Method of supplying endothermic heat of reaction

Claim 1

A METHOD OF SUPPLYING HEAT OF REACTION TO AN ENDOTHERMIC REACTION WHICH COMPRISES ESTABLISHING A FIRST REACTION ZONE HAVING THEREIN A PLURALITY OF SECOND REACTION ZONE EACH CONTAINING A STATIC BED OF SUBSTANTIALLY NONREGENERABLE PARTICLE-FORM SOLID REFORMING CATALYST (1) INTRODUCING HOT ACTIVE PARTICLE-FORM CRACKING CATALYST INTO SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (2) FLOWING SAID HOT ACTIVE PARTICLE-FORM CRACKING CATALYST DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE AS A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPACT COLUMN OF PARTICLE-FORM CRACKING CATALYST IN INTIMATE CONTACT AND IN INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH SAID PLURALITY OF SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES, (3) INTRODUCING A FIRST HYDROCARBON FEED TO BE CRACKED INTO SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE AT SUBSTANTIALLY REACTION TEMPERATURE, (4) CONTACTING SAID FIRST HYDROCARBON FEED WITH SAID MOVING COLUMN OF CRACKING CATALYST TO PRODUCE FIRST REACTION ZONE PRODUCTS AND TO DEPOSIT ON SAID CRACKING CATALYST AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY DEACTIVATING CARBONACEOUS DEPOSIT HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED COKE, (5) WITHDRAWING SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (6) WITHDRAWING CRACKING CATALYST AT LEAST PARTIALLY DEACTIVATED WITH SAID COKE FROM SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (7) BURNING OFF SAID COKE FROM SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (7) BURNING TO REGENERATE SAID CRACKING CATALYST AND TO HEAT SAID CRACKING CATALYST TO A TEMPERATURE HIGHER THAN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE REACTION TEMPERATURE, INTRODUCING A SECOND HYDROCARBON FEED TO BE REFORMED AND GASEOUS HEAT CARRIER AT AT LEAST REACTION TEMPERATURE INTO EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF SECOND REACTION ZONES, CONTACTING SAID SECOND HYDROCARBON FEED AND SAID GASEOUS HEAT CARRIER WITH SAID SUBSTANTIALLY NONREGENERABLE REFORMING CATALYST IN SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES THEREBY PRODUCING AN ENDOTHERMIC REACTION, WITHDRAWING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES, AND REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE AND THE AMOUNT OF HOT ACTIVE CRACKING CATALYST INTRODUCED INTO SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE TO SUPPLY AT LEAST THE REQUIRED HEAT OF REACTION IN SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE AND THE REQUIRED HEAT OF ENDOTHERMIC REACTION IN SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF SUPPLYING HEAT OF REACTION TO AN ENDOTHERMIC REACTION WHICH COMPRISES ESTABLISHING A FIRST REACTION ZONE HAVING THEREIN A PLURALITY OF SECOND REACTION ZONE EACH CONTAINING A STATIC BED OF SUBSTANTIALLY NONREGENERABLE PARTICLE-FORM SOLID REFORMING CATALYST (1) INTRODUCING HOT ACTIVE PARTICLE-FORM CRACKING CATALYST INTO SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (2) FLOWING SAID HOT ACTIVE PARTICLE-FORM CRACKING CATALYST DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE AS A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPACT COLUMN OF PARTICLE-FORM CRACKING CATALYST IN INTIMATE CONTACT AND IN INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH SAID PLURALITY OF SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES, (3) INTRODUCING A FIRST HYDROCARBON FEED TO BE CRACKED INTO SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE AT SUBSTANTIALLY REACTION TEMPERATURE, (4) CONTACTING SAID FIRST HYDROCARBON FEED WITH SAID MOVING COLUMN OF CRACKING CATALYST TO PRODUCE FIRST REACTION ZONE PRODUCTS AND TO DEPOSIT ON SAID CRACKING CATALYST AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY DEACTIVATING CARBONACEOUS DEPOSIT HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED COKE, (5) WITHDRAWING SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (6) WITHDRAWING CRACKING CATALYST AT LEAST PARTIALLY DEACTIVATED WITH SAID COKE FROM SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (7) BURNING OFF SAID COKE FROM SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE, (7) BURNING TO REGENERATE SAID CRACKING CATALYST AND TO HEAT SAID CRACKING CATALYST TO A TEMPERATURE HIGHER THAN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE REACTION TEMPERATURE, INTRODUCING A SECOND HYDROCARBON FEED TO BE REFORMED AND GASEOUS HEAT CARRIER AT AT LEAST REACTION TEMPERATURE INTO EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF SECOND REACTION ZONES, CONTACTING SAID SECOND HYDROCARBON FEED AND SAID GASEOUS HEAT CARRIER WITH SAID SUBSTANTIALLY NONREGENERABLE REFORMING CATALYST IN SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES THEREBY PRODUCING AN ENDOTHERMIC REACTION, WITHDRAWING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES, AND REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE AND THE AMOUNT OF HOT ACTIVE CRACKING CATALYST INTRODUCED INTO SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE TO SUPPLY AT LEAST THE REQUIRED HEAT OF REACTION IN SAID FIRST REACTION ZONE AND THE REQUIRED HEAT OF ENDOTHERMIC REACTION IN SAID SECOND REACTION ZONES.