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Figure 2 PSD of solids removed in first and second UMF chambers/slurry oil exiting first and second UMF chambers
Q What FCC and hydrotreater modifications are needed to increase refinery coprocessing of renewable feedstocks? A Delphine Le-Bars, Vice President Deep Conversion and Upgrading Product Line, delphine.le-bars@axens- group.com, Marie-Amélie Lambert, Vice President, Hydroprocessing and Hydroconversion Product Line, marie.amelie.lambert@axensgroup.com, Benoît Durupt, Global Market Manager Hydroprocessing, benoit.durupt@ axensgroup.com, Dinesh-Kumar Khosla, Global Market Manager Hydrocracking and Resid Hydrotreatment, dinesh-kumar.khosla@axensgroup.com, Axens Renewable feeds available for co-processing in FCC units present different properties and impurities compared to conventional feedstock, impacting operation, heat bal - ance, catalyst activity, and unit performance. This impact will even depend on the co-processing ratio. The main
2 , where SO exiting the first chamber contained mainly 6-500 nm particles, but still had 20% 6,000+ nm par - ticles. SO exiting second chamber contained only 9-44 nm particles (no 6,000+ nm particles). Most larger par - ticles (2,600-6,000+ nm [63.3%]) were removed by the first chamber. Smaller particles (800-6,000+ nm [33.4%]) were removed by the second chamber. Figure 3 compares the PSD of the original (SO-O), treated (SO-1), and dupli - cate treated (SO-1A) slurry oil, based on the analysis of all samples collected from the experiments. The result confirmed that any solid particles having a size larger than 50 nm (44.3 nm) were successfully removed from the slurry oil by MagAFS process technol - ogy. It is also possible to provide low-cost and convenient on-site testing by installing a small portable MagAFS unit through a slip-stream connection without disruption to normal FCC unit operations.
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Figure 3 Comparison of PSD of original and treated slurry oil
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