G59/00—Treatment of naphtha by two or more reforming processes only or by at least one reforming process and at least one process which does not substantially change the boiling range of the naphtha
    • C10G59/02—Treatment of naphtha by two or more reforming processes only or by at least one reforming process and at least one process which does not substantially change the boiling range of the naphtha plural serial stages only

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  • the invention relates generally to catalytic reformers. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved method for converting or revamping high pressure, fixed-bed catalytic reformers to catalytic reformers with continuous, moving-bed reactors.
  • This application relates to a method of converting or revamping fixed bed catalytic reformers to moving bed reactor operation and, as such, is related to US 2004/0129605 Al, published July 8, 2004, which described a different conversion scheme.
  • Catalytic reforming is an established petroleum refinery process. It is used for improving the octane quality of hydrocarbon feeds.
  • reforming refers to the total effect of molecular changes on a hydrocarbon feed, produced by a number of reactions.
  • Typical reforming reactions include dehydrogenation of cyclohexanes, dehydroisomerization of alkylcyclopentanes, dehydrocyclization of paraffins and olefins, isomerization of substituted aromatics, and hydrocracking of paraffins.
  • Typical reforming catalysts are multifunctional catalysts having a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component dispersed on a porous, inorganic oxide support. The support may typically also contain an acid functionality needed to mediate the reforming reactions.
  • Reforming reactions are both endothermic and exothermic. Endothermic reactions are typically predominant in the early stages of reforming while exothermic reactions predominate in the later reaction stages although the process as a whole is markedly endothermic.
  • a reforming unit typically comprises a plurality of serially connected reactors with furnaces for supplying additional heat to the reaction stream as it passes from one reactor to the next in order to compensate for the heat taken up in the overall endothermic character of the process.
  • reforming processes have been operated as semi- regenerative or cyclic processes using fixed bed reactors or continuous processes such as UOP CCR PlatformingTM (Continuous Catalytic Regeneration PlatformingTM) using moving bed reactors.
  • US 5,190,639 uses two trains of fixed bed units feeding into a shared moving bed reactor with its own dedicated, fully integrated regenerator. Similar hybrid reforming units using combinations of fixed bed and moving bed reactors are described in NPRA Paper No. AM-96-50 "IFP Solutions for Revamping Catalytic Reforming Units" (1996 NPRA Annual Meeting, 17-19 March 1996). US 4,498,973 describes a moving bed reforming unit in which two moving bed reactor stacks share a common regenerator. UOP has recently announced its CycleXTM Process for increased hydrogen production from a fixed bed reforming unit by the addition of a circulating catalyst reactor as the final reactor in the reactor sequence.
  • This reactor is provided with its own heater and regenerator as an expansion of existing assets rather than as a substitution of them: NPRA Paper AM-03-93.
  • semiregenerative reforming the entire reforming process unit is operated by gradually and progressively increasing the temperature to compensate for deactivation of the catalyst caused by coke deposition, until finally the entire unit is shut-down for regeneration and reactivation of the catalyst which is carried out with the catalyst remaining in the reactor cases.
  • cyclic reforming the reactors are individually isolated by various piping arrangements. The catalyst is regenerated and then reactivated while the other reactors of the series remain on line. A "swing reactor” temporarily replaces the reactor which is removed from the series for regeneration and reactivation of the catalyst, which is then put back in the series.
  • the reactors are moving-bed reactors with continuous or intermittent addition and withdrawal of catalyst through which the catalyst moves progressively before it is passed to a regeneration zone for regeneration and rejuvenation before being returned once again to the reactor.
  • the regenerator In the regenerator, at least a portion of the deposited coke is burned off and the regenerated catalyst is recycled to the reactor to continue the cycle.
  • Commercial continuous reforming units may have the reactors arranged in a side-by-side or in a stacked configuration. Because the continuous mode of operation with its frequent regeneration can tolerate a higher degree of coke lay-down on the catalyst, it is possible to operate continuous units at lower pressures than those normally used with semi-regenerative and cyclic units in which it is important or at least desirable to extend catalyst life between successive regenerations.
  • Semiregenerative reforming units may be converted to continuous moving-bed units to take advantage of the improved yield of higher octane reformate and hydrogen associated with continuous operation but the conversions which have so far been considered are essentially entire unit replacements which require replacement of all existing vessels and most of the ancillary equipment as well as installation of an integrated catalyst regenerator which is one of the most costly items in the conversion.
