STRIPPING HYDROCARBONS FROM CATALYST WITH COMBUSTION GASES

Abstract: A process for economically converting carbo-metallic oils to lighter products. The carbo-metallic oils contain 650<o>F + material which is characterized by a carbon residue on pyrolysis of at least about 1 and a Nickel Equivalents of heavy metals content of at least about 4 parts per million. This process comprises flowing the carbo-metallic oil together with particulate cracking catalyst through a progressive flow typereactor (2) having an elongated reaction chamber, which is at least in part vertical or inclined, for a predetermined vapor riser residence time in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 seconds, at a temperature of about 900 to about 1400<o>F, and under a pressure of about 10 to about 50 poudns per square inch absolute sufficient for causing a conversion per pass in the range of about 50 % to 90 % while producing coke in amounts in the range of about 6 to about 14 % by weight based on fresh feed, and laying down coke on the catalyst in amounts in the range of about 0.3 to about 3 % by weight. The spent, coke-laden catalyst from the stream of hydrocarbons formed by vaporized feed and resultant cracking products is separated, the sorbed hydrocarbons are stripped (8) from the catalyst particles by contacting them in one or more fluidized beds with hot combustion gases. The stripped catalyst is regenerated in one or more regeneration beds (27) in one or more regeneration zones (21) by burning the coke on the spent catalyst with oxygen. The catalyst particles are retained in the regeneration zone or zones in contact with the combustion-supporting gas for an average total residence time in said zone or zones of about 5 to about 30 minutes to reduce the level of carbon on the catalyst to about 0.25 % by weight or less. The regenerated catalyst is recycled to the reactor and contacted with fresh carbo-metallic oil.

Description: STRIPPING HYDROCARBONS FROM CATALYST WITH COMBUSTION GASES Description Technical Field This invention relates to processes for converting heavy hydrocarbon oils into lighter fractions, and especially to processes for converting heavy hydrocarbons contain¬ ing high concentrations of coke precursors and heavy metals into gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Background Art In general, gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbon fuels boil in the range of about 100 to about 650°F. However, the crude oil from which these fuels are made contains a diverse mixture of hydrocarbons and thr.r com ounds which vary widely in,molecular weight and therefore boil over a wide range. For example, crude oils are known in which 30 to 60% or more of the total volume of oil is composed of compounds boiling at temperatures above 650°F. Among these are crudes in which about 10% to about 30% or more of the total volume consists of compounds so heavy in molecular weight that they boil above 1025°F or at least will not boil below 1025°F at atmospheric pressure. Because these relatively abundant high boiling components of crude oil are unsuitable for inclusion in gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbon fuels, the petroiev_m refining industry has developed processes for cracking or breaking the molecules of the high molecular weight, high boiling compounds into smaller molecules which do boil over an appropriate boiling range. The cracking process which is most widely used for this purpose is known as fluid cata- O H lytic cracking (FCC) . Although the FCC process has reached a highly advanced state, and many modified forms and vari- actions have been developed, their unifying factor is that a vaporized hydrocarbon feedstock is caused to crack at an elevated temperature in contact with a cracking catalyst that is suspended in the feedstock vapors. Upon attainment of the desired degree of molecular weight and boiling point reduction the catalyst is separated from the desired products, Crude oil in the natural state contains a variety of ma¬ terials which tend to have quite troublesome effects on FCC processes, and only a portion of these troublesome materials can be economically removed from the crude oil. Among these troublesome materials are coke precursors (such as asphaltenes, polynuclear aromatics, etc.) , heavy metals (such as nickel, vanadium, iron, copper, etc.), lighter metals (such as sodium, potassium, etc.), sulfur, nitrogen and others. Certain of these, such as the lighter metals, can be economically removed by desalting opera¬ tions, which are part of the normal procedure for pretreat- ing crude oil for fluid catalytic cracking. Other materials, such as coke precursors, asphaltenes and the like, tend to break down into coke during the cracking operation, which coke deposits on the catalyst, impairing contact between the hydrocarbon feedstock and the catalyst, and generally reducing its potency or activity level. The heavy metals transfer almost quantitatively from the feedstock to the catalyst surface. As the catalyst is reused again and again for processing additional feedstock, which is usually the case, the heavy metals can accumulate on the catalyst to the point that they unfavorably alter the composition of the catalyst and/or the nature of its effectupon the feedstock. For example, vanadium tends to fom fluxes with certain com¬ ponents of commonly used FCC catalysts, lowering the melt- OMPI ing point of portions of the catalyst particles sufficientl so that they begin to sinter and become ineffective crack¬ ing catalysts. Accumulations of vanadium and other heavy metals, especially nickel, also "poison" the catalyst. They tend in varying degrees to promote excessive dehydro- genation and aromatic condensation, resulting in excessive production of carbon and gases with consequent impairment of liquid fuel yield. An oil such as a crude or crude fraction or other oil that is particularly abundant in nickel and/or other metals exhibiting similar behavior, while containing relatively large quantities of coke pre¬ cursors, is referred to herein as a carbo-metallic oil, and represents a particular challenge to the petroleum refiner. In general, the coke-forming tendency or. coke precursor content of an oil can be ascertained by determining the weight percent of carbon remaining after a sample of that oil has been pyrolyzed. The industry accepts this value as a measure of the extent to which a given oil tends to form non-catalytic coke when employed as feed¬ stock in a catalytic cracker. Two established tests are recognized, the Conradson Carbon and Ramsbottom Carbon tests, the former being described in ASTM D1S9-76 and the latter being described in ASTM Test No. D524-76. In conventional FCC practice, Conradson carbon values on the order of about 0.05 to about 1.0 are regarded as indicative of acceptable feed. The present invention is concerned with the use of hydrocarbon feedstocks which have higher Conradson carbon values and thus exhibit substantially greater potential for coke formation than the usual feeds. Since the various heavy metals are " not of equal catalyst poisoning activity, it is convenient to express the poi¬ soning activity of an oil containing a given poisoning SUBSTITUTE SHEET [ RE. OMPI WIPO metal or metals in terms of the amount of a single metal which is estimated to have equivalent poisoning activity. Thus, the heavy metals content of an oil can be expressed by the following formula (patterned after that of W. . Nelson in Oil. and Gas Journal, page 143, October 23, 1961) in which the content of each metal present is expressed in parts per million of such metal, as metal, on a weight basis, based on the weight of feed: Nickel Equivalents = Ni ÷ According to conventional FCC practice, the heavy metal content of feedstock for FCC processing is controlled at a relatively low level, e.g., about 0.25 pp Nickel Equiv¬ alents or less. The present invention is concerned with the processing of feedstocks containing metals substan¬ tially in excess of this value and which therefore have a significantly greater potential for accumulating on and poisoning catalyst. The above formula can also be employed as a measure of the accumulation of heavy metals on cracking catalyst, except that the quantity of metal employed in the formula is based on the weight of catalyst (moisture free basis) instead of the weight of feed. In conventional FCC prac¬ tice, in which a circulating inventory of catalyst is used again and again in the processing of fresh feed, with periodic or continuing minor addition and withdrawal of fresh and spent catalyst, the me * al content of the cata¬ lyst is maintained at a level which may for example be in the range of about 200 to about 600 ppm Nickel Equiva¬ lents. The process of the present invention is concerned with the use of catalyst having a substantially larger metals content, and which therefore has a much greater than normal tendency to promote cehydrogenatio , aromatic condensation, gas production or coke formation. There- OMP fore, such higher metals accumulation is normally regarded as quite undesirable in FCC processing. There has been a long standing interest in the conversion of carbo-metallic oils into gasoline and other liquid fuels. For example, in the 1950s it was suggested that a variety of carbo-metallic oils could be successfully converted to gasoline and other products in the Houdresid process. Turning from the FCC mode of operation, the Houdresid process employed catalyst particles of "granu¬ lar size" (much larger than conventional FCC catalyst particle size) in a compact gravitating bed, rather than suspending catalyst particles in feed and produce vapors in a fluidized bed. Although the. Houdresid process obviously represented a step forward in dealing with the effects of metal con¬ tamination and coke formation on catalyst performance, its productivity was limited. Because its operation was uneconomical, the first Houdresid unit is no longer oper¬ ating. Thus, for the 25 years which have passed since the Houdresid process was first introduced commercially, the art has continued is arduous search for suitable modi¬ fications or alternatives to the FCC process which would permit commercially successful operation on reduced crude and the like. During this period a number of proposals have been made; some have been used commercially to a certain extent- Several proposals involve treating the heavy oil feed to remove the metal therefrom prior to cracking, such as by hydrotreating , solvent extraction and complexing with Friedel-Crafts catalysts, but these techniques have been criticized as unjustified economically.- Another proposal employs a combination cracking process having "dirty oil" and "clean oil" units. Still another proposal blends OMPI residual oil with gas oil and controls the quantity of residual oil in the mixture in relation to the equilibrium flash vaporization temperature at the bottom of the riser type cracker unit employed in the process. Still another proposal subjects the feed to a mild preliminary hydro- cracking or hydrotreating operation before it is intro¬ duced into the cracking unit. It has also been sug¬ gested to contact a carbo-metallic oil such as reduced crude with hot taconite pellets to produce gasoline. This is a small sampling of the many proposals which have appeared in the patent literature and technical papers. Notwithstanding the great effort which has been expended and the fact, that each of these proposals overcomes some of the difficulties involved, conventional FCC practice today bears mute testimony to the dearth of carbo-metal¬ lic oil-cracking techniques -that are both economical and highly practical in terms of technical feasibility. Some crude oils are relatively free of coke precursors or heavy metals or both, and the troublesome components of crude oil are for the most part concentrated in the highest boiling fractions. Accordingly, it has been possible to largely avoid the problems of coke precur¬ sors and heavy metals by sacrificing the liquid fuel yield which would be potentially available from the high¬ est boiling fractions. More particularly, conventional FCC practice has employed as feedstock that fraction of crude oil which boils at about 650°F to about 1,000°F, such fractions being relatively free of coke precursors and heavy metal contamination. Such feedstock, known as "vacuum gas oil" (VGO) is generally prepared fro crude oil by distilling off the fractions boiling below about 650°F at atmospheric pressure and then separating by further vacuum distillation from the heavier fractions a cut boiling between about 650°F and about 900° to 1025°F. The vacuum gas oil is used as feedstock for convention¬ al FCC processing. The heavier fractions are normally employed for a variety of other purposes, such as for instance production of asphalt, residual fuel oil, #6 fuel oil, or marine Bunker C fuel oil, which represents a great waste of the potential value of this portion of the crude oil, especially in light of the great ef¬ fort and expense which the art has been willing to ex¬ pend in the attempt to produce generally similar ma¬ terials from coal and shale oils. The present invention is aimed at the simultaneous cracking of these heavier fractions containing substantial quantities of both coke rβCTTsgrs and heavy metals, and possibly other trouble¬ some components, in conjunction with the lighter oils, thereby increasing the overall yield of gasoline and other hydrocarbon 3.iquid fuels f om a given quantity of crude. As indicated above, the present invention by no means constitutes the first attempt to develop such a process, but the long standing recognition of the desir¬ ability of cracking carbo-metallic feedstocks, along with the slow progress of the industry toward doing so, show the continuing need for such a process. It is believed that the present process is uniquely advantageous for dealing with the problem of treating such carbo-metallic oils in an economically and technically sound manner. One method of cracking these high boiling fractions, rameu Reduced Crude Conversion (RCC) after a particularly common and useful carbo-r.ctallic feed, is disclosed in copending applications Serial No. 94,092 and Serial No. 94,216, each filed November 14, 1979, for "Carbo-Metαllic Oil Conversion" and each being incorporated herein by ref¬ erence. The oils disclosed as capable of being cracked by the methods of these applications are carbo-mecallic oils of which, at least about 70 percent boils above 650°F and which contain a carbon residue on oyroivsis of SUBSTITUTE SHEET " " about 1 and at least about 4 parts per million of nickel equivalents of heavy metals. Examples of these oils are crude oils, topped crudes, reduced crudes, residua, and extracts from solvent deasphalting. The cracking reaction for the method disclosed in appli¬ cation Serial No. 94,216 is sufficiently severe to convert 50% or more of the feedstock to gasoline per pass and produce coke in the amount of 6 to 14% by weight based on weight of fresh feed. In a typical RCC cracking process the ratio of weight of catalyst to weight of feedstock is from ' about 3 to about 18, coke is laid down on the cata¬ lyst in amounts in the range of about 0.3 to about 3 per¬ cent by weight based on the weight of the catalyst, and heavy metals accumulate on the catalyst to a concentration of from about 3000 to about 30,000 pp nickel equivalents. The unusually large amount of coke which deposits on the catalyst in carbo-metallic oil processing presents criti¬ cal problems, the primary problem arising from the fact that the reactions in the regenerator which convert coke to water, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are highly- exothermic. Using a carbo-metallic feed with its unusually high contant of coke precursors as compare to FCC f eds, can increase the amount of coka burned in the regenerator and temperature in the regenerator to the point that regeneration teinper tu.re.-s baccr.e xcassiva if there is thorough burning of coke. E::caΞΞivα temp-arαreras can er .inenti*.- deac i te the catal st and/or dαrr.αge the regenerating equipment. SUBSTITUTE SHEET C:.:? During the cracking process, the heavy metal inventory of the feed transfers almost quantitatively from the feedstock oil to the catalyst particles. These heavy metals tend to deposit near the .surface of the catalyst matrix of each particle where they can readily catalyze undesirable de- hydrogenation and methyl clipping reactions. It is to be understood, however, that a significant proportion of these metals may also deposit on interior surfaces of the catalyst matrix where they can also cause such undesirable cracking reactions. For purposes of this application, the term "heavy metals" refers to nickel, vanadium, copper and iron, although trace amounts of other heavy metal elements may sometimes be present. The total amount of heavy metals in the feed is com prised principally of nickel and vanadium (90 or more weight percent based on total heavy metals) . The undesirable dehydro tion and methyl clipping reactions catalyzed by these metals form hydrogen and methane gases and increase the amount of coke deposited on the catalyst. The formation of increasing amounts of hydrogen and methane as heavy metals build up on t catalyst increases the amount of gaseous material that must be handled by refinery gas treating and compression equipment and decreases catalyst selectivity for gasoline production, i.e., the volume percent yield of gasoline boiling range products is reduced. Vanadium, and to a lesser extent nickel, may also migrate to and poison the catalytic acid sites of the catalyst. Poisoning of the acid sites decreases the level of conversion and may thereby also decrease the yield of gasoline boiling range products, as well as the heavier cycle oil products. OM The unusually large amount of coke which deposits on the catalyst in carbo-metallic oil processing presents criti¬ cal problems, one problem arising from the fact that the reactions in the regenerator which convert coke to water, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are highly exothermic. Using a carbo-metallic feed with its un¬ usually high content of coke precursors as compared to FCC feeds, can increase the amount of coke burned in the regenerator and the temperature in the regenerator to the point that regeneration temperatures become excessive if there is thorough burning of coke. Excessive temperatures can permanently deactivate the catalyst and/or damage the regenerating equipment. The heat of combustion of coke depends upon the concen¬ tration of hydrogen in the coke and the ratio of CO- to CO in the products of combustion. Carbon produces 13,910 BTU per pound when burned to CO- and only 3,962 BTU per pound when burned to CO. Hydrogen produces 61,485 BTU per pound when burned to H_0. The heats of combustion of coke for three representative levels of hydrogen and four different ratios of C0-/C0 are given in the following table: "" TABLE I Heat of Combustion BTϋ/ib Coke Percent Kvdro-cren C0 2 /C0 Ratio 0. 5 8 , 362 9,472 10,582 1. 0 1,033 12,083 3. 0 14,446 4. 0 12 , 912 14,894 • xr SUBSTITUTE SHEET .