Efficient method for improved coker gas oil quality

• US 9,228,135 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions, Inc. (Bechtel Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Sitton, Kevin, Ward, John D, Strassle, Linda M
• Primary Examiner(s): Boyer, Randy
• Assistant Examiner(s): VALENCIA, JUAN C
• Application Number:
  US14/010,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20130341248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 208/131, 208/95
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 3/143 by two or more of a fractionation, separation or rectification step
• CPC Class Codes: C10B 55/00 Coking mineral oils, bitumen, tar, and the like or mixtures thereof with solid carbonaceous material cracking oils C10G
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 5/00 Recovery of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from gases, e.g. natural gas
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 7/00 Distillation of hydrocarbon oils
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 9/005 Coking (in order to produce liquid products mainly)

Abstract

An efficient delayed coking process improvement for producing heavy coker gas oil of sufficient quality to be used as hydrocracker feedstock.

Claims

1. A delayed coking process comprising the following steps:

introducing coke drum vapors into a flash zone of a fractioning column of a delayed coking unit;

removing a heavy coker gas oil stream from the fractionating column via a heavy coker gas oil draw in the fractionating column;

withdrawing at least a portion of the heavy coker gas oil stream as an end product;

introducing at least a portion of the heavy coker gas oil stream into the fractionating column; and

introducing a remaining portion of the heavy coker gas oil stream into at least one heat exchanger, wherein upon exiting the heat exchanger the remaining portion of the heavy coker gas oil stream is divided into a first stream and a second stream.

2. The delayed coking process of claim 1, further comprising introducing the first stream into the fractionating column.

3. The delayed coking process of claim 2, further comprising introducing the second stream into the fractionating column.

4. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the delayed coking unit includes a coker furnace, at least two coke drums, a coke transfer line extending from the coker furnace to the coke drums, the fractionating column having multiple separation trays, and a coke drum vapor line extending from the at least two coke drums to the fractionating column.

5. The delayed coking process of claim 4, wherein the fractionating column is cylindrical.

6. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the fractionating column is defined by sidewalls, a bottom end, and an upper end.

7. The delayed coking process of claim 3, wherein the fractionating column includes a light coker gas oil draw, the heavy coker gas oil draw located below the light coker gas oil draw, a heavy heavy coker gas oil draw located below the heavy coker gas oil draw, the flash zone located below the heavy heavy coker gas oil draw, a coke drum vapor inlet located within the flash zone, and one or more spray nozzles located within the flash zone above the coke drum vapor inlet.

8. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the at least a portion of the heavy coker gas oil stream is introduced into the fractionating column below a heavy coker gas oil draw and above a heavy heavy coker gas oil draw.

9. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the first stream is introduced into the fractionating column above the heavy coker gas oil draw.

10. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the second stream is introduced into the fractionating column at the heavy heavy coker gas oil draw.

11. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the at least a portion of the heavy coker gas oil stream is sent as an end product to a stripper.

12. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein one or more fractionating trays located below the heavy coker gas oil draw improve separation between the heavy coker gas oil draw and oil condensed in the flash zone.

13. The delayed coking process of claim 7, wherein the second stream is utilized to quench material removed at the heavy heavy coker gas oil draw.

14. The delayed coking process of claim 1, wherein the one or more spray nozzles condense incoming streams.