Patent ID: 8163168
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A thermal and catalytic conversion process for converting a hydrocarbon feed having a Conradson Carbon Residue (“CCR”) content of from 0 to 6 wt %, based on the hydrocarbon feed, which comprises: a) processing the hydrocarbon feed in a thermal conversion zone under effective thermal conversion conditions to produce a thermally cracked product; b) separating the thermally cracked product into a thermally cracked bottoms fraction and a lower boiling fraction containing at least one of naphtha and distillate; c) conducting at least a portion of the lower boiling fraction to a fractionator; d) conducting at least a portion of the thermally cracked bottoms fraction to a reactor riser of a fluid catalytic cracking unit where it contacts a cracking catalyst; e) catalytically converting the thermally cracked bottoms fraction under fluid catalytic cracking conditions to produce a catalytically cracked product; f) conducting the catalytically cracked product to the fractionator; and g) separating a naphtha product, a distillate product, and a fractionator bottoms product from the fractionator.