-'r The effect of increasing Conradson carbon is to increase that portion of the feedstock converted to carbon deposited on the catalyst. In typical VGO operations employing a ze¬ olite containing catalyst in an FCC unit the amount of coke deposited on the catalyst averages about 4-5 v«rt% of feed. This coke production has been attributed to four different coking reactions, namely, contaminant coke (from metal de¬ posits) , catalytic coke (acid site cracking) , entrained hy¬ drocarbons (pore structure adsorption - poor stripping) and Conradson carbon. In the case of processing higher boiling fractions, e.g., reduced crudes, residual fractions, topped crude, etc., the coke production based on feed is the sum of the four kinds mentioned above including exceedingly high Conradson carbon values. In addition, it has been proposed that two other types of coke-forming processes or mechanisms may be present in re¬ duced crude processing in addition to the four exhibited by VGO. They are adsorbed and absorbed high boiling hydrocar¬ bons not removed by normal efficient stripping due to their high boiling points, and carbon associated with high molecu¬ lar weight nitrogen compounds adsorbed on the catalyst's acid sites. This carbonaceous material is principally a carbonaceous, hydrogen-containing product as previously described plus high boiling adsorbed hydrocarbons with boiling points as high as 1500-170-0°F that have a high hydrogen content, high boiling nitrogen containing hydrocarbons and porphyrins-asphaltenes. OM Coke production when processing reduced crude is normally and most generally about 4-5% plus the Conradson carbon value of the feedstock. As the Conradson carbon value of the feed¬ stock increases, coke production increases and this increased load will raise regeneration temperatures. However, at adi- abatic conditions, a limit exists on the Conradson carbon value of the feed which can be tolerated at approximately about 8 even at these higher temperatures. Based on experi¬ ence, this equates to about 12-13 wt% coke on catalyst based on feed. These problems encountered in regenerating catalysts coated with a high concentration of coke may be exacerbated when catalysts of the zeolite or molecular sieve type are used. These catalysts, which are crystalline aluminosilicates made up of tetra-coordinated aluminum atoms associated through oxygen atoms with silicon atoms in the crystalline structure, tend to be quite susceptible to loss of cracking activity upon extended exposure to high temperatures. Also, it has been reported that they are more adversely affected by coke in respect to loss of cracking activity, than are certain other catalysts, such as for example the non-zeolite, silica- alumina catalysts. Various methods have been used to control the temperature in the regeneration zone including cooling by heat exchangers external to the regenerator (see U.S. Patent No. 2,394,710), cooling by injecting steam or water into an upper, dilute phase zone of a regenerator (see U.S. Patent No. 3,909,392), and controlling the oxidation reaction by controlling the amount of oxygen present (see U.S. Patent No. 3,161,583). These and other methods which have been proposed control the temperature of the regenerator for conventional FCC feed¬ stocks having Conradson carbon residues below about one per¬ cent. However, processes for converting feedstocks contain¬ ing Conradson carbon residues greater than about two percent require a method of heat control other than those normally used. U.S. Patent Applications Serial Nos. 94,091 and 94,227, filed November 14, 1979 disclose processes for the conversion of carbo-metallic oils to liquid fuel in which various regenera¬ tion techniques are employed that assist in controlling the heat load in the regeneration step. One method of control¬ ling the heat load in the regenerator is disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 251,032 for "Addition of Water to Regeneration Air", filed April 3, 1981 by George D. Myers et al, and the disclosure of that application is hereby in¬ corporated by reference. It is thought that the ratio of CO- to CO may be decreased to no more than about 4 and preferably to less than about 3 in order to reduce the amount of energy released within the re¬ generator, while optionally providing a flue gas high enough in CO content to be a useful fuel. The CO/CO- ratio may be increased by providing chlorine in an oxidizing atmosphere within the regenerator, the concentration of chlorine pre¬ ferably being in the range of about 100 to about 400 ppm. This method of increasing the CO/CO- ratio is disclosed in copending applications Ser. No. 246,751 filed March 23, 1981 for "Addition of Cl 2 to Catalyst" and Ser. No. 246,732 filed March 23, 1981 for "Addition of Chlorine to Regenera¬ tor", both in the name of George D. Myers. The contents of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference. SUBSTITUTE SHEET As will be appreciated, the carbo-metallic oils can vary wide¬ ly in their Conradson carbon content. Such varying content of carbon residue in the . feedstock, along with variations in ri¬ ser operating conditions such as catalyst to oil ratio and others, can result in wide variations of the percent of coke found on the spent catalyst. Accordingly, where the feed and riser operating conditions are such as to produce rather large coke yields, necessitating the burning of very substan¬ tial amounts of coke from the catalyst in regeneration, such as at least about 0.5 weight percent based on the catalyst, or more, additional measures for controlling the heat load in the regenerator may prove useful. Conventional FCC processes with VGO employ a stripping step to remove absorbed and adsorbed hydrocarbons from the cata¬ lyst before the catalyst is introduced into the regenerator, thus reducing the amount of material burned within the regen¬ erator. However, carbo-metallic oils contain constituents which do not volatilize " under the stripping conditions usu¬ ally employed, and consequently those higher boiling hydro¬ carbons add significantly to the heat load in the regenera¬ tor. OMPI Summary of the Invention It is accordingly one object of this invention to provide a catalytic cracking process for converting carbo-metallic oils to liquid fuels wherein the heat produced within the catalyst regenerator is reduced. It is another object to provide a catalytic cracking process for converting carbo-metallic oils to liquid fuels wherein high boiling constituents sorbed on spent catalyst are re¬ moved from the catalyst before the catalyst is regenerated. It is still another object to provide a catalytic cracking process for converting carbo-metallic oils to liquid hydro¬ carbons wherein high boiling constituents on spent catalyst are removed from the catalyst as hydrocarbons. In accordance with this invention a carbo-metallic oil con¬ version process has been provided wherein spent, coke-laden catalyst is stripped prior to regeneration by establishing a fluidized bed or beds of spent catalyst and passing hot com¬ bustion gases from the regenerator through said bed or beds to fluidize the catalyst particles and strip adsorbed hydro- * - carbons from the spent catalyst. This invention provides an improved stripping process to remove adsorbed and absorbed high-boiling hydrocarbons from catalytic materials, reduce the amount of coke burned in the regenerator, and in addition provide a source of hydrocarbons which are available as a fuel or as a raw material for synthe¬ sizing chemicals. Furthermore, the catalyst can be regener¬ ated to a low carbon value, which gives a high activity for the regenerated catalyst with a resulting high feed conversion. OMPI In accordance with the process of this invention there are many advantages over the prior art which include the following: 1) Normal stripping operations, as practiced in the art, employ 400-600° F steam to remove (strip) the interstitial gaseous material from between the catalyst particles. The process of this invention removes from the catalyst pores heavy, high boiling carbonaceous material absorbed or adsorbed within the catalyst particles. 2) Some of the heavy materials removed by the stripping pro¬ cess of this invention are metallo-porphyrins and metallo- asphaltenes. Removal of these metallo-hydrocarbons ir 3tice J & the amount and rate of metal deposition on the catalyst which increases catalyst life as to metal deactivation rate and total metal content of the catalyst. This in turn will reduce the catalyst makeup rate required to maintain catalyst activity and total metals inventory on the catalyst. 3) One of the high temperature stripping gases contains N_, CO- and 0-. The concentration of oxygen is low, in the range of 0.2 to about 2 vol.% of the combustion gases. This low amount of O- is desirable because it can react with some of the carbonaceous material on the spent coked catalyst and raise the temperature of the catalyst particles. This in¬ creased temperature will increase the rate and amount of heavy high boiling hydrocarbons stripped from the catalyst surface and possibly crack some of these heavy hydrocarbons to lower boiling material. OMPI 4) The combustion stripping gases have a high CO content. 5) The heavy high boiling hydrocarbons stripped from the catalyst can be added to the products from cracking and thus increase the yield and selectivity of the process. 6) As discussed later, this process practices the principl of carbon management which results in practicing the prin¬ ciples of heat management. Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 shows one embodiment of the invention wherein the catalyst passes through a steam stripper and then into a stripping vessel where the particles are fluidized and con¬ tacted with combustion gases from the first stage of a two- stage regenerator. Fig. 2 shows an embodiment wherein the combustion gases are derived from the second stage of a two-stage regenerator. Fig. 3 shows an embodiment wherein the catalyst passes through a steam stripper and then through two fluidized str ping zones in series. SUBSTITUTE SHEET Best and Various Other Illustrative Modes of Carrv —inα-* Out The Invention In carrying out this invention to remove high boiling hydro¬ carbons from spent catalyst, the spent catalyst is contacted with hot combustion gases from the regenerator in a fluidized bed. The stripping is carried out in a fluidized bed in or¬ der to avoid packing and bridging of the particle. The rate of gas flow into the bed should be high enough to fluidize the bed, but not high enough to force the particles upwardly out of the bed. The rate of gas flow will range from about 1.0 to about 3.5 feet per second. The total residence time of the catalyst in the combustion gas stripping zone is pre¬ ferably from about 0.5 to about 10 minutes and is most pre¬ ferably from about 0.5 to about 5 minutes. The combustion gases will, under typical operating condi¬ tionsr^feese er l hundred degrees -hotter than -the catalyst from the reactor, which may, for example, be at a temperature of about 900°F to about 1000°F. The combustion gases are therefore at a high enough temperature to remove high boiling hydrocarbons sorbed on the catalyst by one or more of several mechanisms including (1) volatilization of hydrocarbons, (2) reaction of hydrocarbons with 0 2 and volatilization of the __ products, and (3) cracking hydrocarbons to lighter, more easily volatilized fractions. A temperature difference of less than about 50°F between the combustion gases and catalyst is relatively ineffective in removing a significant amount of high-boiling hydrocar- bons, and a temperature difference of at least about 100°F is most preferred. Temperatures greater than about 1500°F may harm the preferred zeolite catalyst, and reactions to a significant extent be¬ tween CO- and .coke will usually require a temperature of at least about 1600°F. The preferred temperature of the combus¬ tion gases introduced into the bed is from about 1100°F to about 1500°F, and the most preferred temperature is from abou 1200°F to about 1400°F. Spent catalyst, after cracking a carbo-metallic oil and be¬ fore stripping, may contain high-boiling hydrocarbons in an amount up to 66 percent by weight of the carbonaceous materi¬ al on the catalyst or higher.- In the preferred method of car rying out this invention the concentration of high-boiling hy drocarbons is reduced as low as possible, preferably to less than about 50 percent by weight, and most preferably to less than about 25 percent by weight of the carbonaceous material. In one preferred method, discussed in more detail below, wherein 0 2/ σr CO-, or both are present in the combustion gases, a portion of the solid coke may also be removed from the catalyst, thus further decreasing the heat load in the regenerator. The hot combustion gases may vary widely in their composition depending upon the composition of the combustion-supporting gas supplied to the regenerator, which may for example, be air or oxygen, and the extent of reaction of the combustion- supporting gases within the regenerator at its point of with¬ drawal from the regenerator. The combustion-supporting gases may comprise (1) O- plus CO plus C0 2 plus H-0 or (2) CO- plus O2 plus H 2 0. If air is the combustion-supporting gas, nitroge will also be a component of the stripping gas. A composition comprising essentially nitrogen, C0 2 and H-O, or nitrogen, H 2 0, CO and C0 2 removes high-boiling hydro¬ carbons from the catalyst primarily by supplying sensible heat to vaporize the hydrocarbons. The resulting vaporized hydrocarbons are carried away with the combustion gases and the mixture is useful as a source of energy or for chemical synthesis. The concentration of CO in the combustion gases introduced into the stripping zone will depend upon the composition of the combustion-supporting gas and, for example, if the combustion-supporting gas to the regenerator consists essentially of air the concentration of CO may be as high as about 30 percent. A composition comprising CO_, H 0 *' an( ^ n -*-- tro -3 en removes high- boiling hydrocarbons by supplying heat to vaporize them, and also by reacting with coke on the catalyst to form gaseous reaction products according to the endothermic reaction C0 2 + C * 2CO if the temperature is at least 1550°F, preferably 1600°F. In stripping with a combustion gas containing C0 2 the con¬ centration of C0 2 may suitably range from about 10 to 100 volume percent and is preferably in the range of about 15 to about 21 volume percent. In a method of stripping with C0 2 , the temperature of the stripping gases, the initial C0 2 con ¬ centration, and the contact time between the catalyst and the stripping gas may be controlled to produce a gaseous product from the stripping zones containing less than about 21 per ¬ cent C0 2 and preferably less than about 15 percent C0 2 . A composition comprising CO- and 0- removes high-boiling hydrocarbons by vaporization, and, additionally, both C0- and 0 2 may react with coke to reduce the amount of coke on the catalyst-and increase the temperature of the catalyst. This mixture may be used to retain or change the temperature within a stripping zone by controlling the ratio of C0 2 to 0 ' 2 since the reaction of 0 2 is exothermic. The concentration of oxygen may suitably be up to about 1.0 percent, and is preferably less than about 0.5 percent and most preferably is no more than about 0.1 percent. In these ranges the exothermic reaction of 0- and coke keeps the * " temperature at a level where the catalyst is not adversely affected but sufficiently high to obtain an adequate rate of stripping of the sorbed heavy hydrocarbons. The stripping may be carried out in multiple zones, and may be carried out using two or more combinations of combustion gases derived from different zones of the regenerator. For example, in one method, as shewn in Fig. 3, the catalyst is contacted in a first zone with combustion gases consisting essentially of nitrogen CO , CC 2 , and H 2 0, the nitrogen CO, C0 2 , and H-0 being obtained from the first stage of a regenerator operating under oxygen-deficient conditions. Th partially stripped catalyst is then passed to a second stripping zone where it is fluidized and stripped with a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and C0 2 obtained from the second stage of the regenerator, and at a higher tempera ture than the gases from the first regenerator stage. In th second stage, additional hydrocarbons are volatilized, and SUBSTITUTE SHEET coke and hydrocarbons which are not readily volatilized at the temperatures within the stripping zones react with CO- and 0 2 , and the gaseous reaction products are removed. The products from the two stripping stages are preferably kept separate " since they have different compositions. In the preferred method of carrying out this process the spent catalyst is first stripped with steam in a conven¬ tional way to remove gaseous products trapped in the interstitial space between the catalyst particles and is then stripped with hot combustion gases. This steam stripping step may be carried out in apparatuses and by methods conventional and well-known in the petroleum pro¬ cessing art. This process is preferably carried out in combination with a two-stage regenerator. In one mode of carrying out this invention with a two-stage regenerator, stripped spent catalyst is introduced into the first stage, i.e. the top section of the regenerator, and is partially regenerated in the first stage with partially spent regenerator gas from the second stage or lower section of the regenerator. If addi¬ tional air or oxygen is required in the first or upper stage, this can be added by any of several means available, e.g., below gas distributor 24, into dense bed 22 by an auxiliary line (not shown), into external transfer line 25, and the like. The partially spent regenerator gas reacts with a portion of the coke on the spent catalyst resulting in a high CO-containing flue gas which is introduced into a stripping zone to strip catalyst. O In another mode of using a two-stage regenerator in this pro¬ cess, the second stage is provided with an amount of oxygen in stoichiometric excess of that required to form all the com¬ bustion products. A gaseous stream from this second stage comprising a portion of the air-C0_ mixture is diverted from the regenerator and introduced into a stripper. The remain¬ der of the air and C0 2 from the second stage passes upwardly • into the first stage of the regenerator where the oxygen and CO- react with the coke to partially regenerate the catalyst. A third mode of carrying out this invention using a two-stage regenerator employs CO-rich flue gas from the first stage of the regenerator as a stripping agent in a first combustion gas stripping zone, and air and C0 2 -containing combustion gas from the second stage of the regenerator as the stripping agent in a second combustion gas stripping zone. Referring in detail to the drawings, in Fig. 1 reduced crude is introduced into the lower end of riser reactor 2 through inlet line 1 and is mixed with hot regenerated catalyst com¬ ing from bed 28 in regenerator 80 through line 3. The feed¬ stock is catalytically cracked in passing up riser 2 and the product vapors are separated from catalyst particles in ves¬ sel 4. Riser 2 is of the vented type having an open upper end 40 surrounded by a cup-like member 42 which preferably extends above the upper end 40 of the riser so that the lip of the cup is slightly downstream of the open riser tube as shown. A pair of product vapor lines 44, 46 communicate with the interior of the cup so as to discharge product vapors en- OM A. VV//IIPP tering the cup from the vapor space of vessel 4. The cup forms an annulus 47 around and concentric to the upper end of " the riser tube. The transverse cross-sectional area of annulus 47 is preferably less than, more preferably about 60% or less of, the transverse cross-sectional area of riser tube 2. This structure causes product vapors to undergo a com¬ plete reversal in their direction of flow after they are dis¬ charged from the riser tube but before they leave the vapor space of vessel 4. The product vapors then make a further turn or change in direction of about 90° as they enter pro¬ duct lines 44 and 46. The product vapors then enter cyclone separators 48, 50 having overhead conduits 52, 54, respective¬ ly, which convey the vapors to line 5 through a common header 56. The particle separation efficiency of this flow reversal structure is greater by a factor of about 10 or higher than the efficiency of the basic vented riser arrangement described in U.S. Patents 4,066,533 and 4,070,159. Due to this increase in efficiency, cyclone separators 48 and 50 may comprise only a single cyclone stage instead of having multiple stages as usually required to prevent excessive carry over of catalyst fines into the overhead vapor line in prior vented riser ap¬ plications. This cup-like structure at the top of the riser is discussed further below. The product vapors leave vessel 4 through line 5 and the cata¬ lyst falls into bed 6 within vessel 4. The catalyst contami¬ nated with coke, sorbed gaseous products, low boiling and high boiling hydrocarbons, is passed into steam stripper 8 through line 7. Steam introduced into stripper 8 through line 9 removes interstitially trapped gaseous hydrocarbons from the catalyst and carries the stripped gases into vessel 4 where they accompany product vapors through line 5. iURH OM The partially stripped catalyst passes into combustion gas stripping vessel 60 where it is contacted with hot combus¬ tion gases (N_, H-O, CO, and CO-) passing into stripper 60 from upper zone 23 of first regenerator stage 21 of regener¬ ator 80 through line 64. The stripped catalyst passes from stripper 60 into fluidized bed 22 of first stage 21 through line 63. The catalyst is partially regenerated in first stage 21 by a mixture of air and CO- passing into bed 22 from zone 27 of first stage 26 through passageways in plate 24 with additional air added if necessary. The partially regenerated catalyst is passed from the first stage 21 into second stage 26 by line 25. Air for regeneration is intro¬ duced into bed 28 of second regeneration stage 26 by way of line 30. Regenerated catalyst is recycled to riser 2 by way of line 3. Fig. 2 illustrates an embodiment wherein the hot combustion stripping gases comprise nitrogen, CO- and 0 2 and are derive from the second stage of a two-stage regenerator. This em¬ bodiment differs from that of Fig. 1 in that the hot combus¬ tion gases are obtained from zone 27 of the second stage 26 of regenerator 80, passing into the stripper 70 through line 74. These combustion gases are at a higher temperature than would be those derived from zone 23 of the first regenerator stage and thus are able to vaporize higher boiling hydro¬ carbons. Additionally, the small amount of O- present will oxidize a portion of the carbonaceous material and raise the temperature of the catalyst particles. Thus, increase in temperature will increase the rate of desorption or volatili tion of the sorbed heavy hydrocarbons, thus further reduc¬ ing the heat load on the regenerator. The combustion gases the first stage 23 leave the regenerator through line 75. E " Fig. 3 illustrates an embodiment having a two-stage hot com¬ bustion gas stripper in combination with a two-stage regen¬ erator. In this embodiment catalyst, partially stripped in steam stripper 8 passes through line 10 into first stage com¬ bustion gas stripper 11 where it is stripped of some of the high-boiling hydrocarbons by contact with combustion gases passing through line 18 from zone 23 of first regenerator stage 21. The hot combustion gases, carrying hydrocarbons, leave stripper 11 through line 13. The partially stripped catalyst is transferred from stripper 11 to stripper 14 where it is contacted with a hot mixture of gases comprising N_, 0 2 and C0 2 from second stage 27 of regenerator 80. The stripped catalyst is passed from strip¬ per 14 to first stage 21 of regenerator 80 through line 20. The stripped hydrocarbons together with the stripping gases are removed from stripper 14 through line 17. The present invention is notable in providing a simple, relatively straightforward and highly productive approach to the conversion of carbo-metallic feed, such as reduced crude or the like, to various lighter products such as gasoline. The carbo-metallic feed comprises or is composed of oil which boils above about 650°F. Such oil, or at least the 650°F+ portion thereof, is characterized by a heavy metal content of at least about 4, preferably more than about 5, and most preferably at least