CRACKING FURNACE

• Main Authors: DEN UIJL JAN, PITCHER MATTHEW BOWERS, BARENDREGT SIMON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.04.2008
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

The present invention refers to a novel type of cracking furnaces comprising a firebox provided with cracking tubes - the cracking tubes having at least one inlet, at least one inlet section, at least one outlet and at least one outlet section - and burners, wherein the parts of the tubes are shield...