  • the cost of the regenerator can be as much as about 80 percent of the total cost required for the conversion, making this option less attractive when the original fixed bed units are still capable of service.
  • the present invention relates to a scheme for converting fixed-bed, catalytic reformer units to units with moving bed reactors. It differs from the scheme described in US 2004/0129605 Al in that it makes use of existing reactor vessels; in the present case, these vessels are placed into new service, this time for catalyst regeneration. Because this conversion scheme requires only new reactors, it avoids the major expense connected with the provision of a moving bed regenerator and so presents an economically favorable case for conversion to moving bed reactor operation. The costs of conversion associated with the present conversion technique will be significantly less than conversions in which both the reactors and the regenerators are converted to moving bed operation because the present conversion technique makes use of existing facilities in addition to making new use of the reactor vessels while, at the same time, not requiring dedicated onsite continuous catalyst regeneration facilities.
  • One advantage of the present conversion scheme is that the full advantages of moving bed reactor operation are secured with the reactors operated at the lower pressures characteristic of continuous operation so as to improve reformate quality and yield.
  • a fixed-bed catalytic reformer unit is converted to moving bed reactor/cyclic regenerator operation by re-using the fixed bed reactors of the original unit as regenerator vessels operated in cyclic regeneration mode in a converted regeneration section.
  • a flow connection suitably a liftpipe, is provided to convey spent catalyst from the spent catalyst outlet of a new moving bed reactor section to the converted regenerator section, together with a flow connection for regenerated catalyst from the regenerator section to the catalyst inlet of the new moving bed reactor section.
  • a flow control distributor directs spent catalyst sequentially to each of the regenerator vessels to carry out the regeneration with regeneration gas.
  • Each regenerator vessel is cycled through a fill, regeneration, discharge sequence to maintain a continuous flow of catalyst to and from the reactor section.
  • a fixed bed reformer unit with a plurality of reactor vessels is converted to a continuous reformer unit with a moving bed reactor section and a multi- vessel catalyst regeneration section operating in cyclic fashion, using the former reactor vessels for regeneration.
  • the former reactor vessels are re-used for regeneration in the new, cyclical operation, typically on a three-vessel fill/regenerate/discharge cycle, in which one vessel receives spent catalyst, while another is in the regeneration cycle and another is discharging regenerated catalyst for recycle to the reactor stack.
  • This conversion scheme is particularly well adapted to the conversion of cyclic reforming units where the regeneration circuit (compressor, furnace, chemical injection facilities, valving, piping and manifolding) can be used with advantage for the purposes of cyclic regeneration in the converted unit.
  • the conversion scheme may, however, be also applied to existing semiregenerative units although here with the marginal economic disadvantage of having to provide a new regeneration circuit.
  • Figure 1 shows a continuous moving-bed reforming process built from an existing cyclic reformer unit.
  • Non-continuous (or fixed-bed) catalytic reformers which can be subjected to the present conversion scheme could be semi-regenerative catalytic reformers or swing-reactor (also referred to as cyclic regeneration) reformers or hybrid systems (with both fixed and moving bed sections), all of which are known.
  • the present conversion scheme is best adapted to the conversion of cyclic reformer units because the required catalyst regeneration equipment will already be in place and can be applied directly to the new service: the compressors, furnace, chemical injection facilities as well as piping, valving and manifolding can be used without substantial modification to the mode of cyclic regeneration used in the converted unit.
  • Cyclic, fixed-bed reformers have been well-known. In units of this type, a plurality of reactors are used, typically from three to five, with one reactor being the so-called "swing" reactor. The actual reforming is carried out in the remaining reactors according to the normal reforming reactor sequence while the catalyst in the "swing" reactor is being regenerated by the flow of regeneration gas through the catalyst.
  • the reactor with the catalyst which has aged the most is withdrawn from the reforming sequence (taken "off-oil"): after the oil feed is cut off, the catalyst in the vessel is subjected to regeneration sequence typically with a purge of residual hydrocarbons (nitrogen purge), oxidative regeneration to burn off the accumulated coke on the catalyst, halogenative rejuvenation (usually a chlorination treatment), followed by a purge of oxides and residual occluded gases and a final hydrogen reduction, after which the reactor is returned on line by bringing it "on-oil” again while another vessel is taken off- oil for regeneration.
  • the swing time has been about three to five days.