about 5.5 pp of -^J E OM Nickel Equivalents by weight and by a carbon residue on pyrolysis of at least about 1% and more preferably at least about 2% by weight. In accordance with the in¬ vention, the carbo-metallic feed, in the- form of a pump- able liquid, is brought into contact with hot conver¬ sion catalyst in a weight ratio of catalyst to feed in the range of about 3 to about 18 and preferably more than about 6. The feed in said mixture undergoes a conversion step which includes cracking while the mixture of feed and catalyst is flowing through a progressive flow type reactor. The reactor includes an elongated reaction chamber which is at least partly vertical or inclined and in which the feed material, resultant products and catalyst are maintained in contact with one another while flowing as a dilute phase or stream for a predetermined riser residence time in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 seconds. The feed, catalyst, and other materials may be introduced into the reaction chamber at one or more points along its length. The reaction is conducted at a temperature of about 900° to about 1400°F, measured at the reaction chamber exit, under a total pressure of about IC to about 50 psia (pounds per square inch absolute) undαr conditions sufficiently severe to provide a conversion per pass in the range of about 50% or more and to lay down coke on the catalyst in an amount in the range of about 0.3 to about 3% by weight of catalyst and preferably at least about 0.5%. The overall rate of coke production, based on weight of fresh feed, is in the range of about 4 to about 14% by weight. At the end of the predetermined residence time, the cata- lyst is separated from the products, is efficiently stripped at elevated temperatures to remove high boiling components and other entrained or adsorbed hydrocarbons and is then regenerated with oxygen-containing combustion-supporting gas under conditions of time, temperature and atmosphere sufficient to reduce the carbon on the regenerated catalyst to about 0.25% or less and preferably about 0.05% or less by weight. Depending on how the process of the invention is practiced, one or more of the following additional advantages may be realized. If desired, and preferably, the process may be operated without added hydrogen in the reaction chamber. If desired, and preferably, the process may be operated without prior hydrotreating of the feed and/or without other process of removal of asphaltenes of metals from the feed, and this is true even where the carbo-metallic oil as a whole contains more than about 4, or more than about 5 or even more than about 5.5 pp Nickel Equivalents by weight, of heavy metal and has a carbon residue on py- rolysis greater than about 1%, greater than about 1.4% or greater than about 2% by weight. Moreover, all of the converter feed, as above described, may be cracked in one and the same conversion chamber. The cracking re¬ action may be carried out with a catalyst which has pre¬ viously been used (recycled, except for such replacement as required to compensate for normal losses and deactivation) to crack a carbo-metallic feed under the above described conditions. Heavy hydrocarbons not cracked to gasoline in a first pass may be recycled with or without hydrotreating for further cracking in contact with the same kind of feed in which they were first subjected to cracking conditions, and under the same kind of conditions; but operation in a substantially once-through or single pass mode (e.g. less than about 15% by volume of recycle based on volume of fresh feed) is preferred. OMH According to one preferred embodiment or aspect of the invention, at the end of the predetermined residence time referred to above, the catalyst is projected in a direction established by the elongated reaction chamber or an extension thereof, while the products, having les¬ ser momentum, are caused to make an abrupt change of di¬ rection, resulting in an abrupt, substantially instan¬ taneous ballistic separation of products from catalyst. The thus separated catalyst is then stripped, regenerated and recycled to the reactor as above described. According to another preferred embodiment or aspect of the invention, the converter feed contains 650°F+ material which has not been hydrotreated and is characterized in part by containing at least about 5.5 parts per million of nickel equivalents of heavy metals. The converter feed is brought together not only with the above mentioned cracking catalyst, but also with additional gaseous ma¬ terial including steam whereby the resultant suspension of catalyst and feed also includes gaseous material wherein the ratio of the partial pressure of the added gaseous material relative to that of the feed is in the range of about 0.25 to about 4.0. The vapor residence time is in the range of about 0.5 to about 3 seconds when practicing this embodiment or aspect of the invention. This preferred embodiment or aspect and the one referred to in the preced¬ ing paragraph may be used in combination with one another or separately. According to another preferred embodiment or aspect of the invention, the carbo-metallic feed is not only brought into contact with the catalyst, but also with one or more addi¬ tional materials including particularly liquid water in a weight ratio relative to feed ranging from about 0.04 to about 0.25, more preferably about 0.04 to about 0.2 and still more preferably about 0.05 to about 0.15. STITUTE SHEET tional materials, including the liquid water, may be brought into admixture with the feed prior to, during or after mixing the feed with the aforementioned catalyst, and either after or, preferably, before, vaporization of the feed. The " feed, catalyst and water (e.g. in the form of liquid water or in the form of steam produced by vap¬ orization of liquid water in contact with the feed) are introduced into the progressive flow type reactor, which may or may not be a reactor embodying the above described ballistic separation, at oneor more points along the re¬ actor. While the mixture of feed, catalyst and steam produced by vaporization of the liquid water flows through the reactor, the feed undergoes the above mentioned con¬ version step which includes cracking. The feed material, catalyst, steam and resultant products are maintained in contact with one another in the above mentioned elongated reaction chamber while flowing as a dilute phase or stream for the above mentioned predetermined riser residence time which is in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 seconds, pref¬ erably about 0.5 to about 2 seconds. The present invention provides a process for the continu¬ ous catalytic conversion of a wide variety of carbo- metallic oils to lower molecular weight products, while maximizing production of highly valuable liquid products, and making it possible, if desired, to avoid vacuum distil¬ lation and other expensive treatments such as hydrotreating. The term ' ■ oils", includes not only those predominantly hydrocarbon compositions which are liquid at room tempera¬ ture (i.e., 68°F) , but also those predominantly hydrocarbon compositions which are asphalts or tars at ambient temp¬ erature but liquify when heated to temperatures in the range of up to about 800°F. The invention is applicable to carbo-metallic oils, whether of petroleum origin or not. For example, provided they have the requisite boiling range, carbon residue on pyrolysis and heavy metals content, the invention may be applied to the processing of such widely diverse materials as heavy bot¬ toms from crude oil, heavy bitumen crude oil, those crude oils known as "heavy crude" which approximate the proper¬ ties of reduced crude, shale oil, tar sand extract, pro¬ ducts from coal liquification and solvated coal, atmospheric and vacuum reduced crude, extracts and/or bottoms (raf- finate) from solvent deasphalting, aromatic extract from lube oil refining, tar bottoms, heavy cycle oil, slop oil, other refinery waste streams and mixtures of the foregoing. Such mixtures can for instance be prepared by mixing available hydrocarbon fractions, including oils, tars, pitches and the like. Also, powdered coal may be* suspended in the carbo-metallic oil. Persons skilled in the art are aware of techniques for demetalation of carbo- metallic oils, and demetalated oils may be converted using the invention; but it is an advantage of the invention that it can employ as feedstock carbo-metallic oils that have had no prior demetalation treatment. Likewise, the inven¬ tion can be applied to hydrotreated feedstocks; but it is an advantage of the invention that it can successfully convert carbo-metallic oils which have had substantially no prior hydrotreatment- However, the preferred appli¬ cation of the process is to reduced crude, i.e. , that fraction of crude oil boiling at and above 650°F, along or in admixture with virgin gas oils. While the use of material that has been subjected to prior vacuum distilla ¬ tion is not excluded, it is an advantage of the invention that it can satisfactorily process material which has had no prior vacuum distillation, thus saving on capital in¬ vestment and operating costs as compared to conventional FCC processes that require a vacuum distillation unit. - fRE OM In accordance with the invention one provides a carbo- metallic oil feedstock, at least about 70%, more pref¬ erably at least about 85% and still more preferably about 100% (by volume) of which boils at and above about 650°F. All boiling temperatures herein are based on standard at¬ mospheric pressure conditions. In carbo-metallic oil partly or wholly composed of material which boils at and above about 650°F, such material is referred to herein as 650°F+ material; and 650°F+ material which is part of or has been separated from an oil containing component boiling above and below 650°F may be referred to as a 650°F+ fraction. But the terms "boils above" and n 650°F+" are not intended to igply that all of the material characterized by said terms will have the capability of boiling. The carbo- metallic oils contemplated by the invention may contain material which may not boil under any conditions; for example, certain asphalts and asphaltenes may crack thermally during distillation, apparently without boil¬ ing. Thus, for example, when it is said that the feed comprises at least about 70% by volume of material which boils above about 650°F, it should be understood that the 70% in question may include some material which will not boil or volatilize at any temperature. These non-boilable materials when present, may frequently or for the most part be concentrated in portions of the feed which do not boil below about 1000°F, 1025°F or higher. Thus, when it is said that at least about 10%, more preferably about 15%, and still more preferably at least about 20% (by volume) of the 650°F-h fraction will not boil below about 1000°F or 1025°F, it should be understood that all or any part of the material not boiling below about 1000°F or 1025°F, may or may not be volatile at and above the indicated temp¬ eratures. Preferably, the contemplated feeds, or at least the 650°F+ material therein, have a carbon residue on pyrolysis of OM at least about 2 or greater- For example, the Conradson carbon content may be in the range of about 2 to about 12 and most frequently at least about 4. A particularly common range is about 4 to about 8. Those feeds having a Conradson carbon content greater than about 6 may need special means for controlling excess heat in the regenerator. Preferably, the feed has an average composition character¬ ized by an atomic hydrogen to carbon ratio in the range of about 1.2 to about 1.9, and preferably about 1.3 to about 1.8. The carbo-metallic feeds employed in accordance with the invention, or at least the 650°F+ material therein, may contain at least about 4 parts per million of Nickel Equivalents, as defined above, of which at least about 2 parts per million is nickel (as metal, by weight) . Carbo- metallic oils within the above range can be prepared from mixtures of two or more oils, some of which do and some of which do not contain the quantities of Nickel Equivalents and nickel set forth above. It should also be noted that the above values for Nickel Equivalents and nickel repre¬ sent time-weighted averages for a substantial period of operation of the conversion unit, such as one month, for example. It should also be noted that the heavy metals have in certain circumstances exhibited some lessening of poisoning tendency after repeated oxidations and reductions on the catalyst, and the literature describes criteria for establishing "effective metal" values. For example, see the article by Ci balo, et al., entitled "Deposited Metals Poison FCC Catalyst", Oil and Gas Journal, May 15, 1972, pp 112-122, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. If considered necessary or desirable, the contents of Nickel Equivalents and nickel in the carbo- metallic oils processed according to the invention may be OM ■ expressed in terms of "effective metal" values. Notwith¬ standing the gradual reduction in poisoning activity noted by Cimbalo, et al. , the regeneration of catalyst under normal FCC regeneration conditions may not, and usually does not, severely impair the dehydrogenation, demethana- tion and aromatic condensation activity of heavy metals accumulated on cracking catalyst. OMP It is known that about 0.2 to about 5 weight percent of "sulfur" in the form of elemental sulfur and/or its com¬ pounds (but reported as elemental sulfur based on the weight of feed) appears in FCC feeds and that the sulfur and modi¬ fied forms of sulfur can find their way into the resultant gasoline product and, where lead is added, tend to reduce its susceptibility to octane enhancement. Sulfur in the product gasoline often requires sweetening when process¬ ing high sulfur containing crudes. To the extent that sulfur is present in the coke, it also represents a po¬ tential air pollutant since the regenerator burns it to S0 2 and SO,. However, we have found that in our pro¬ cess the sulfur in the feed is on the other hand able to inhibit heavy metal activity by maintaining metals such as Ni, V, Cu and Fe in the sulfide form in the reactor. These sulfides are much less active than the metals them¬ selves .inpromoting dehydrogenation and coking reactions. Accordingly, it is acceptable to carry out the invention with a carbo-metallic oil having at least about 0.3%, ac¬ ceptably more than about 0.8% and more acceptably at least about 1.5% by weight of sulfur in the 650°F÷ frac¬ tion. The carbo-metallic oils useful in the invention may and usually do contain significant quantities of heavy, high boiling compounds containing nitrogen, a substantial por¬ tion of which may be basic nitrogen. For example, the total nitrogen content of the carbo-metallic oils may be at least about 0.05 n d by weight. Since cracking catalysts owe their cracking activity to acid sites on the catalyst surface or in its pores, basic nitrogen-containing com¬ pounds may temporarily neutralize these sites, poisoning the catalyst- However, the catalyst is not permanently damaged since the nitrogen can be burned off the catalyst during regeneration, as a result of which the acidity of the active sites is restored. ORI OMH The carbo-metallic oils may also include significant quanti¬ ties of pentane insolubles, for example at least about 0.5% by weight, and more typically 2% or more or even about 4% or more. These may include for instance as¬ phaltenes and " other materials. Alkali and alkaline earth " metals generally do not tend to vaporize in large quantities under the distillation condi¬ tions employed in distilling crude oil to prepare the vacuum gas oils normally used as FCC feedstocks. Rather, these metals remain for the most part in the "bottoms" fraction (the non-vaporized high boiling portion) which may for .instance be used in the -production of asphalt or other by-products. However, reduced crude and other carbo- metallic oils are in many cases bottoms products, and therefore may contain significant quantities of alkali and alkaline earth metals such as sodium. These metals deposit upon the catalyst during cracking. Depending on the composition of the catalyst and magnitude of the regen¬ eration temperatures to which it is exposed, these metals may undergo interactions and reactions with the catalyst (including the .catalyst support) which are not normally experienced in processing VGO under conventional FCC processing conditions. If the catalyst characteristics and regeneration conditions so require, one will of course take the necessary precautions to limit the amounts of alkali and alkaline earth metal in the feed, which metals may enter the feed not only as brine associated with the crude oil in its natural state, but also as components of water or steam which are supplied to the cracking unit. Thus, careful desalting of the crude used to prepare the carbo-metallic feed may be important when the catalyst is particularly susceptible to alkali and alkaline earth metals. In such circumstances, the content of such metals (herein¬ after collectively referred to as "sodium") in the feed can be maintained at about 1 pp or less, based on the weight of the feedstock. Alternatively, the sodium level of the feed may be keyed to that of the catalyst, so as to main¬ tain the sodium level of the catalyst which is in use sub¬ stantially-the same as or less than that of the replacemen catalyst which is charged to the unit. According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the in vention, the carbo-metallic oil feedstock constitutes at least about 70% by volume of material which boils above about 650°F, and at least about 10% of the material which boils above about 650°F will not boil below about 1025°F. The average composition of this 650°F+ material may be further characterized by: (a) an atomic hydrogen to carbon ratio in the range of about 1.3 to about 1.8; (b) a Conradson carbon value of at least about 2; (c) at least about four parts per million of Nickel Equivalents, as defined above, of which at least about two parts per million is nickel (as metal, by weight) ; and (d) at least one of the following: (i) at least about 0.3% by weight of sulfur, (ii) at least about 0.05% by weight of nitrogen, and (iii) at least about 0.5% by weight of pentane insclu- bles. Very commonly, the preferred feed will include all of (i) , (ii) , and (iii) , and other components found in oils of petroleum and non-petroleum origin may also be present in varying quantities providing they do not pre¬ vent operation of the process. Although there is no intention of excluding the possibility of using a feedstock which has previously been subjected to some cracking, the present invention has the definite advantage that it can successfully produce large conver¬ sions and very substantial yields of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from carbo-metallic oils which have not been subject¬ ed to any substantial amount of cracking. Thus, for example, and preferably, at least about 85^, more preferabl at least about 90% and most preferably substantially -38* the carbo-metallic feed introduced into the present pro¬ cess is oil which has not previously been contacted with cracking catalyst under cracking conditions. Moreover, the process of the invention is suitable for operation in a substantially once-through or single pass mode. Thus, the volume of recycle, if any, based on the volume of fresh feed is preferably about 15% or less and more preferably about 10% or less. In general, the weight ratio of catalyst to fresh feed (feed which has not previously been exposed to cra'cking catalyst under cracking conditions) used in the process is in the range of about 3 to about 18. Preferred and more preferred ratios axe about 4 to about 12, more pref¬ erably about 5 to about 10 and still more preferably about 6 to about 10, a ratio of about 10 presently being con¬ sidered most nearly optimum. Within the limitations of product quality requirements, controlling the catalyst to oil ratio at relatively low levels within the aforesaid ranges tends to reduce the coke yield of the process, based on fresh feed. In conventional FCC processing of VGO, the ratio between the number of barrels per day of plant through-put and the total number of tons of catalyst undergoing circula¬ tion throughout all phases of the process can vary widely. For purposes of this disclosure, daily plant through-put is defined as the number of barrels of fresh feed boiling above about 650°F which that plant processes per average day of operation to liquid products boiling below about 430°F. •- UREX OMPI The present invention may be practiced in the range of about 2 to about 30 tons of catalyst inventory per 1000 barrels of daily plant through-put. Based on the objective of maximiz¬ ing contact of feed with fresh catalyst, it has been suggested that operating with about 2 to 5 or even less than 2 tons of catalyst inventory per 1000 barrels of daily plant through¬ put is desirable when operating with carbo-metallic oils. However, in view of disclosures in "Deposited Metals Poison FCC Catalyst", Cimbalo, et al., op cit. , one may be able, at a given rate of catalyst replacement, to reduce effective, metals levels on the catalyst by operating with a higher inventory, say in the range of about 12 to about 20 tons per 1000 barrels of daily through-put capacity. In the practice of the invention, catalyst may be added continuously or periodically, such as, for example, to make up for normal losses of catalyst from the system. Moreover, catalyst addition may be conducted in conjunc¬ tion with withdrawal of catalyst, such as, for example, to maintain or increase the average activity level of the catalyst in the unit- For example, " the rate at which virgin catalyst is added to the unit may be in the range of about 0.1 to about 3, more preferalby