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fraction are removed as bottom and top products of the column.
The C
6
olens present in the C
6
cut are also hydrogenated to paraf-
ns, while the C
5
) 6.7
LPG, (C
3
/ C
4
) 4.4
Reactor products
to fractionator
1
2
3
4
6
5
Air blower
Steam
Coke nes
Sour
water
H
2
S
Steam
generation
Heavy feed
Scrubber
Tertiary
cyclones
Venturi
scrubber
Direct
contact
cooler
FLEXSORB
gas treating
FLEXIGAS
clean fuel
FLEXIGAS USERS:
Renery
Third-party consumers
Power generation
desalination
Air
Hot
coke
Cold
coke
Continued
Total C
4
11.1
Naphtha (C
5
-430F) 15.3
Distillate (430F650F) 11.0
Gas oil (650F975F) 32.2
Total C
5
+
liquids 58.6
Net product coke 1.7
Gasied coke 28.6
Total reactor coke 30.3
Total: 100 100
Fuel gas production: Steam and air gasication of coke produced in
the reactor generates a large fuel gas stream that is rich in CO / H
2
, which
can be used as fuel. Fuel gas production consistent with the above yields
for a 31,000 bpd FLEXICOKING Unit is:
Flexigas production: 1,580 MBtu / hr [460 MW (th)]
Flexigas heating value: 128 Btu / SCF
H
2
S content: 10 wppm
Competitive advantages:
Integrated coking and gasifcation technology that yields the
same valuable liquid products as other coking processes but produces
clean fuel gas instead of high-sulfur coke.
Fluid bed process with coke transferred pneumatically and con-
tained within uid solids reactors and product silos.
Environmental advantages with lower SO
x
, NO
x
, and particulates
emissions than conventional delayed coking processes
Much lower investment and more reliable than delayed coking
plus partial oxidation or direct gasication of solids or heavy feeds. Par-
ticularly attractive for SAGD oil sands upgrading with large fuel require-
ments.
Reference: Kamienski, P. W., S. Massenzio and M. de Wit, Coking
without the coke, Hydrocarbon Engineering, March 2008.
Chitnis, G. K. and T. L. Hilbert, FLEXICOKING Coking and integrat-
ed steam/air gasication, International BBTC Conference, Dubronvnik,
June 14, 2011.
Licensor: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. CONTACT
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HHP
sep.
HLP
sep.
CHP
sep.
Recycle
compr.
Quench
gas
Fresh gas
Recycle gas
Bleed Feed
Fractionation
1
2
3
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