  • regeneration gas is used here to comprehend the various gases used in the regeneration sequence referred to above, including the heated purge gas (usually nitrogen), oxidative gas for coke burn-off, halogenation gas for rejuvenation, purge gas, hydrogen for reduction and, if required by the catalyst chemistry, the pre-sulfiding gas treatment.
  • the heated purge gas usually nitrogen
  • oxidative gas for coke burn-off usually oxidative gas for coke burn-off
  • halogenation gas for rejuvenation purge gas
  • hydrogen for reduction
  • the pre-sulfiding gas treatment if required by the catalyst chemistry, the pre-sulfiding gas treatment.
  • the fixed bed unit being subjected to conversion should be a cyclic unit; conversion of semi-regenerative units is feasible since these units will also provide multiple reactor vessels as assets for conversion to cyclic regeneration use. This type of conversion, however, will be accompanied by the necessity to provide additional ancillary equipment for the regeneration circuit including compressors, furnace, piping, valving and manifolding.
  • Semi-regenerative units typically contain one or more fixed-bed reactors operating in series with inter-bed heaters to maintain operating severity as the catalyst deactivates by increasing the reaction temperature and to maintain the desired temperature profile across the unit as the ratio of endothermic to exothermic reactions increases in successive reactors.
  • a semiregenerative unit is shut down for catalyst regeneration and reactivation in its original mode of operation.
  • the reactor vessels are used as cyclically-operated regenerator vessels for a continuous, moving bed reactor stack.
  • the fixed-bed reformer unit is converted to a moving-bed reformer reactor that allows continuous addition of freshly regenerated catalyst to an inlet of the reactor and continuous removal of spent catalyst from an outlet of the reactor.
  • the regeneration is carried out in a cyclical operation with the spent catalyst passing successively between the new moving bed reactor section the former reactor vessels (now functioning as regenerator vessels), the provision of suitable spent and regenerated catalyst receivers (along with an adequate catalyst inventory) will allow for continuous catalyst flow to the reactor section.
  • the moving bed reactors may be disposed in a side-by-side or stacked arrangement, depending on site requirements although the stacked configuration provides for ready catalyst transfer between successive reactors by gravitational flow.
  • the conversion does require addition of catalyst transfer facilities between the new moving bed reactor(s) and the converted, fixed bed vessels now used in the cyclic regeneration sequence but much ancillary equipment of the fixed bed unit can be retained and put to new use, especially, as noted above, the piping associated with cyclic units. Feed (oil) arrangements will need to be modified as required to suit the layout of the converted unit and its operational requirements.
  • a former cyclic reforming unit has the necessary catalyst regeneration circuit ready for use in the new application. Since the equipment in this circuit is adapted to regenerating the catalyst in place in the reactor vessels, with the appropriate sequence of regeneration gas, this same equipment can be directly applied to the cyclic regeneration mode which is used in the converted unit. If, however, a former semi-regenerative reformer is converted to the new mode of operation, a catalyst regeneration circuit with its associated compressors, furnace, chemical injection facilities as well as valving, piping and manifolding will need to be supplied and connected appropriately to the former reactor vessels. The general form of this equipment as well as its service requirements and manner of use will follow those of conventional cyclic units and, being well known, will not be described in detail here.
  • Figure 1 shows a continuous catalytic moving-bed reforming process unit which has been converted from a former cyclic reformer.
  • the converted unit is composed of a moving bed reactor section 10 which is integrated with a regeneration section 11 with three regeneration vessels, 12, 13, 14 which are the former reactors of a cyclic reformer; the former reactors and regeneration system are enclosed by dashed line 15.
  • the figure concerns itself only with the catalyst handling circuit, omitting details of the hydrocarbon feed and recovery equipment as well as furnaces and other ancillary items which are conventional for the reactor stack.
  • the reactor section is operated in the conventional way for a stacked reactor configuration with hydrocarbon feed being introduced into the reactor at the top of the stack and effluent removed from the last reactor at the bottom of the stack.
  • Catalyst moves down through the reactors of the stack progressively from bed to bed, entering the catalyst inlet 10A at the top of the stack and leaving at the spent catalyst outlet 10B at the bottom of the last reactor in the stack (here, the fourth reactor).
  • the spent catalyst passes down from the catalyst outlet through a spent catalyst removal line 20, lock valves 21 to catalyst lift pot or lift entrainer 23 in which the spent catalyst is entrained by lift gas which elevates the catalyst up liftpipe 24.