about 0.15 to about 2, and most preferably to about 0.2 to about 1.5 pounds per barrel of feed. If on the other hand equilibrium catalyst from FCC operation is to be utilized, replacement rates as high as about 5 pounds per barrel can be practiced. Where circumstances are such that the catalyst employed in the unit is below average in resistance to deactivation ΓRE OMPI IPO and/or conditions prevailing in the unit are such as to promote more rapid deactivation, one may employ rates of addition greater than those stated above; but in the op¬ posite circumstances, low τ er rates of addition may be em¬ ployed. By way of illustration, if a unit were operated with a metal(s) loading of 5000 ppm Ni + V in parts by weight on equilibrium catalyst, one might for example employ a replacement rate of about 2.7 pounds -of catalyst intro¬ duced for each barrel (42 gallons) of feed processed. How¬ ever, operation at a higher level such as 10,000 ppm Ni + V on catalyst would enable one to substantially reduce the replacement rate, such as for example to about 1.3 pounds of catalyst per barrel of feed. Thus, the levels of metal(s) on the catalyst and catalyst replacement rates may in gen¬ eral be respectively increased and decreased to any value consistent with the catalyst activity which is available and desired for conducting the process. Without wishing to be bound by any theory, it appears that a number of features of the process to be described in greater detail below, such as, for instance, the residence time and optional mixing of steam with the feedstock, tend to restrict the extent to which cracking conditions pro¬ duce metals in the reduced state on the catalyst from heavy metal sulfide(s) , sulfate(s) or oxide(s) deposited on the catalyst particles by prior exposures of carbo-metallic feedstocks and regeneration conditions. Thus, the process appears to afford significant control over the poisoning effect of heavy metals on the catalyst even when the ac¬ cumulations of such metals are quite substantial. Accordingly, the process may be practiced with catalyst bearing accumulations of heavy metal(s) in the form of elemental metal(s), oxide(s), sulfide(s) or other compounds which heretofore would have been considered quite intoler¬ able in conventional FCC-VGO operations. Thus, operation of the process with catalyst bearing heavy metals accumu¬ lations in the range of about 3,000 or more ppm Nickel Equivalents, on the average, is contemplated. The con¬ centration of Nickel Equivalents of metals on catalyst can range up to about 50,000 ppm or higher. More specifically, the accumulation may be in the range of about 3,000 to about 30,000 ppm, preferably in the range of 3,000 to 20,000 ppm, and more preferably about 3,000 to about 12,000 ppm. Within these ranges just mentioned, operation at metals levels of about 4,000 or more, about 5,000 or more, or about 7,000 or more ppm can tend to reduce the rate of catalyst replacement required. The foregoing ranges are based on parts per million of Nickel Equiva¬ lents, in which the metals are expressed as metal, by weight, measured on and based on regenerated equilibrium catalyst. However, in the event that catalyst of adequate activity is available at very low cost, making feasible very high rates of catalyst replacement, the carbo-metallic oil could be converted to lower boiling liquid products with catalyst bearing less than 3,000 ppm Nickel Equiva¬ lents of heavy metals. For example, one might employ equi¬ librium catalyst from another unit, for example, an FCC unit which has been used in the cracking of a feed, e.g. vacuum gas oil, having a carbon residue on pyrolysis of less than 1 and containing less than about 4 ppm Nickel Equivalents of heavy metals. v The invention described in this specification may be employed in the processes and apparatuses for carbo-metallic oil con¬ version described in co-pending U.S. Applications Serial Nos. 94,091, 94,092, 94,216, 94,217 and 94,277, all filed November 14, 1979; and Serial Nos. 246,751, 246,782 and 246,791, all filed March 23, 1981; said applications being in the name of George D. Myers alone or jointly with Lloyd E. Busch and assigned or to be assigned to Ashland Oil, Inc., and the entire disclosure of each of said applications being incorporated herein by reference. While the processes describ in these applications can handle reduced crudes or crude oils containing high metals and Conradson carbon values not susceptible previously to direct processing, certain crudes such as Mexican Mayan or Venezuelan and certain other types of oil feeds contain abnormally high heavy metals and Conradso carbon values. If these very poor grades of oil are processed in a carbo-metallic process, they may lead to uneconomical operations because of high heat loads on the regenerator and/or high catalyst addition rates to maintain adequate catalyst activity and/or selectivity. In order to improve the grade of very poor grades of oil, such as those contain¬ ing more than 50 ppm heavy metals and/or more than 8 weight percent Conradson carbon and preferably more than 100 ppm heavy metals and/or more than 10 weight percent Conradson carbon, these oils may be pretreated with a sorbent to reduce the levels of these contaminants to the aforementioned or lower values. Such upgrading processes are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,263,128 of April 21, 1981, in the name of David B. Bartholic, the entire disclosure of said patent being incorporated herein by reference. In any event, the equilibrium concentration of heavy metals in the circulating inventory of catalyst can be controlled (including maintained or varied as desired or needed) by manipulation of the rate of catalyst addition discussed above. Thus, for example, addition of catalyst may be maintained at a rate which will control the heavy metals accumulation on the catalyst in one of the ranges set forth above. OMPI In general, it is preferred to employ a catalyst having a relatively high level of cracking activity, providing high levels of conversion and productivity at low residence times. The conversion capabilities of the catalyst may be expressed in terms of the conversion produced during ac¬ tual operation of the process and/or in terms of conversion produced in standard catalyst activity tests. For example, it is preferred to employ catalyst which, in the course of extended operation under prevailing process conditions, is sufficiently active for sustaining a level of conversion of at least about 50% and more preferably at least about 60%. In this connection, conversion is expressed in liquid volume percent, based on fresh feed. Also, for example, the preferred catalyst may be defined as one which, in its virgin or equilibrium state, exhibits a specified activity expressed as a percentage in terms of MAT (micro-activity test) conversion. For purposes of the present invention the foregoing percentage is the vol¬ ume percentage of standard feedstock which a catalyst under evaluation will convert to 430°F end point gasoline, light¬ er products and coke at 900°F, 16 WΞSV (weight hourly space velocity, calculated o a moisture free basis, using clean catalyst which has been dried at 1100°F, weighed and then conditioned, for a period of at least 3 hours at about 25°C and 50% relative humidity, until about one hour or less prior to contacting the feed) and 3C/0 (catalyst to oil weight ratio) by ASTM D-32 MAT test D-3907-80, using an ap¬ propriate standard feedstock, e.g. a sweet light primary gas oil, such as that used by Davison, Division of W. R. Grace, having the following analysis and properties: OMPI API Gravity at 60°F, degrees 31.0 Specific Gravity at 60°F, g/cc 0.8708 Ramsbottom Carbon, wt. % . 0.09 Conradson Carbon, wt. % 0.04 Carbon, wt. % 84.92 Hydrogen, wt. % 12.94 Sulfur, wt. % 0.68 Nitrogen, ppm 305 Viscosity at 100°F, centistokes 10.36 Watson K Factor 11.93 Aniline Point 182 Bromine No. 2.2 Paraffins, Vol. % • 31.7 Olefins, Vol. % 1.6 Naphthenes, Vol. % 44.0 Aromatics, Vol. % 22.7 Average Molecular Weight 284 Nickel Trace Vanadium Trace Iron Trace Sodium Trace Chlorides Trace B S & W Trace Distillation ASTM D-1160 IBP 445 10% 601 30% 664 50% 701 70% 734 90% 787 FBP 834 The gasoline end point and boiling temperature-volume per¬ cent relationships of the produce produced in the MAT con¬ version test may for example be determined by simulated distillation techniques, for example modifications of gas chromate graphic "Sim-D", ASTM D-2887-73. The results of such simulations are in reasonable agreement with the re¬ sults obtained by subjecting larger samples of material to standard laboratory distillation techniques. Conversion is calculated by subtracting from 100 the volume percent (based on fresh feed) of those products heavier than gaso¬ line which remain in the recovered product. On pages 935-937 of Hougen and Watson, Chemical Process Principles, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N.Y. (1947), the con¬ cept of "Activity Factors" is discussed. This concept leads to the use of "relative activity" to compare the ef¬ fectiveness of an operating catalyst against a standard catalyst. Relative activity measurements facilitate recog¬ nition of how the quantity requirements of various cata¬ lysts differ from one another. Thus, relative activity is a ratio obtained by dividing the weight of a standard or reference catalyst which is or would be required to pro¬ duce a given level of conversion, as compared to the weight of an operating catalyst (whether proposed or actually used) which is or would be required to produce the same level of conversion in the same or equivalent feedstock under the same or equivalent conditions. Said ratio of catalyst weights may be expressed as a numerical ratio, but preferably is converted to a percentage basis. The standard catalyst is preferably chosen from among cata¬ lysts useful for conducting the present invention, such as for example zeolite fluid cracking catalysts, and is chosen for its ability to produce a predetermined level of conver¬ sion in a standard feed under the conditions of temperature, WHΞV, catalyst to oil ratio and other conditions set forth in the preceding description of the MAT conversion test and in ASTM D-32 _MAT test D-3907-80. Conversion is the volume percentage of feedstock that is converted to 430°F end point gasoline, lighter products and coke. For standard feed, one may employ the above-mentioned light primary gas oil, or equivalent. For purposes of conducting relative activity determinations, one may prepare a "standard catalyst curve", a chart or graph of conversion (as above defined) vs. reciprocal WHSV for the standard catalyst and feedstock. A sufficient num¬ ber of runs is made under ASTM D-3907-80 conditions (as modified above) using standard feedstock at varying levels of WHSV to prepare an accurate "curve" of conversion vs. WHSV for the standard feedstock. This curve should tra¬ verse all or substantially all of the various levels of conversio including the range of conversion within which it is expected that the operating catalyst will be tested. From this curve, one may establish a standard WHSV for test comparisons and a standard value of reciprocal WHSV corre¬ sponding to that level of conversion which has been chosen to represent 100% relative activity in the standard cata¬ lyst. For purposes of the present disclosure the afore¬ mentioned reciprocal WHSV and level of conversion are, re¬ spectively, 0.0625 and 75%. In testing an operating cata¬ lyst of unknown relative activity, one conducts a suffi¬ cient number of runs with that catalyst under D-3907-30 conditions (as modified above) to establish the level of conversion which is or would be produced with the operat¬ ing catalyst at standard reciprocal WHSV. Then, using the above-mentioned standard catalyst curve, one establishes a hypothetical reciprocal WHSV constituting the recipro¬ cal WHSV which would have been required, using the standard catalyst, to obtain the sane level of conversion which was or would be exhibited, by the operating catalyst at stan- O dard WHSV. The relative activity may then be calculated by dividing the hypothetical reciprocal WHSV by the reciprocal standard WHSV, which is 1/16, or .0625. The result is relative activity expressed in terms of a decimal fraction, which may then be multiplied by 100 to convert to percent relative activity. In applying the results of this deter¬ mination, a relative activity of 0.5, or 50%, means that it would take twice the amount of the operating catalyst to give the same conversion as the standard catalyst, i.e., the production catalyst is 50% as active as the reference catalys Relative activity at a constant level of conversion is also equal to the ratio of the Weight Hourly Space Velocity (WHSV) of an operational or "test" catalyst divided by the WHSV of a standard catalyst selected for its level of con¬ version at MAT conditions. To simplify the calculation of relative activity for different test catalysts against the same standard catalyst, a MAT conversion versus relative activity curve may be developed. The catalyst may be introduced into the process in its vir¬ gin form or, as previously indicated, in other than virgin form; e.g. one may use equilibrium catalyst withdrawn from another unit, .such as catalyst that has been employed in the cracking of a different feed. Whether characterized on the basis of MAT conversion activity or relative acti- • vity, the preferred catalysts may be described on the basis of their activity "as introduced" into the process of the present invention, or on the basis of their "as withdrawn" or equilibrium activity in the process of the present invention, or on both of these bases. A preferred ac¬ tivity level of virgin and non-virgin catalyst "as intro¬ duced" into the process of the present invention is at least about 60% by MAT conversion, and preferably at least about 20%, more preferably at least about 40% and still more preferably at least about 60% in terms of relative activity. However, it will be appreciated that, parti¬ cularly in the case of non-virgin catalysts supplied at high addition rates, lower activity levels may be accep¬ table. An acceptable "as withdrawn" or equilibrium ac¬ tivity level of catalyst which has been used in the process of the present invention is at least about 20% or more, but about 40% or more and preferably about 60% or more are pre¬ ferred values on a relative activity basis, and an activity level of 60% or more on a MAT conversion basis is also con¬ templated. More preferably, it is desired to employ a catalyst which will, under the conditions of use in the unit, establish art equilibrium activity at or above the in¬ dicated level. The catalyst activities are determined with catalyst having less than 0-01 coke, e.g. regenerated catalyst. One may employ any hydrocarbon cracking catalyst having the above indicated conversion capabilities. A particular¬ ly preferred class of catalysts includes those which have pore structures into which molecules of feed material may enter for adsorption and/or for contact with active cataly¬ tic sites within or adjacent the pores. Various types of catalysts are available within this classification, includ¬ ing for example the layered silicates, e.g. smectites. * - Although the most widely available catalysts within this classification are the well-known zeolite-containing catalysts, non-zeolite catalysts are also contemplated. The preferred zeolite-containing catalysts may include any zeolite, whether natural, semi-synthetic or synthetic, alone or in admixture with other materials which do not significantly impair the suitability of the catalyst, pro¬ vided the resultant catalyst has the activity and pore structure referred to above. For example, if the virgin catalyst is a mixture, it may include the zeolite compon¬ ent associated with or dispersed in a porous refractory inorganic oxide carrier, in such case the catalyst may for example contain about 1% to about 60%, more preferably about 15 to about 50%, and most typically about ' 20 to about 45% by weight, based on the total weight of catalyst (water free basis) of the zeolite, the balance of the catalyst being the porous refractory inorganic oxide alone or in combination with any of the known adjuvants for promoting or suppressing various desired and undesired reactions. For a general explanation of the genus of zeolite, mole¬ cular sieve catalysts useful in the invention, attention is drawn to the disclosures of the articles entitled "Refinery Catalysts Are a Fluid Business" and "Making Cat Crackers Work On Varied Diet" , appearing respectively in the July 26, 1978 and September 13, 1978 issues of Chemical Week magazine. The descriptions of the aforementioned publications are incorporated herein by reference. O RE For the most part, the zeolite components of the zeolite- containing catalysts will be those which are known to be useful in FCC cracking processes. In general, these are crystalline aluminosilicates, typically made up of tetra coordinated aluminum atoms associated through oxygen atoms with adjacent silicon atoms in the crystal structure. However, the term "zeolite" as used in this disclosure contemplates not only aluminosilicates, but also substances in which the aluminum has been partly or wholly replaced, such as for instance by gallium and/or other metal atoms, and further includes substances in which all or part of the silicon has been replaced, such as for instance by germanium. Titanium and zirconium substitution may also be practiced. Most zeolites are prepared or occur naturally in the sodium form, so that sodium cations are associated with the electro¬ negative sites in the crystal structure. The sodium cations tend to make zeolites inactive and much less stable when exposed to hydrocarbon conversion conditions, particul¬ arly high temperatures. Accordingly, the zeolite may be ion exchanged, and where the zeolite is a component of a catalyst composition, such ion exchanging may occur before or after incorporation of the zeolite as a component of the composition- Suitable cations for replacement of sodium in the zeolite crystal structure include ammonium (decomposable to hydrogen), hydrogen, rare earth metals, alkaline earth metals, etc. Various suitable ion exchange procedures and cations which may be exchanged into the zeolite crystal structure are well known to those skilled in the art. Examples of the naturally occurring crystalline alumino- silicate zeolites which may be used as or included in the catalyst for the Dresent invention are faujasitε, mordenite, clinoptilote, chabazite, analcite, crionite, as well as levynite, dachiardite, paulingite, noselite, ferriorite, heulandite, scolccite, stibite, harmotome, phillipsite, brewsterite, flarite, datolite, gmelinite, caumnite, leucite, lazurite, scaplite, mesolite, ptolite, nephline, matrolite, offretite and sodalite. Examples of the synthetic crystalline aluminosilicate zeolites which are useful as or in the catalyst for car¬ rying out the present invention are Zeolite X, U.S. Patent No. 2,882,244; .Zeolite Y, U'.S. Patent No. 3,130,007; and - Zeolite A, U.S. Patent No. 2,882,243; as well as Zeolite B, U.S. Patent No. 3,008,803; Zeolite D, Canada Patent No. 661,981; Zeolite E, Canada Patent No. 614,495; Zeolite F, U.S. Patent No. 2,996,358; Zeolite H, U.S. Patent No. 3,010,789; Zeolite J. U.S. Patent No. 3,011,869; Zeolite L, Belgian Patent No. 575,177; Zeolite M, U.S. Patent No. 2,995,423; Zeolite O, U.S. Patent No. 3,140,252; Zeolite Q, U.S. Patent NO. 2,991,151; Zeolite S, U.S. Patent No. 3,054,657; Zeolite T, U.S. Patent No. 2,950,952; Zeolite W, U.S. Patent No. 3,012,853; Zeolite Z, Canada Patent No. 614,495; and Zeolite Omega, Canada Patent No. 817,915. Also, ZK-4HJ, alpha beta and ZSM-type zeolites are useful. Moreover, the zeolites described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,140,249; 3,140,253; 3,944,482; and 4,137,151 are also useful, the disclosures of said patents .being incorporated herein by reference. The crystalline alu inosilicate zeolites having a fauja- site-type crystal structure are particularly preferred for use in the present invention. This includes particularly natural faujasite and Zeolite X and Zeolite Y. The crystalline aluminosilicate zeolites, such as synthetic faujasite, will under normal conditions crystallize as regularly shaped, discrete particles of about one to about ten microns in size, and, accordingly, this is the size range frequently found in commerical catalysts which can be used in the invention. Preferably, the particle size of the zeolites is from about 0.1 to about 10 microns and more preferably is from about 0.1 to about 2 microns or less. For example, zeolites prepared in situ from calcined kaolin may be characterized by even smaller crystallites. Crystal¬ line zeolites exhibit both an interior and an exterior surface area, the latter being defined as "portal" surface area, with the largest portion of the total surface area being internal. By portal surface area, we refer to the outer surface of the zeolite crystal through which reactants are considered to pass in order to convert to lower boiling products. Blockages of the internal channels by, for ex¬ ample, coke formation, blockages of entrance to the in¬ ternal channels by deposition of coke in the portal surface area, and contamination by metals poisoning, will greatly reduce the total zeolite surface area. Therefore, to mini¬ mize the effect of contamination and pore blockage, crys¬ tals larger than the normal size cited above are preferably not used in the catalysts of this invention. Commercial zeolite-containing catalysts are available with carriers containing a variety of metal oxides and combina¬ tion thereof, include for example silica, alumina, mag¬ nesia, and mixtures thereof and mixtures of such oxides with clays as e.g. described in U.S. Patent No. 3,034,948. One may for example select any of