WANG Rui, LUO Xionglin, XU Feng. Multiple steady states of FCCU with varying CO concentration[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (8): 2930-2937.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2013.08.033.
An improved fluid catalytic cracking unit(FCCU)riser-regenerator model combined with carbon-monoxide(CO)combustion was proposed
since multiple steady states of FCCU would change as CO conversion changed with different amounts of CO combustion promoter added.Due to the conservative consumption of CO combustion promoter which contains Pt as the active component in refineries
the amount of the added combustion promoter would significantly affect the economics.Thus
based on the heat balance of the high-efficiency regenerator
heat generation and removal curves were determined and three steady states were found
two of which were thermally stable satisfying the slope condition.From the analysis of the influence of different amounts of CO promoter on the multiple steady states
it was pointed out that the varying distance between the two high steady states resulting from different amounts of CO combustion promoter added would influence the severity of the control system design.