  • booster gas that is, gas from the compressor of the recycle gas circuit, comprising mainly hydrogen with minor quantities of hydrocarbons, which is heated to approximately 350°C (about 700°F) in effluent heat exchanger 28.
  • the spent catalyst After being conveyed upwards in liftpipe 24, the spent catalyst passes into disengager 30 and then into surge vessel/elutriator 31 in which the lift gas is separated and fines removed. The fines are recovered in the fines recovery section with filters 32A and 32B and fines collector 33; gas passes out to the gas circuit through line 34. [0023] From the surge vessel/elutriator 31 , the spent catalyst passes through lock 35 to flow control hopper/distributor 36. Flow control hopper/distributor 36 enables catalyst to be distributed to each of regenerator vessels 12, 13 or 14.
  • the catalyst passes from flow control hopper/distributor in lines 37, 38, 39, through locks 40A, 40B, 40C and double block and bleed valves 41A, 41B, 41C, to regenerator vessels 12, 13 and 14.
  • Block gas supply to the double and bleed valves is provided in conventional manner as shown with gas supplies, suitably of refinery fuel gas through lines 42A, 42B, 42C.
  • Similar locks 43A, 43B, 43C and double block and bleed valves 44A, 44B, 44C, are provided at the catalyst outlets of vessels 12, 13 and 14.
  • Block gas supply to the double and bleed valves on the outlets is provided in conventional manner as shown with gas supplies, suitably of refinery fuel gas through lines 45A, 45B, 45C.
  • Make up catalyst can be admitted when required through valve 71 from catalyst drum 70.
  • Regenerator vessels 12, 13, 14 are the previously used axial reactors which were made redundant when they were replaced by the moving bed continuous reactors. Typically, at any point in time, one of the three regeneration vessels is in the "Spent Catalyst Fill” mode, one is in the “Regeneration” mode, and the remaining one is in the “Regenerated Catalyst Discharge” mode.
  • the double block and bleed motor operated valves on the regenerator flow allow the reactors to be isolated from regeneration gas flow when they are in the "Spent Catalyst Fill” mode or the "Regenerated Catalyst Discharge” mode.
  • a regeneration vessel When a regeneration vessel is filling it is isolated from regeneration gas flow by double block and bleed valve arrangements 41A, 41B, 41C at the inlets and 44A, 44B, 44C at the outlets of the vessels. Catalyst is flowing from the flow control hopper/distributor 36 into the selected regenerator vessel through the spent catalyst fill line that protrudes through the regeneration flow inlet spool piece 12A, 13 A, 14A of the selected vessel. The regenerated catalyst emptying line that protrudes through each regeneration flow outlet spool piece 12B, 13B, 14B is closed.
  • the appropriate spent catalyst filling line 37, 38, 39 and the corresponding regenerated catalyst emptying line is closed.
  • Regeneration gas flows into the regenerator vessel through the respective regeneration gas inlet spool piece 12A, 13A, 14A, and out of the vessel through the regeneration gas outlet spool piece 12B, 13B, 14B as indicated by gas flow arrows (not numbered).
  • Regeneration off-gases are sent to the scrubber in the conventional way.
  • the catalyst lines are isolated from the regeneration gas with the double block and bleed valve arrangements 41A, 41B, 41C, 44A, 44B, 44C on the inlet and outlet sides respectively.
  • the regeneration circuit that was used in the cyclic unit before the conversion provides the facilities required for compression, furnace, heat exchange, and regeneration gas and chemical injection during the regeneration. These facilities will be flexible enough to meet the regeneration procedure requirements for known reforming catalysts.
  • the regeneration sequence with its purge, coke burn-off, halogenation, purge, reduction and, if desired, pre- sulfiding, can be carried out according to conventional practice as dictated by operational requirements and catalyst chemistry in a manner comparable to that used in conventional cyclic units.
  • regenerator vessel When a regenerator vessel is being emptied, it is isolated from regeneration gas flow by double block and bleed valve arrangements at the vapor inlet and outlet of the reactor. Catalyst is discharged from the regenerator vessel through the appropriate regenerated catalyst discharge line 50, 51, 52 that protrudes through the vapor outlet spool piece 12B, 13B, 14B of the respective vessel and passes into a lift entrainer 60 beneath the regenerator vessel group.