the zeolite-containing molecular sieve fluid cracking catalysts which are suitable for production of gasoline from vacuum gas oils. However, certain advantages may be attained by judicious selection of catalysts havingmarked resistance to metals. A metal resistant zeolite catalyst is, for instance, described in U.S. Patent No. 3,944,482, in which the catalyst contains OMP 1-40 weight percent of a rare earth-exchanged zeolite, the balance being a refractory metal oxide having specified pore volume and size distribution. Other catalysts de¬ scribed as "metals-tolerant" are described in the above mentioned Cimbala, et al., article. In general, it is preferred to employ catalysts having an overall particle size in the range of about 5 to about 160, more preferably about 40 to about 120, and most preferably about 40 to about 80 microns. For example, a useful catalyst may have a skeletal density of about 150 pounds per cubic foot and an average particle size of about 60-70 microns, with less than 10% of the particles hav¬ ing a size less than about 40.microns and less than 80% having a size less than about 50-60 microns. Although a wide variety of other catalysts, including both zeolite-containing and non-zeolite-containing may be employed in the practice.,.of the invention the following are examples of commercially available catalysts which may be employed in practicing the invention: TABLE 2 Specific Weiαht Percent Surface Zeolite AGZ-290 300 11.0 29.5 59.0 0-40 0.11 0.59 GRZ-1 162 14.0 23.4 69.0 0.10 0.4 0.9 CCZ-220 129 11.0 34.6 60.0 0.60 0.57 1.9 Super DX 155 13.0 31.0 65.0 0-80 0.57 1.6 F-37 240 10-0 44-0 50.0 0.80 0.70 1.6 FOX-90 240 8.0 44.0 52.0 0.65 0-65 1.1 HFZ 20 310 20.0 59-0 40.0 0-47 0.54 2.75 HEZ 55 210 19.0 59.0 35.2 0.60 0.60 2.5 The AGZ-290, GRZ-1, CCZ-220 and Super DX catalysts referred to above are products of W. R. Grace and Co. F-87 and FOX-9 are products of Filtrol, while HFZ-20 and HEZ-55 are produc of Engelhard/Houdry. The above are properties of virgin catalyst and, except in the case of zeolite content, are adjusted to ' a water free basis, ' i.e. based on material ignited at 1750°F. The zeolite content is derived by compa son of the X-ray intensities of a catalyst sample and of a standard material composed of high purity sodium Y zeolite in accordance with draft #6, dated January 9, 1978, of proposed ASTM Standard Method entitled "Determination of th Faujasite Content of a Catalyst". Among the above mentioned commercially available catalysts, the Super D family and especially a catalyst designated GRZ-1 are particularly preferred. For example, Super DX has given particularly good results with Arabian light crude. The GRZ-1, although substantially more expensive than the Super DX at present, appears somewhat more metals- tolerant. Although not yet commercially available, it is believed that the best catalysts for carrying out the present inven¬ tion are those which are characterized by matrices with feeder pores having large minimum diameters and large mouths to facilitate diffusion of high molecular weight molecules through the matrix to the portal surface area of molecular sieve particles within the matrix. Such matrices prefera¬ bly also have a relatively large pore volume in order to soak up unvaporized portions of the carbo-metallic oil feed. Thus significant numbers of liquid hydrocarbon mole¬ cules can diffuse to active catalytic sites both in the matrix and in sieve particles on the surface of the matrix. In general it is preferred to employ catalysts having a total pore volume greater than 0.2 -cc/gm, preferably at least 0.4 cc/g , more preferably at least 0.6 cc/gm and *.. RST1T UTE SHEET Y^ ost preferably in the range of 0.7 to 1.0 cc/gm, and with matrices wherein at least 0.1 cc/gm, and preferably at least 0.2 cc/gm, of said total pore volume is comprised of feeder pores having diameters in the range of about 400 to about 6000 angstrom units, more preferably in the range of about 1000 to about 6000 angstrom units. These catalysts and the method for making the same are described more fully in copending international application Serial No. PCT/US31/00492 filed in the U.S. Receiving Office on April 10, 1981, in the names of Ashland Oil, Inc., et al., and entitled "Large Pore Catalysts for Heavy Hydrocarbon Conversion", the entire disclosure of said application being incorporated herein by reference. Additives may be introduced into the riser, the regenerator other conversion system components to passivate the non-sele tive catalytic activity of heavy metals deposited on the con version catalyst. Preferred ' dditives for practicing the pr ent invention include those disclosed in U.S. Patent Applica tion Serial No.263,395 ,, filed simultaneously herewith in name of William P. Hettinger, Jr., and entitled PASSIVATING HEA V Y METALS IN CARBO-METALLIC OIL CONVERSION, the entire di closure of said U.S. application being incorporated herein b reference. Catalysts for carrying out the present invention may also employ other metal additives for controlling the adverse effects of vanadium as described in PCT International Applica tion Serial No. PCT/US31/00356 filed in the U.S. Receiving Office on March 19, 1981, in the names of Ashland Oil, Inc., et al., and entitled "Immobilization of Vanadia Deposited on Catalytic Materials During Carbo-Metallic Oil Conversion". The manner in which these other metal additives are believed to interact with vanadium is set forth in said PCT internatio application, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. EET A particularly preferred catalyst also includes vanadium traps as disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 252,967 filed April 10, 1981, in the names of William P. Hettinger, Jr. , et al, and entitled "Trapping of Metals Deposited on Catalytic Materials During Carbo-Metallic Oil Conversion". It is also preferred to control the valence state of vanadium accumulations on the catalyst during regeneration as disclosed in the U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 255,398 entitled "Immobilization of Vanadium Deposited on Catalytic Materials During Carbo-Metallic Oil Conversion" filed in the names of William P. Hettinger, Jr., et al, on April 20, 1981, as well as continuation-in-part appli¬ cation Serial No. 258,265 of the same application subsequently filed on April 28, 1981. The entire disclosures of said U.S. Patent Applications are incorporated herein by refer¬ ence. OMP It is considered an advantage that the process of the present invention can be conducted in the substantial absence of tin and/or antmony or at least in the pres¬ ence of a catalyst which is substantially free of either or both of these metals. The process of the present invention may be operated with the above described carbo-metallic oil and catalyst as sub¬ stantially the sole materials charged to the reaction zone. The charging of additional materials is not excluded. The charging of- recycled oil to the reaction zone has already been mentioned. As described in greater detail below, still other materials fulfilling- a variety of functions may also be charged. In such case, the carbo-metallic oil and catalyst usually represent the major proportion by weight of the total of all materials charged to the reaction zone. Certain of the additional materials which may be used per¬ form functions which offer significant advantages over the process as performed with only the carbo-metallic oil and catalyst. Among these functions are: controlling the effects of heavy metals and other catalyst contaminants; enhancing catalyst activity; absorbing excess heat in the catalyst as received from the regenerator; disposal of pollutants or conversion thereof to a form or forms in which they may be more readily separated from products and/or disposed of; controlling catalyst temperature; diluting the carbo-metallic oil vapors to reduce their partial pressure and increase the yield of desired pro¬ ducts; adjusting feed/catalyst contact time; donation of hydrogen to a hydrogen deficient carbo-metallic oil feed- . stock for example as disclosed in copending application Serial No. 246,791, entitled "Use of Naphtha in Carbo- Metallic Oil Conversion", filed in the name of George D. Myers on March 23, 1981, which application is incorpor¬ ated herein by reference; assisting in the dispersion of the feed; and possibly also distillation of products. Certain of the metals in the heavy metals accumulation on the catalyst are more active in promoting undesired re¬ actions when they are in the form of elemental metal, than they are when in the oxidized form produced by contact with oxygen in the catalyst regenerator. However, the time of contact between catalyst and vapors of feed and product in past conventional catalytic cracking was suf¬ ficient so that hydrogen released in the cracking reac¬ tion was able to reconvert a significant portion of the less harmful oxides back to the more harmful elemental heavy metals. One can take advantage of this situation through the introduction of additional materials which are in gaseous (including vaporous) form in the reaction zone in admixture with the catalyst and vapors of feed and products. The increased volume of material in the reaction zone resulting from the presence of such addi¬ tional materials tend to increase the velocity of flow through the reaction zone with a corresponding decrease in the residence time of the catalyst and oxidized heavy OMPI metals borne thereby. Because of this reduced residence time, there is less opportunity for reduction of the oxi¬ dized heavy metals to elemental form and therefore less of the harmful elemental metals are available for con¬ tacting the fe ' ed and products. Added materials may be introduced into the process in any suitable fashion, some examples of which follow. For in¬ stance, they may be admixed with the carbo-metallic oil feedstock prior to contact of the latter with the catalyst. Alternatively, the added materials may, if desired, be admixed with the catalyst prior to contact of the latter with the feedstock. Separate portions of the added ma¬ terials may be separately admixed with both catalyst and carbo-metallic oil. Moreover, the feedstock, catalyst and additional materials may, if desired, be brought to¬ gether substantially simultaneously. A portion of the added materials may be mixed with catalyst and/or carbo- metallic oil in any of the above described ways, while ad¬ ditional portions are subsequently brought into admixture. For example, a portion of the added materials may be added to the carbo-metallic oil and/or to the catalyst before they reach the reaction zone, while another portion of the added materials is introduced directly into the re¬ action zone. The added materials may be introduced at a plurality of spaced locations in the reaction zone or along the length thereof, if elongated. The amount of additional materials which may be present in the feed, catalyst or reaction zone for carrying out the above functions, and others, may be varied as desired; but said amount will preferably be sufficient to substantially heat balance the process- These materials may for example be introduced into the reaction zone in a weight ratio rela¬ tive to feed of up to about 0.4, preferably in the range of about 0.02 to about 0-4, more preferably about 0.03 to about 0.3 and most preferably about 0.05 to about 0.25. For example, many or all of the above desirable functions may be attained by introducing H 2 0 to the reaction zone in the form of steam or of liquid water or a combination thereof in a weight ratio relative to feed in the range of about 0.04 or more, or more preferably about 0.05 to about 0.1 or more. Without wishing to be bound by any theory, it appears that the use of H 2 0 tends to inhibit reduction of catalyst-borne oxides, sulfites and sulfides to the free metallic form which is believed to promote condensation-dehydrogenation with consequent promotion of coke and hydrogen yield and accompanying loss of product. Moreover, H-0 may also, to some extent, reduce deposition of metals onto the cata¬ lyst surface. There may also be some tendency to desorb nitrogen-containing and other heavy contaminant-containing molecules from the surface of the catalyst particles, or at least some tendency to inhibit their absorption by the catalyst. It is also believed that added H 2 0 tends to increase the acidity of the catalyst by Bronsted acid forma¬ tion which in turn enhances the activity of the catalyst. Assuming the H-0 as supplied is cooler than the regenerated catalyst and/or the temperature of the reaction zone, the sensible heat involved in raising the temperature of the H 2 0 upon contacting the catalyst in the reaction zone or elsewhere can absorb excess heat from the catalyst. Where the H 2 0 is or includes recycled water that contains for example about 500 to about 5000 ppm of H 2 S dissolved there¬ in, a number of additional advantages may accrue. The ecologically unattractive H„S need not be vented to the atmosphere, the recycled water does not require further treatment to remove H-S and the H-S may be of assistance in reducing coking of the catalyst by passivation of the -^TFR OM heavy metals, i.e. by conversion thereof to the sulfide form which has a lesser tendency than the free metals to en¬ hance coke and hydrogen production. In the reaction zone, the presence of H 2 0 can dilute the carbo-metallic oil vapors, thus reducing their partial pressure and tending to increase the yield of the desired products. It has been reported that H 2 0 is useful in combination with other ma¬ terials in generating hydrogen during cracking; thus it may be able to act as a hydrogen donor for hydrogen deficient carbo-metallic oil feedstocks. The H 2 0 may also serve cer¬ tain purely mechanical functions such as: assisting in the atomizing or dispersion of the feed; competing with high molecular weight molecules for adsorption on the sur¬ face of the catalyst, thus interrupting coke formation; steam distillation of vaporizable product from unvaporized feed material; and disengagement of product from catalyst upon conclusion of the " cracking reaction. It is particu¬ larly preferred to bring together H 2 0, catalyst and carbo- metallic oil substantially simultaneously. For example, one may admix H 2 0 and feedstock in an atomizing nozzle and immediately direct the resultant spray into contact with the catalyst at the downstream end of the reaction zone. The addition of steam to the reaction zone is frequently mentioned in the literature of fluid catalytic cracking. Addition of liquid water to the feed is discussed relative¬ ly infrequently, compared to the introduction of steam directly into the reaction zone. However, in accordance with the present invention it is particularly preferred that liquid water be brought into intimate admixture with the carbo-metallic oil in a weight ratio of about 0.04 to about 0.25 at or prior to the time of introduction of the oil into the reaction zone, whereby the water (e.g. , in the form of liquid water or in the form of steam produced by vaporization of liquid water in contact with the oil) enters the reaction zone as oart of the flow of feedstock which enters such zone. Although not wishing to be bound by any theory, it is believed that the foregoing is advan¬ tageous in promoting dispersion of the feedstock. Also, the heat of vaporization of the water, which heat is absorbed from the catalyst, from the feedstock, or from both, causes the water to be a more efficient heat sink than steam alone. Preferably the weight ratio of liquid water to feed is. about 0.04 to about 0.2 more preferably about 0.05 to about 0.15. Of course, the liquid water may be introduced into the process in the above described manner or in other ways, and in either event the introduction of liquid water may be accompanied by the introduction of additional amounts of water as steam into the same or different portions of the reaction zone or into the catalyst and/or feedstock. For example, the amount of additional steam may be in a weight ratio relative to feed in the range of about 0.01 to about 0.25, with the weight ratio of total H 2 0 (as steam and liquid water) to feedstock being about 0.3 or less. The charging weight ratio of liquid water relative to steam in such combined use of liquid water and steam may for example range from about 15 which is presently pre¬ ferred, to about 0.2. Such ratio may be maintained at a predetermined level within such range or varied as neces¬ sary or desired to adjust or maintain heat balance. Other materials may be added to the reaction zone to per¬ form one or more of the above described functions. For example, the dehydrogenation-condensation activity of heavy metals may be inhibited by introducing hydrogen sulfide gas into the reaction zone- Hydrogen may be made available for hydrogen deficient carbo-metallic oil feedstocks by introducing into the reaction zone either a conventional hydrogen donor diluent such as a heavy naphtha or relative¬ ly low molecular weight carbon-hydrocarbon fragment contri- butors, " including for example: light paraffins; low mole¬ cular weight alcohols and other compounds which permit or favor intermolecular hydrogen transfer; and compounds that chemically combine to generate hydrogen in the reaction zone such as by reaction of carbon monoxide with water, or with alcohols, or with olefins, or with other materials or mixtures of the foregoing. All of the above mentioned additional materials (including water) , alone or in conjunction with each other or in con¬ junction with other materials, such as nitrogen or other inert gases, light hydrocarbons, and others, may perform any of the above-described functions for which they are suitable, including without limitation, acting as diluents to reduce feed partial pressure and/or as heat sinks to absorb excess heat present in the catalyst as received from the regeneration step. The foregoing is a discussion , of some of the functions which can be performed by materials other than catalyst and carbo-metallic oil feedstock in¬ troduced into the reaction zone, and it should be under¬ stood that other materials may be added or other " functions performed without departing from the spirit of the invention. The invention may be practiced n a wide variety of appara¬ tus. However, the preferred apparatus includes means for rapidly vaporizing as much feed as possible and efficiently admixing feed and catalyst (although not necessarily in that order) , for causing the resultant mixture to flow as a dilute suspension in a progressive flow mode, and for separating the catalyst from cracked products and any un- cracked or only partially cracked feed at the end of a pre¬ determined residence time or tines, it being preferred that all or at least a substantial portion of the product -should be abruptly separated from at least a portion of the catalyst. For example, the apparatus may include, along its elongated reaction chamber, one or more points for introduction of carbo-metallic feed, one or more points for introduction of catalyst, one or more points for introduction of addi¬ tional material, one or more points for withdrawal of products and one or more points for withdrawal of catalyst. The means for introducing feed, catalyst and other material may range from open pipes to sophisticated jets or spray nozzles, it being preferred to use means capable of break¬ ing up the liquid feed into fine droplets. Preferably, the catalyst, liquid water (when used) and fresh feed are brought together in an apparatus similar to that disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 969,601 of George D. Myers, et al, entitled "Method for Cracking Residual Oils", filed December 14, 1978, and the successive continuation applications thereof. Serial No. 99,050 and Serial No. 254,367. The entire disclosures of these applications are hereby incor¬ porated herein by reference. According to a particularly preferred embodiment based on a suggestion which is understood to have emanated from Mr. Stephen M. Kovach, the liquid water and carbo-metallic oil, prior to their introduction into the riser, are caused to pass through a propeller, apertured disc, or any appropriate high shear agitating means for forming a "homogenized mixture" containing finely divided droplets of oil and/or water with oil and/or water present as a continuous phase. It is preferred that the reaction chamber, or at least the major portion thereof, be more nearly vertical than hori¬ zontal and have a length to diameter ratio of at least about 10, more preferably anout 20 or 25 or more. Use of a vertical riser type reactor is preferred. If tubular, the reactor can be of uniform diameter throughout or may be provided with a continuous or step-wise increase in diameter along the reaction path to maintain or vary the velocity along the flow path. -66- In general, the charging means (for catalyst and feed) and the reactor configuration are such as to provide a relatively high velocity of flow and dilute suspension of catalyst. For example, the vapor or catalyst velocity in the riser will-be usually at least about 25 and more typically at least about 35 feet per second. This velocity may range up to about 55 or about 75 feet or about 100 feet per second or higher. The vapor velocity at the top of the reactor may be higher than that at the bottom and may for example be about 80 feet per second at the top and about 40 feet per second at the bottom. The velocity capa¬ bilities of the reactor will in general be sufficient to prevent substantial build-up of catalyst bed in the bottom or other portions of the riser, whereby the catalyst load¬ ing in the riser can be maintained below about 4 or 5 pounds, as for example about 0.5 pounds, and below about 2 pounds, as for example 0.8 pounds, per cubic foo , respec¬ tively, at the upstream (e.g., bottom) and downstre-am (e.g., top) ends of the riser. The progressive flow