Investigation on gas-solids hydrodynamics and matching enhancement in feedstock injection zone of double-level nozzle riser

Abstract

With the development of current energy economy, it is necessary to improve the product distribution of fluid catalytic cracking process, which is achieved by a riser reactor with double-level of nozzles. The new riser is constructed by adding a level of secondary nozzle 0.5 m below the main nozzle of traditional riser. This paper investigates the gas-solids flow and oil-catalyst matching feature based on the optical fiber and tracer technologies. According to the distribution of solids holdup, particle velocity and dimensionless jet concentration, the feedstock injection zone can be divided into the upstream flow control region, the main flow control region, and the secondary flow control region in the radial direction. The size of the regions is changed by the jet gas velocity and axial height. There is a poor match of secondary nozzle jet to particles below the main nozzle. The jet gas from secondary nozzles can improve the matching effect of oil-catalyst near the wall and reduce the probability of coking above the main nozzle.