A CATALYTIC DEHYDROGENATION PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DEHYDROGENATING AN ALKANE STREAM

摘要

An improved process and system for the endothermic dehydrogenation of an alkane stream (1) is described. The process and system of the present invention comprise a back-mixed fluidized bed reactor (4). The alkane stream is dehydrogenated in a single reactor stage by contacting the alkane stream with a back-mixed fluidized bed (44) of catalyst. Deactivated catalyst (38) is withdrawn from the back-mixed fluidized reactor and heated to produce hot regenerated catalyst (36). The hot regenerated catalyst is returned to the back-mixed fluidized bed reactor at a rate sufficient to maintain the back-mixed fluidized bed reactor at substantially isothermal conditions.