mode involves, for example,, flowing of catalyst, feed and products as a stream in a positively controlled and maintained direction established by the elongated nature of the reaction zone. This is not to suggest however that there must be strictly linear flow- As is well known, turbulent flow and "slippage" of cata¬ lyst may occur to some extent especially in certain ranges of vapor velocity and sose catalyst loadings, although it has been reported advisable to employ sufficiently low catalyst loadings tovrestrict slippage and back-mixing. Most preferably the reactor is one which abruptly separates a substantial portion or all of the vaporized cracked pro¬ ducts from the catalyst at one or more points along the riser, and preferably separates substantially all of the vaporized cracked products from the catalyst at the down¬ stream end of the riser- A preferred type of reactor em- bodies ballistic separation of the catalyst and products; that is, catalyst is projected in a direction established by the riser tube, and is caused to continue its motion in the general direction so established, while the products, having lesser momentum, are caused to make an abrupt change of direction, resulting in an abrupt, substantially instan¬ taneous separation of product from catalyst. In a preferred embodiment referred to as a vented riser, the riser tube is provided with a substantially unobstructed discharge opening at its downstream end for discharge of catalyst- An exit port in the side of the tube adjacent the downstream end receives the products. The discharge opening communicates with a catalyst flow path which extends to the usual stripper and regenerator, while the exit port communicates with a product, flow path which is substantially or entirely separate from the catalyst flow path and leads to separation means for separating the products from the relatively small portion of catalyst, if any, which manages to gain entry to the product exit port. Examples of a ballistic separation apparatus and techniques as above described, are found in U.S. Patents 4,066,533 and 4,070,159 to Myers, et al., the disclosures of which patents are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. The mode of catalyst/product separation presently deemed best for practicing the present invention is disclosed in a U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 263,399, filed simultaneously herewith in the names of Paul W. Walters, Roger M. Benslay, and Dwight F. Barger, entitled CARBO-METALLIC OIL CONVERSION WITH BALLISTIC SEPARATION. The ballistic separation step preferably includes at least a partial reversal of direction by the product vapors upon discharge from the riser tube; that is, the product vapors make a turn or change of direction which exceeds 90° at the riser tube outlet. This may be accomplished for example by providing an annu¬ lar cup-like member surrounding the riser tube at its upper end, the ratio of cross-sectional area of the annulus of the cup-like member relative to the cross-sectional area of the OMPI riser tube outlet being low i.e., less than 1 and preferably less than about Q.6. Preferably the lip of the cup is slightly upstream of, or below the downstream end or top of the riser tube, and the cup is preferably concentric with the riser tube. By means of a product vapor line com¬ municating with the interior of the cup but not the interior of the riser tube, having its inlet positioned within the cup interior in a direction upstream of the riser tube out¬ let, product vapors emanating from the riser tube and enter¬ ing the cup by reversal of direction are transported away from the cup to auxiliary catalyst and product separation equipment downstream of the cup. Such an -arrangement can produce a high degree of completion of the separation of catalyst from product vapors at the vented riser tube out¬ let, so that the required amount of auxiliary catalyst sep¬ aration equipment such as cyclones is greatly reduced, with consequent large savings in capital investment and operat¬ ing cost. Preferred conditions for operation of the process are de¬ scribed below. Among these are feed, catalyst and reaction temperatures, reaction and feed pressures, residence time and levels of conversion, coke production and coke laydown on catalyst- In conventional FCC operations with VGO, the feedstock is customarily preheated, often to temperatures significantly higher than are required to make the feed sufficiently fluid for pumping and for introduction into the reactor. For example, preheat temperatures as high as about 700° or 800°F have been reported. But in our process as pres¬ ently practiced it is preferred to restrict preheating of the feed, so that the feed is capable of absorbing a larger amount of heat from the catalyst while the catalyst raises the feed to conversion temperature, at the same time mini¬ mizing utilization of external fuels to heat the feedstock. Thus, where the nature of the feedstock permits, it may be fed at ambient temperature. Heavier stocks may be fed at preheat temperatures of up to about 600°F, typically about 200°F to about 500°F, but higher preheat temp¬ eratures are not necessarily excluded. The catalyst fed to the reactor may vary widely in temp¬ erature, for exmple from about 1100°to about 1600°F, more preferably about 1200° to about 1500°F and most pref¬ erably about 1300° to about 1400°F, with about 1325° to about 1375°F being considered optimum at present. As indicated previously, the conversion of the carbo- metallic oil to lower molecular weight products may be conducted at a temperature of about 900° to about 1400°F, measured at the reaction chamber outlet. The reaction temperature as measured at said outlet is more preferably maintained in the range of about 965° to about 1300°F, still more preferably about 975° to about 1200°F, and most preferably about 980° to about 1150°F. Depending upon the temperature selected and the properties of the feed, all of the feed may or may not vaporize in the riser. Although the pressure in the reactor may, as indicated above, range from about 10 to about 50 psia, preferred and more preferred pressure ranges are about 15 to about 35 and about 20 to about 35. In general, the partial (or total) pressure of the feed may be in the range of about 3 to about 30, more preferably about 7 to about 25 and most preferably about 10 to about 17 psia- The feed partial pressure may be controlled or suppressed by the introduc¬ tion of gaseous (including vaporous) materials into the reactor, such as for instance the steam, water and other additional materials described above- The process has for example been operated with the ratio of feed partial pressure relative to total oressure in the riser in the range of about 0.2 to about 0.8, more typically about 0.3 to about 0..7 and still more typically about 0.4 to about 0.6, with the ratio of added gaseous material (which may include recycled gases and/or steam resulting from intro¬ duction of H 2 0 to the riser in the form of steam and/or liquid water) relative to total pressure in the riser correspondingly ranging from about 0.8 to about 0.2, more typically about 0.7 to about 0.3 and still more typically about 0.6 to about 0.4. In the illustrative operations just described, the ratio of the partial pressure of the added gaseous material relative to the partial pressure of the feed has been in the range of about 0.25 to about 4.0, more typically about 0.4 to about 2.3 and still more typically about 0.7 to about 1.7. Although the residence time of feed and product vapors in the riser may be in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 seconds, as described above, preferred and more preferred values are about 0.5 to about 6 and about 1 to about 4 seconds, with about 1.5 to about 3.0 seconds currently being considered about optimum. For example, the process has been operated with a riser vapor residence time of about 2.5 seconds or less by introduction of copious amounts of gaseous materials into the riser, such amounts being suf¬ ficient to provide for example a partial pressure ratio of added gaseous materials relative to hydrocarbon feed of about 0.8 or more. By way of further illustr tion, the process has been operated with said residence time being about 2 seconds or less, with the aforesaid ratio being in the range of about 1 to about 2. The combination of low feed partial pressure, very low residence time and ballistic separation of products from catalyst are con¬ sidered especially beneficial for the conversion of carbo- metallic oils. Additional benefits may be obtained in the foregoing combination when there is a substantial partial pressure of added gaseous material, especially H scribed above. Depending upon whether there is slippage between the cata¬ lyst and hydrocarbon vapors in the riser, the catalyst riser residence time may or may not be the same as that of the vapors. Thus, the ratio of average catalyst reac¬ tor residence time versus vapor reactor residence time, i.e., slippage, may be in the range of about 1 to about 5, more preferably abou 1 to about 4 and most preferably about 1 to about 3, with about 1 to about 2 currently be¬ ing considered optimum. In practice, there will usually be a small amount of slip¬ page, e.g., at least about 1.05 or 1.2. In an operating unit there may for example be a slippage of about 1.1 at the bottom of the riser and about 1.05 at the top. In certain types of known FCC units, there is a riser which discharges catalyst and product vapors together into an enlarged chamber, usually considered to be part of the reactor, in which the catalyst is disengaged from product and collected. Continued contact of catalyst, uncracked feed (if any) and cracked products in such enlarged chamber results in an overall catalyst feed contact time appreciably exceeding the riser tube residence times of the vapors and catalysts. When practicing the process of the present in¬ vention with ballistic separation of catalyst and vapors at the downstream (e.g., upper) extremity of the riser, such as is taught in the above mentioned Myers, et al., patents, the riser residence time and the catalyst contact time are substantially the same for a major portion of the feed and product vapors. It is considered advantageous if the vapor riser residence time and vapor catalyst contact time are substantially the same for at least about 80%, more pref¬ erably at least about 90% and most preferably at least about 95% by volume of the tocal feed and product vapors -f riEx passing through the riser. By denying such vapors continued contact with catalyst in a catalyst disengagement and col¬ lection chamber one may avoid a tendency toward re-cracking and diminished selectivity. In general, the combination of catalyst to oil ratio, temp¬ eratures, pressures and residence times should be such as to effect a substantial conversion of the carbo-metallic oil feedstock. It is an advantage of the process that very high levels of conversion can be attained in a single pass; for example the conversion may be in excess of 50% and may range to about 90% or higher. Preferably, the afore¬ mentioned conditions are maintained at levels sufficient to maintain 'conversion levels in the range of about 60 to about 90% and more preferably about 70 to about 85%. The foregoing conversion levels are calculated by sub¬ tracting from 100% the percentage obtained by dividing the liquid volume of fresh feed into 100 times the volume of liquid product boiling at and above 430 β F (tbp, standard atmospheric pressure) - These substantial levels of conversion may and usually do result in relatively large yields of coke, such as for example about 4 to about 14% by weight based on fresh feed, more commonly about 6 to about 13% and most frequently about 10 to about 13%. The coke yield can more or less quantitativelydeposit upon the catalyst- At contemplated catalyst to oil ratios, the resultant coke laydown may be in excess of about 0.3, more commonly in excess of about 0.5 and very frequently in excess of about 1% of coke by weight, based on the weight of moisture free re¬ generated catalyst. Such coke laydown may range as high as about 2%, or about 3%, or even highe - In common with conventional FCC operations on VGO, the present process includes stripping of spent catalyst after disengagement of the catalyst from product vapors. Persons skilled in the art are acquainted with appropriate strip¬ ping agents and conditions for stripping spent catalyst, but in some cases the present process may require some¬ what more severe conditions than are commonly employed. This may result, for example, from the use of a carbo- metallic oil having constituents which do not volatilize under the conditions prevailing in the reactor, which constituents deposit themselves at least in part on the catalyst. Such adsorbed, unvaporized material can be troublesome fromat least two standpoints. First, if the gases (including vapors) used to strip the catalyst can gain admission to a catalyst disengagement or collection chamber connected to the downstream end of the riser, and if there is an accumulation of catalyst in such chamber, vaporization of these unvaporized hydrocarbons in the stripper can be followed by adsorption on the bed of cata¬ lyst in the chamber. More particularly, as the catalyst in the stripper is stripped of interstitial feed and pro¬ duct material, the resultant feed and product material vapors pass through the bed of catalyst accumulated in the " catalyst collection and/or disengagement chamber and may deposit coke and/or condensed material on the catalyst in said bed. As the catalyst bearing such deposits moves from the bed and into the stripper and from thence to the regener¬ ator, the condensed products can not be removed by normal stripping operations, which combined with the coke can tend to increase regeneration temperatures and/or demand greater regeneration capacity. For the foregoing reasons, it is preferred to prevent or restrict contact between stripping vapors and catalyst accumulations in the catalyst disengage¬ ment or collection chamber. This may be done for example by preventing such accumulations from forming, e.g. with the -£Ti E exception of a quantity of catalyst which essentially drops out of circulation and may remain at the bottom of the dis¬ engagement and/or collection chamber, the catalyst that is in circulation may be removed from said chamber promptly upon settling to the bottom of the ch-amber. Substantial conversion of carbo-metallic oils to lighter products in accordance with the invention tends to produce sufficiently large coke yields and coke laydown on cata¬ lyst to require some care in catalyst regeneration. In order to maintain adequate activity in zeolite and non- zeolite catalysts, it is desirable to regenerate the cata¬ lyst under conditions of time, temperature and atmosphere sufficient to reduce the percent by weight of carbon re¬ maining on the catalyst to about 0.25% or less, whether the catalyst bears a large heavy metals accumulation or not. Preferably this weight percentage is about 0.1% or less and more preferably about 0.05% or less, especially with zeo¬ lite catalysts. The amounts of coke which must therefore be burned off of the catalysts when processing carbo-metal¬ lic oils are usually substantially greater than would be the case when cracking VGO. The term coke when used to describe the present invention, should be understood to include any residual unvaporized feed or ^cracking product, if any such material is present on the catalyst after stripping. Regeneration of catalyst, burning away of coke deposited on the catalyst during the conversion of the feed, may be performed at any suitable temperature in the range of -about 1100° to about 1600°F, measured at the regenerator cata¬ lyst outlet. This temperature is preferably in the range of about 1200° to about 1500°F, more preferably about 1275° to about 1425°F and optimally about 1325°F to about 1375°F. The process has been operated, for example, with a flui¬ dized regenerator with the temperature of the catalyst dense phase in the range of about 1300° to about 1400°F. Regeneration is preferably conducted while maintaining the catalyst in one or more fluidized beds in one or more flui- dization chambers. Such fluidized bed operations are char¬ acterized, for instance, by one or more fluidized dense beds of ebulliating particles having a bed density of, for exam¬ ple, about 25 to about 50 pounds per cubic foot. Fluidiza- tion is maintained by passing gases, including combustion supporting gases, through the bed at a sufficient velocity to maintain the particles in a fluidized state but at a velocity which is sufficiently small to prevent substantial entrainment of particles in the gases. For example, the lineal velocity of the fluidizing gases may be in the range of about 0.2 to about 4 feet per second and preferably about 0.2 to about 3 feet per second. The average total resi¬ dence time of the particles in the one or more beds is sub¬ stantial, ranging for example from about 5 to about 30, more preferably about 5 to about 20 and still more preferably about 5 to about 10 minutes. From the foregoing, it may be readily seen that the fluidized bed regeneration of the present invention is readily distinguishable from the short- contact, low-density entrainment type regeneration which has been practiced in some FCC operations. When regenerating catalyst to very low levels of carbon on regenerated catalyst, e.g., about 0.1% or less or about 0.05% or less, based on the weight of regenerated catalyst, it is acceptable to burn off at least about the last 10% or at least about the last 5% by weight of coke (based on the total weight of coke on the catalyst immediately prior to regeneration) in contact with combustion producing gases containing excess oxygen. In this connection it is con¬ templated that some selected portion of the coke, ranging from all of the coke down to about the last 5 or 10% by weight, can be burned with excess oxygen. By excess oxy¬ gen is meant an amount in excess of the stoichiometric requirement for burning all of the hydrogen to water, all of the carbon to carbon dioxide and all of the other com¬ bustible components, if any, which are present in the above- mentioned selected portion of the coke immediately prior to regeneration, to their highest stable state of oxidation under the regenerator conditions. The gaseous products of combustion conducted in the presence of excess oxygen will normally include an appreciable amount of free oxygen. Such free oxygen, unless removed from the by-product gases or con¬ verted to some other form by a means or process other than regeneration, will normally manifest itself as free oxygen in the flue gas from the regenerator unit. In order to provide sufficient driving force to complete the combustion of the coke with excess oxygen, the -amount of free oxygen will normally be not merely appreciable but substantial, i.e., there will be a concentration of at least about 2 mole percent of free oxygen in the total regeneration flue gas recovered from the entire, completed regeneration operation. While such technique is effective in attaining the desired low levels of carbon on regenerated catalyst, is has its limitations and difficulties as will become a oarent from -77- Heat released by combustion of coke in the regenerator is absorbed by the catalyst and can be readily retained there¬ by until the regenerated catalyst is brought into contact with fresh feed. When processing carbo-metallic oils to the relatively high levels of conversion involved in the present invention, the amount of regenerator heat which is trans¬ mitted to fresh feed by way of recycling regenerated cata¬ lyst can substantially exceed the level of heat input which is appropriate in the riser for heating and vaporizing the feed and other materials, for supplying the endothermic heat of reaction for cracking, for making up the heat losses of the unit and so forth. Thus, in accordance with the in¬ vention, the amount of regenerator heat transmitted to fresh feed may be controlled, or restricted where necessary, within certain approximate ranges. The amount of heat so transmitted may for example be in the range of about 500 to about 1200, more particularly about 600 to about 900, and more particularly about 650 to about 850 BTUs per pound of fresh feed. The aforesaid ranges refer to the combined heat, in BTUs per pound of fresh feed, which is transmitted by the catalyst to the feed and reaction products (between the contacting of feed with the catalyst and the separation of product from catalyst) for supplying the heat of reaction (e.g., for cracking) and the difference in enthalpy between the products and the fresh feed. Not included in the fore¬ going are the heat made available in the reactor by the ad¬ sorption of coke on the catalyst, nor the heat consumed by heating, vaporizing or reacting recycle streams and such added materials as water, steam naphtha and other hydrogen donors, flue gases and inert gases, or by radiation and other losses. One or a combination of techniques may be utilized in this invention for controlling or restricting the amount of regeneration heat transmitted via catalyst to fresh feed. For example, one may add a combustion modifier to the cracking catalyst in order to reduce the temperature of combustion of coke. Under typical regeneration conditions the combustion of coke yields C0 2 and CO. The ratio of CO CO-/CO is generally greater than ' 5. The combustion of coke to CO produces only 40% of the heat as compared to the com¬ bustion of CO to C0 2 . Thus by lowering the C0 2 /CO ratio (increasing CO content) the amount of heat released in the regenerator can be favorably controlled. " Such a combustion modifier is halogen, in particular chlorine, which was dis¬ cussed above- Moreover, one may remove heat from the catalyst through heat exchange means, including