  • Recycle gas supplied through line 61 under control of differential pressure/flow controller 62 is used to entrain the regenerated catalyst in lift entrainer 60 and elevate it through liftpipe 63 up to the catalyst disengaging vessel 64 located above the reduction zone 10B at the top of moving bed reactor 10.
  • the regeneration cycle operation is under the control of a sequential cycle controller (not shown) and associated control equipment, all of which is of conventional type.
  • the controller acts to maintain the flow of spent catalyst from the flow control hopper/distributor to the selected regeneration vessel which is in the "Spent Catalyst Filling" mode while, at the same time regulating the valving to the other vessels to put the regenerator vessel in the "Regeneration” mode into the regeneration cycle and the third vessel into the "Regenerated Catalyst Emptying" mode.
  • the regeneration cycle for the catalyst will be determined by catalyst and operational requirements and may be under the control of the main cycle controller or a regeneration sub-controller operating under the overall control of the main controller.
  • the regeneration cycle controller of either type will need mainly to control the flow of regeneration gas to the vessel which is in the "Regeneration" mode.
  • this will include a regeneration gas sequence comprising a hydrocarbon purge (hot nitrogen), coke burn (hot oxygen-containing gas), oxy-chlorination, oxides purge (hot nitrogen), and reduction (hydrogen).
  • the reduction step may, however, be carried out at the inlet of the reactor section, for example, above the first reactor in a stacked configuration and, if so provided, may be omitted from the sequence carried out in the regeneration section.
  • Other variations in the sequence will be dictated by catalyst requirements and can be accommodated by conventional modifications to the cycle control and appropriate provision in the regeneration system.
  • the final unit layout will normally be determined to a large degree by specific site requirements. So, the configuration and location of the reactor section may well be constrained by the site as well as the relative location of the regeneration section; normally, cost considerations will preclude relocation of the old fixed bed reactors to a new location, especially if the old unit were a cyclic unit with the associated piping in the regeneration circuit. This will often require appropriate siting of the new moving bed reactor section.
  • Any typical reforming catalyst suitable for moving bed operation may be used, consistent with the equipment limitations and feed and operational requirements.
  • Suitable catalysts include those comprising one or more Group VIII noble metals on a refractory support.
  • the catalyst will contain a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation function (hydrogen transfer) and an acid function. Examples include catalysts comprising platinum, tin, rhenium, iridium, tin or combinations of these metals.
  • a preferred support includes substantially spherical alumina support particles.
  • a preferred catalyst comprises platinum, platinum and tin, or platinum and rhenium on substantially spherical alumina support particles. Spherical particles are preferred for movement through the moving bed reactors and other equipment with minimal attrition.
  • a typical regeneration procedure includes a hydrocarbon purge, coke bum, halogenqtion (usually oxy-chlorination), oxides purge, and reduction procedure. However, depending on the type of catalyst it may also include presulfiding as part of the regeneration procedure.
  • the oxy-chlorination procedure may vary significantly. At a minimum it may include the addition of a chloride containing agent such as CI 2 , HC1, or a pumpable organic chloride after the coke bum to replace the chloride lost during the coke bum. However, it may also include a continuous addition of a chloride agent during the coke bum. It may also include over-chlorination after the coke bum followed by a chloride equilibration step after the platinum metal has been thoroughly redispersed. The actual regeneration procedure might include any combination of these chlorination techniques.

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La présente invention concerne une unité de reformage catalytique à lit fixe transformée en régénérateur cyclique/réacteur à lit mobile par réutilisation des réacteurs à lit fixe de l'unité d'origine en tant que cuves de régénération actionnées en mode régénération cyclique dans une nouvelle section de régénération catalytique. Un raccord d'écoulement, de préférence un tuyau d'ascension, est utilisé pour acheminer le catalyseur usé depuis l'orifice de sortie destinée au catalyseur usé d'une nouvelle section réacteur à lit mobile vers la section régénérateur transformé, conjointement avec un raccord d'écoulement destiné au catalyseur régénéré depuis la section régénérateur vers l'orifice d'admission du catalyseur régénéré de la nouvelle section réacteur à lit mobile. Un distributeur à régulation du débit achemine le catalyseur usé de manière séquentielle vers chacune des cuves de régénération afin de permettre la régénération avec le gaz de régénération. Chaque cuve de régénération est cyclée à travers une séquence de remplissage, régénération, décharge, afin de maintenir un écoulement continu du catalyseur vers et depuis la section réacteur.
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