A dynamic model of a FCCU reactor/regenerator was established by mechanism analysis.From the point of view of operation and control
the margin of air flow rate in FCCU regenerator was calculated by dynamic optimization.From the result it could be concluded that the process dynamic characteristics had a great effect on the margin of air flow rate.Besides the steady margin for the variation in process and equipment
the dynamic margin for control must be considered and its size is related to the control system.The higher the control performance is wanted
the greater the air flow rate margin is required.During process design the control performance and the margin of air flow rate should be studied as a whole so that the design result can both satisfy process demand and achieve good control performance.