for example, heat exchangers (e.g., steam coils) built into the regenera¬ tor itself, whereby one may extract heat from the catalyst during regeneration. Heat exchangers can be built into cata¬ lyst transfer lines, such as for instance the catalyst re¬ turn line from the regenerator to the reactor, whereby heat may be removed from the catalyst after it is regenerated. The- amount of heat imparted to the catalyst in the regen¬ erator may be restricted by reducing the amount of insula¬ tion on the regenerator to permit some heat loss to the surrounding atmosphere, especially if feeds of exceedingly high coking potential are planned for processing; in gen¬ eral, such loss of heat to the atmosphere is considered economically less desirable than certain of the other al¬ ternatives set forth herein. One may also inject cooling fluids into portions of the regenerator other than those oc¬ cupied by the dense bed, for example water and/or steam, whereby the amount of inert gas available in the regenerator for heat absorption and removal is increased. Another suitable and preferred technique for controlling or restricting the heat transmitted to fresh feed via recycled regenerated catalyst involves maintaining a specified ratio- between the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide formed in the regenerator while such gases are in heat exchange con¬ tact or relationship with catalyst undergoing regeneration. In general, all or a major portion by weight of the coke present on the catalyst immediately prior to regeneration is removed in at least one combustion zone in which the afore¬ said ratio is controlled as described below. More particu¬ larly, at least the major portion more preferably at least about 65% an more preferably at least about 80% by weight of the coke on the catalyst is removed in a combustion zone in which the molar ratio of CO- to CO is maintained at a level substantially below 5, e.g., about 4 or less. Look¬ ing at the C0 2 /CO relationship from the inverse standpoint, it is preferred that the CO/CO- molar ratio should be at least about 0.25 and preferably at least about 0.3 and still more preferably about 1 or more or even 1.5 or more. While persons skilled in the art are aware of techniques for inhibiting the burning of CO to C0 2 , it has bee suggested that the mole ratio of CO:CO- should be kept less than 0.2 when regenerating catalyst with large heavy metal accumula¬ tions resulting from the processing of carbo-metallic oils, in this connection see for example U.S. Patent 4,162,213 to Zrinscak, Sr. , et al. In this invention, however, CO pro¬ duction is increased while catalyst is regenerated to about 0.1% carbon or less, and preferably to about 0.05% carbon or less. Moreover, according to a preferred method of carry¬ ing out the invention the sub-process of regeneration, as a whole, may be carried out to the above-mentioned low levels of carbon on regenerated catalyst with a deficiency of oxy¬ gen; more specifically, the total oxygen supplied to the one or more stages of regeneration can be and preferably is less than the stoichiometric amount which would be required to burn all hydrogen in the coke to H 2 0 and to burn all car¬ bon in the co ' ke to ' C0_. If the coke includes other combusti¬ bles, the aforementioned stoichiometric amount can be ad¬ justed to include the amount of oxygen required to burn them. Still another particularly preferred technique for control- ling or restricting tϊie regeneration heat imparted to fresh feed via recycled catalyst involves the diversion of a por¬ tion of the heat bo ne by recycled catalyst to added material introduced into the reactor, such as the water, steam, naphth other hydrogen donors, flue gases, inert gases, and other gaseous or vaporizable materials which may be introduced in¬ to the reactor. The larger the amount of coke which must be burned from a given weight of catalyst, the greater the potential for ex¬ posing the catalyst to excessive temperatures. Many other¬ wise desirable and useful cracking catalysts are particularly susceptible to deactivation at high temperatures, and among these are quite a few of the costly molecular sieve or zeo¬ lite types of catalyst. The crystal structures of zeolites and the pore structures of the catalyst carriers generally are somewhat susceptible to thermal and/or hydrothermal de¬ gradation. The use of such catalysts in catalytic conver¬ sion processes for carbo-metallic feeds creates a need for regeneration techniques which will not destroy the catalyst by exposure to highly severe temperatures and steaming. Such need can be met by a multi-stage regeneration process which includes conveying spent catalyst into a first re¬ generation zone and introducing oxidizing gas thereto. The amount of oxidizing gas that enters said first zone and the concentration of oxygen or oxygen bearing gas therein are sufficient for only partially effecting the desired conver¬ sion of coke on the catalyst to carbon oxide gases. The partially regenerated catalyst is then removed from the first regeneration zone and is conveyed to a second regenera¬ tion zone. Oxidizing gas is introduced into the second re¬ generation zone to provide a higher concentration of oxygen or oxygen-containing gas than in the first zone, to complete the removal of carbon to the desired level. The regenera¬ ted catalyst may then be removed from the second zone and recycled to the reactor for contact with fresh feed. An example of such multi-stage regeneration process is described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 969,602 of George D. Myers, et al., filed December 14, 1978, the.entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Another example may be found in U.S. Patent 2,938,739. Multi-stage regeneration offers the possibility of combin¬ ing oxygen deficient regeneration with the control of the C0:C0_ molar ratio. Thus, about 50% or more, more prefer¬ ably about 65% to about 95%, and more preferably about 80% to about 95% by weight of the coke on the catalyst immedi¬ ately prior to regeneration may be removed in one or more stages of regeneration in which the molar ratio of CO:CO- is controlled in the manner described above. In combination - υRE OMPI with the foregoing, the last 5% or more, or 10% or more by weight of the coke originally present, up to the entire amount of coke remaining after the preceding stage or stages, can be removed in a subsequent stage of regeneration in which more oxygen is present. Such process is susceptible of operation in such a manner that the total flue gas recovered from the entire, completed regeneration operation contains little or no excess oxygen, i.e., on the order of about 0.2 mole percent or less, or as low as about 0.1 mole percent or less, which is substantially less than the 2 mole percent which has been suggested elsewhere. Thus, multi-stage re¬ generation is particularly beneficial in that it provides another convenient technique for restricting regeneration heat transmitted to fresh feed via regenerated catalyst and/or reducing the potential for thermal deactivation, while simul¬ taneously affording an opportunity to reduce the carbon level on regenerated catalyst to those very low percentages (e.g., about 0.1% or less) which particularly enhance cata¬ lyst activity. For example, a two-stage regeneration process may be carried out with the first stage burning about 80% of the coke at a bed temperature of about 1300°F to produce CO and C0 2 in a molar ratio of CO/CO- of about 1 and the second stage burning about 20% of the coke at a bed temperature of about 1350°F to produce substantially all C0 2 mixed with free oxygen. Use of the gases from the second stage as combus¬ tion supporting gases for the first stage, along with ad¬ ditional air introduced into the first stage bed, results in an overall CO to C0 2 ratio of about 0.6, with a catalyst residence time of about 5 to 15 minutes total in the two zones. Moreover, where the regeneration conditions are subst tially more severe in the first zone than in the second zone (e.g. , higher zone or localized temperatures and/or more severe steaming conditions), that part of the regeneration sequence which involves the most severe con¬ ditions is performed while there is still an appreciable amount of coke on the catalyst. Such operation may provide some protection of th catalyst from the more severe condi¬ tions. A particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is two-stage fluidized regeneration at a maximum tempera¬ ture of about 1400°F with a reduced temperature of at least about 10 or 20°F in the dense phase of the first stage as compared to the dense phase of the second stage, and with re¬ duction of carbon on catalyst to about 0.05% or less or even about 0.025% or less by weight in the second zone. In fact, catalyst can readily be regenerated to carbon levels as low as 0.01% by this technique, even though the carbon on catalyst prior to regeneration is as much as about 1%. In most circumstances, it will be important to insure that no adsorbed oxygen containing gases are carried into the riser by recycled catalyst. Thus, whenever such action is considered necessary, the catalyst discharged from the re¬ generator may be stripped with appropriate stripping gases to remove oxygen containing gases. Such stripping may for in¬ stance be conducted at relatively high temperatures, for example about 1350° to about 1370°F, using steam, nitrogen or other inert gas as the stripping gas(es). The use of nitrogen and other inert gases is beneficial from the stand¬ point of avoiding a tendency toward hydrothermal catalyst deactivation which may result from the use of steam. The following comments and discussion relating to metals management, carbon management and heat management may be of assistance in obtaining best results when operating the in¬ vention. Since these remarks are for the most part directed to what is considered the best mode of operation, it should be apparent that the invention is not limited to the particu¬ lar modes of operation discussed below. Moreover, since cer¬ tain of these comments are necessarily based on theoretical considerations, there is no intention to be bound by any such theory, whether expressed herein or implicit in. the opera¬ ting suggestions set forth hereinafter. Although discussed separately below, it is readily apparent that metals management, carbon management and heat manage¬ ment are interrelated and interdependent subjects both in theory and practice. While coke yield and coke laydown on catalyst are primarily the result of the relatively large quantities of coke precursors found in carbo-metallic oils, the production of coke is exacerbated by high metals accumu¬ lations, which can also significantly affect catalyst per¬ formance. Moreover, the degree of success experienced in metal management and carbon management will have a direct influence on the extent to which heat management is neces¬ sary. Moreover, some of the steps taken in support of metals management have proved very helpful in respect to carbon and heat managment. As noted previously the presence of a large heavy metals ac¬ cumulation on the catalyst tends to aggravate the problem of dehydrogenation and aromatic condensation, resulting in in¬ creased production of gases and coke for a feedstock of a given Ramsbottom carbon value- The introduction of substan¬ tial quantities of H_0 into the reactor, either in the form of steam or liquid water, appears highly benefficial from the standpoint of keeping the heavy metals in a less harmful form, i.e., the oxide rather than metallic form. This is of assistance in maintaining the desired selectivity. Also, a unit design in which system components and residence times are selected to reduce the ratio of catalvst reactor residence time relative to catalyst regenerator residence time will tend to reduce the ratio of the times during which the catalyst is respectively under reduction conditions and oxidation conditions. This too can assist in maintaining desired levels of selectivity. Whether the metals content of the catalyst is being managed successfully may be observed by monitoring the total hydro¬ gen plus methane produced in the reactor and/or the ratio of hydrogen to methane thus produced. In general, it is considered that the hydrogen to methane mole ratio should be less than about 1 and preferably about 0.6 or less, with about 0.4 or less being considered about optimum. In actual practice the hydrogen to methane ratio may range from about 0.5 to about 1.5 and average about 0.8 to about 1. Careful carbon management can improve both selectivity (the ability to maximize production of valuable products) , and heat productivity. In general, the techniques of metals con¬ trol described above are also of assistance in carbon manage¬ ment. The usefulness of water addition in respect to carbon management has already been spelled out in considerable de¬ tail in that part of the specification which relates to ad¬ ded materials for introduction into the reaction zone. In general, those techniques which improve dispersion of the feed in the reaction zone should also prove helpful, these include for instance the use of fogging or misting devices to assist in dispersing the feed. Catalyst to oil ratio is also a factor in heat management. In common with prior FCC practice on VGO, the reactor temp¬ erature may be controlled in the practice of the present in¬ vention by respectively increasing or decreasing the flow of hot regenerated catalyst to the reactor in response to de¬ creases and increases in reactor temperature, typically the outlet temperature in the case of a riser type reactor. Where the automatic controller for catalyst introduction is set to maintain an excessive catalyst to oil ratio, one can expect unnecessarily large rates of carbon production and heat release, -relative to the weight of fresh feed charged to the reaction zone. Relatively high reactor temperatures are also beneficial from the standpoint of carbon management. Such higher temp¬ eratures foster more complete vaporization of feed and dis¬ engagement of product from catalyst. Carbon management can also be facilitated by suitable re¬ striction of the total pressure in the reactor and the par¬ tial pressure of the feed. In general, at a given level of conversion, relatively small decreases in the aforementioned pressures can substantially reduce coke production. This may be due to the fact that restricting total pressure tends to enhance vaporization of high boiling components of the feed, encourage cracking and facilitate disengagement of both un¬ converted feed and higher boiling cracked products from the catalyst. It may be of assistance in this regard to restrict the pressure drop of equipment downstream of and in communi¬ cation with the reactor. But if it is desired or necessary to operate the system at higher total pressure, such as for instance because of operating limitations (e.g., pressure drop in downstream equipment) the above described benefits may be obtained by restricting the feed partial pressure. Suitable ranges for total reactor pressure and feed partial pressure have been set forth above, and in general it is desirable to attempt to minimize the pressure within these ranges. The abrupt separation of catalyst from product vapors and unconverted feed (if any) is also of great assistance. It is for this reasons that the so-called vented riser apparatus and technique disclosed in U.S. Patents 4,070,159 and 4,066,533 to George D. Myers, et al., is the preferred type o apparatus for conducting this process. For similar reasons, it is beneficial to reduce insofar as possible the elapsed time between separation of catalyst from product vapors and the commencement of stripping. The vented riser and prompt stripping tend to reduce the opportunity for coking of un¬ converted feed and higher boiling cracked products adsorbed on the catalyst. A particularly desirable mode of operation from the stand¬ point of carbon management is to operate the process in the vented riser using a hydrogen donor if necessary, while main¬ taining the feed partial pressure and total reactor pressure as low as possible, and incorporating relatively large amounts of water, steam and if desired, other diluents, which provide the numerous benefits discussed in greater detail above. Moreover, when liquid water, steam, hydrogen donors, hydrogen and other gaseous or vaporizable materials are fed to the reaction zone, the feeding of these materials pro¬ vides an opportunity for eizercising additional control over catalyst to oil ratio. Thus, for example, the practice of increasing or decreasing the catalyst to oil ratio for a given amount of decrease or increase in reactor temperature may be reduced or eliminated by substituting either appro¬ priate reduction or increase in the charging ratios of the water, steam and other gaseous or vaporizable material, or an appropriate reduction or increase in the ratio of water to steam and/or other gaseous materials introduced into the reaction zone. Heat management includes measures taken to control the amount of heat released in various parts of the process and/or for dealing successfully with such heat as may be released. Un¬ like conventional FCC practic using VGO, wherein it is usu¬ ally a problem to generate sufficient heat during regenera- -gJ EA OMPI tion to heat balance the reactor, the processing of carbo- metallic oils generally produces so much heat as to require careful management thereof. Heat management can be facilitated by various techniques as¬ sociated with the materials introduced into the reactor. Thus, heat absorption by feed can be maximized by minimum preheating of feed, it being necessary only that the feed temperature be high enough so that it is sufficiently fluid for successful pumping and dispersion in the reactor. When the catalyst is maintained in a highly active state with the suppression of coking (metals control) , so as to achieve higher conversion, the resultant higher conversion and greater selectivity can increase the heat absorption of the reaction. In general, higher reactor temperatures promote catalyst conversion activity in the face of more refractory and higher boiling constituents with high coking potentials. While the rate of catalyst deactivation may thus be increased, the higher temperature of operation tends to offset this loss in activity. Higher temperatures in the reactor also contribute to enhancement of octane number, thus offset¬ ting the octane depressant effect of high carbon laydown. Other techniques for absorbing heat have also been discussed above in connection with the introduction of water, steam, and other gaseous or vaporizable materials into the reactor. As noted above, the invention can be practised in the above-described mode and in many others. The following non-limiting example is provided to illustrate this in¬ vention. Example A carbo-metallic feed is introduced into the lower end of a vented riser reactor as shown in Fig. 3. The feed is mixed with steam, water, and a zeolite catalyst in a catalyst to oil ratio of about 11 to 1 by weight. The catalyst temper¬ ature is about 1275°F. The carbo-metallic feed has a heavy metal content of about 5 parts per million nickel equivalents and a Conradson carbon content of about 7 percent. About 85 percent of the feed boils above 650°F and about 20 percent of the feed boils above 1025°F. The water and steam are injected into the riser at a rate of about 100 and 240 pounds per hour respectively. The tempera¬ ture within the reactor is about 1000°F and the pressure is about 27 psia. The partial pressures of feed and steam are about 11 psia and 16 psia respectively. Within the riser about 75 percent of the feed is converted to fractions boiling at a temperature less than 430°F and about 53 percent of the feed is converted to gasoline. During the conversion about 11 percent of the feed is converted to coke. The catalyst containing about one percent coke and about 0.5 percent sorbed liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon is passed into a steam stripper where it is contacted with steam at a tempera¬ ture of about 1000°F to remove the interstitial trapped gaseous hydrocarbons between the catalyst particles. The steam-stripped catalyst is introduced into the first zone of a two-zone hot .combustion gas stripper as shown in Fig. 3, where it is contacted with combustion gases from the first stage of a two-stage regenerator. The gases comprising about 79 percent nitrogen, about 7 percent CO and about 14 percent C0 2 at a temperature of about 1300°F, are passed into the first combustion gas stripping zone at a rate of about 100 pounds per hour. 00=1 99 - The gaseous products from the first hot combustion gas strip¬ ping zone comprise nitrogen, CO, C0 2 and hydrocarbons. The catalyst, containing about one percent coke and about 0.2 percent sorbed hydrocarbons, is introduced into the second zone of the combustion gas stripper where it is contacted with hot combustion gases from the second stage of the regenerator. These gases, comprising about 79 percent nitro¬ gen, about 20 percent C0 2 and about 1 percent 0 2 a a temper¬ ature of about 1375°F are passed into the second stripping zone at a rate of about 100 pounds per hour. The gaseous products from the second hot combustion gas stripping zone comprise essentially nitrogen, C0 2 and hydro¬ carbons. The stripped catalyst now containing about 0.9 per¬ cent coke -and about 0.1 percent of residual sorbed hydrocar¬ bons is introduced into the upper zone of the regenerator as shown in Fig. 3 where it is fluidized and partially regenera¬ ted with an air-C0 2 mixture introduced from the lower zone of the regenerator. Partially regenerated catalyst is intro¬ duced into the lower zone where it is fluidized and regenera¬ ted with air. The regenerated catalyst, containing about 0.03 percent coke is recycled to the riser reactor.

Claims: Claims 1. A process for economically converting carbo-metallic oils to lighter products, comprising: I. providing a converter feed containing 650°F+ material, said 650°F+ material being characterized by a carbon residue on pyrolysis of at least about 1 and by containing at least about 4 parts per million of nickel equivalents of heavy metal(s) ; II. bringing said converter feed together with particulate cracking catalyst to form a stream comprising a suspension of said catalyst in said feed and causing the resultant stream to flow through a progressive flow type reactor having an elongated reaction chamber which is at least in part verti¬ cal or inclined for a predetermined vapor riser residence time in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 seconds at a tem¬ perature of about 900 to about 1400°F and under a pressure of about 10 to about 50 pounds per square inch absolute suf¬ ficient for causing a conversion per pass in the range of about 50% to about 90% while producing coke in amounts in the range of about 6 to about 14% by weight based on fresh feed, and laying down coke on the catalyst in amounts in the range of about 0.3 to about 3% by weight; III. separating spent, coke-laden catalyst from the gaseous stream of hydrocarbons formed by vaporized feed and resul¬ tant cracking products; IV. introducing the separated, spent catalyst into a strip¬ ping section comprising, one or more stripping zones and pas¬ sing hot combustion gases through at least one of said zone or zones to strip hydrocarbons and/or coke from said spent catalyst; V. separating the resulting stripped catalyst from the hy- drocarbon-containing combustion gases; VI. maintaining, in one or more regeneration zones, one or more fluidized catalyst regeneration beds comprising spent, stripped catalyst undergoing regeneration by combustion of the coke on the catalyst with an oxidizing gas; VII. introducing additional spent stripped catalyst into one or more of said regeneration beds and into contact with an oxygen-containing, combustion-supporting gas under conditions of time, temperature and atmosphere sufficient to reduce the coke on said catalyst to about 0.25 percent by weight or less, while forming combustion product gases comprising CO and C0 2 ; VIII. passing at least a portion of the combustion gases produced in said regenerator into contact with the spent cata¬ lyst in the stripping zone or zones; and IX. recycling the resulting regenerated catalyst tc the re¬ actor for contact with fresh feed. 2. A process according to claim 1 wherein said 650°F+ ma¬ terial represents at least about 70% by volume of said feed and includes at least about 10% by volume of material which will not boil below about 1000°F. 3. A process according to claim 1 wherein the carbon residue of the feed as a whole corresponds with a Conradson carbon value of at least about 2. 4. A process according to claim 1 wherein the carbon residue of the feed as a whole corresponds with a Conradson carbon value of at least about 6. 5. A process according to claim 1 wherein the carbon residue of the feed as a whole corresponds with a Conradson carbon value in the range of about 2 to about 12. 6. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed as a whole contains at least about 4 parts per million of Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal present in the form of elemental metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) , of which heavy metal(s) at least about 2 parts per million is nickel. 7. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed as a while contains at least about 5.5 parts per million of Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal present in the form of elemental metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) . 8. A process according to claim 1 conducted without prior hydrotreating of the feed. 9. A process according to claim 1 conducted without prior removal of asphaltenes from the feed. 10. A process according to claim 1 conducted without prior removal of heavy metal(s) from the feed. 11. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed compri¬ ses less than about 15% by volume of recycled product based on the volume of fresh feed. 12. A-process according to claim 1 wherein the catalyst charged to the reactor comprises an accumulation of heavy metal(s) on said catalyst derived from prior contact under conversion conditions with carbo-metallic oil, said accumu¬ lation including about 3000 ppm to about 30,000 ppm of Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal(s) by weight, present in the form of elemental metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) measured in regenerated equilibrium catalyst. 13. A process according to claim 1 wherein the catalyst charged to the reactor is a zeolite molecular sieve catalyst OM containing at least about 15% by weight of sieve. 14. A process according to claim 1 wherein the catalyst charged to the reactor is a zeolite molecular sieve catalyst containing at least about 15% by weight of sieve and compri¬ sing an accumulation of heavy metal(s) on said catalyst de¬ rived from prior contact under conversion conditions with carbo-metallic oil, said accumulation including about 3000 ppm to about 30,000 ppm of Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal(s) by weight, present in the form of elemental metal(sO and/or metal compound(s) , measured in regenerated equilibrium catalyst. 15. A process according to claim 1 wherein make-up catalyst is added to replace catalyst lost or withdrawn from the sys¬ tem, said make-up catalyst as introduced having a relative activity of at least about 60 percent and any withdrawn cata¬ lyst having a relative activity as withdrawn of at least about 20 percent. 16. A process according to claim 1 wherein the catalyst has previously been used to crack a carbo-metallic feed under the conditions recited in claim 1. 17. A process according to claim 1 conducted without addi¬ tion of hydrogen to the reaction zone in which conversion of the feed takes place. 18. A process according to claim 1 conducted in the presence, in the reaction zone, of additional gaseous and/or vapori¬ zable material in a weight ratio, relative to feed, in the range of about 0.02 to about 0.4. 19. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed is brought together with liquid water in a weight ratio relative to feed in the range of about 0.04 to about 0.25 and wherein a stream is formed containing a mixture of said feed, said catalyst and steam resulting from the vaporization of said liquid water, and is caused to flow through said reactor for converting said feed. 20. A process according to claim 19, in which the weight ratio of liquid water to feed is in the range of about 0.05 to about 0.15. 21. A process according to claim 19 in which the water is brought together with the feed at the time of or prior to bringing the feed into contact with the cracking catalyst. 22. A process according to claim 19 in which the water is brought together with the feed prior to bringing the feed in¬ to contact with the cracking catalyst. 23. A process according to claim 1 wherein the predetermined riser residence time of the feed and product vapors is about 3 seconds or less. 24. A process according to claim 1 wherein the temperature in said reactor is maintained in the range of about 975°F to about 1200°F. 25. A process according to claim 1 wherein the temperature in said reactor is maintained in the range of about 980°F to about 1150°F. 26. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed partial pressure is maintained in the range of about 3 to about 30 psia. 27. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed contains 650°F+ material which has not been hydrotreated and is charac¬ terized in part by containing at least about 5.5. parts per million of Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal(s) , present in the form of elemental metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) , said O feed being brought together with said cracking catalyst and with additional gaseous material including steam whereby the resultant suspension of catalyst and feed also includes gaseous material wherein the ratio of the partial pressure of the added gaseous material relative to the partial pressure of the feed is in the range of about 0.25 to about 4.0 and the vapor residence time of feed and products in the ractor is in the range of about 0.5 to about 3 seconds. 28. A process according to claim 1 wherein all of the feed is cracked in one and the same conversion chamber. 29. A process according to claim 1 wherein the feed is cracked in a substantially single pass mode. 30. A process according to claim 1 conducted with sufficient severity to maintain said conversion in the range of about 60 to about 90%. 31. A process according to claim 1 conducted with sufficient severity to maintain said conversion in the range of about 70 to about 85%. 32. A process according to claim 1 wherein at the end of said predetermined residence time, the catalyst is projected in a direction established by the elongated reaction chamber or an extension thereof, while the products, having lesser momentum, are caused to make an abrupt change of direction relative to the direction in which the catalyst is projected, resulting in an abrupt, substantially instantaneous ballistic separation of products from catalyst. 33. A process according to claim 1 wherein said feed con¬ tains 650°F+ material which has not been hydrotreated and is characterized in part by containing at least about 5.5 parts per million of Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal(s) present as elemental metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) , said feed being brought together with said cracking catalyst and with additional gaseous material including steam whereby the re¬ sultant suspension of catalyst and feed also includes gaseous material wherein the ratio of the partial pressure of the ad¬ ded gaseous material relative to the partial pressure of the feed is in the range of about 0.25 to about 4.0 said vapor residence time of feed and products is in the range of about 0.5 to about 3 seconds and wherein, at the end of said pre¬ determined residence time, the catalyst is projected in a di¬ rection established by the elongated reaction chamber or an extension thereof, while the products, having lesser momentum are caused to make an abrupt change of direction relative to the direction in which the catalyst is projected, resulting an an abrupt, substantially instantaneous ballistic separa¬ tion of products from catalyst. 34. A process according to claim 1 wherein the carbonaceous material deposited on the catalyst during carbo-metallic oil processing consists of coke and heavy solid or liquid hydrocarbons. 35. A process according to claim 1 wherein the spent cata¬ lyst introduced into said stripping zone contains liquid hy¬ drocarbons in an amount in the range from about 10 to about 70 percent by weight. 36. A process according to claim 35 wherein the stripped catalyst introduced into the regeneration bed(s) contains liquid hydrocarbons in an amount in the range from about 5 to about 20 percent by weight. 37. A process according to claim 35 wherein the stripped catalyst contains less than about 10 percent liquid hydro¬ carbons. - iRE OMP 38. A process according to claim 1 wherein the hot combus¬ tion gases passed through said zone or zones are at a tem¬ perature in the range of about 1100 to about 1500°F. 39. A process according to claim 1 wherein the combustion gases passed through said zone or zones are at a temperature in the range of about 1250 to about 1450°F. 40.. A process according to claim 1 wherein the combustion gases passed through said zone or zones are at a temperature in the range of about 1300 to about 1400°F. 41. A process according to claim 1 wherein the hot combus¬ tion gases are at a temperature about 50 to about 500°F highe than the temperature of the spent catalyst brought into con¬ tact with said combustion gases. 42. A process according to claim 1 wherein the hot combustio gases passed through the stripping zone(s) are at a tempera¬ ture from about 100 to about 300°F higher than the temperatur of spent catalyst brought into contact with said combustion gases. 43. A process according to claim 1 wherein said combustion gases comprise nitrogen and CO, and C0 2 - 44. A process according to claim 1 wherein said combustion gases comprise nitrogen, CO- and 0_. 45. A process according to claim 43 wherein said 0~ is pre¬ sent in an amount of from about 0.2 to about 2 percent by volume. OM 46. A process according to claim 1 wherein said combustion gases consist essentially of nitrogen and CO , and CO- and are obtained from the first stage of a two-stage regenerator, sai first stage being operated under oxygen-deficient conditions. 47. A process according to claim 1 wherein said combustion gases consist essentially of nitrogen, C0 2 and 0- and are ob¬ tained from the second stage of a two-stage regenerator, said second stage containing a stoichiometric excess of oxygen. 48. A process according to claim 1 wherein combustion gases from the first stage of a two-stage regenerator comprising nitrogen, .CO and C02 are introduced into a first stage within a combustion gas stripping zone into contact with said catalyst to partially strip high boiling hydrocarbons from said catalyst, the partially stripped catalyst is separated from the resulting gaseous stream of nitrogen, CO and C0 2 and stripped hydrocarbons, and is introduced into a second stage within said combustion gas stripping zone into contact with combustion gases from the second stage of a two-stage regenerator, said combustion gases com¬ prising nitrogen, CO- and 0 2 . 49. A process according to claim 47 wherein the 0 2 in the combustion gases from the second stage of said two-stage re¬ generator is present in an amount of from about 0.2 to about 2 percent by volume. 50. A process according to claim 1 wherein the spent cata¬ lyst is partially stripped with steam and the partially stripped catalyst is then stripped with hot combustion gases. 51. A process according to claim 1 wherein said regeneration is carried out at a temperature in the range of about 1100°F to about 1600°F. 52. A process according to claim 1 wherein said regeneration is conducted at a temperature in the range of about 1200°F to about 1425°F. 53. A process according to claim 1 wherein said regeneration is conducted at a temperature in the range of about 1275°F to about 1425°F._ 54. A process according to claim 1 wherein the total resi¬ dence time of said catalyst particles in said regeneration zone or zones is in the range of about 5 to about 20 minutes. 55. A process according to claim 1 wherein the total residence time of said catalyst particles in said regenera¬ tion zone or zones is in the range of about 5 to about 10 minutes. 56. process according to claim 1 wherein the amount of coke removed from said catalyst during regeneration repre¬ sents about 0.5 to about 3% by weight based on the weight of regenerated catalyst. 57. A process according to claim 1 wherein the regenerated catalyst particles contain about 0.1% or less by weight of coke. 58. A process according to claim 1 wherein the regenerated catalyst particles contain about 0-05 or less by weight of coke. -^J E^ 59. A process according to claim 1 wherein said catalyst is a zeolite molecular sieve catalyst containing at least about 15% by weight of sieve, the carbon residue of the feed as a whole corresponds with a Conradson carbon value of at least about 2, the feed as a whole contains at least about 4 parts per million of_ Nickel Equivalents of heavy metal(s) present in the form of elemental metal(s) and/or metal compound(s) , and said 650°F+ material represents at least about 70% by volume of said feed and includes at least about 10% by volume of material which will not boil below about 1000°F. 60. A process according to claim 55 wherein the carbon resi¬ due of the feed as a whole corresponds with a Conradson car¬ bon value of at least about 6. OMP

Inventors: BUSCH LLOYD E, MCKAY WILLIAM E JR, MYERS GEORGE D
Applicants: ASHLAND OIL INC, BUSCH LLOYD E, MCKAY WILLIAM E JR, MYERS GEORGE D
Application year: 1981
Main classification: C10G11
IPC codes: C10G11