【Major Chemical Equipment in China】152 – The largest regenerator for heavy oil catalytic cracking units in the country

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Happy May Day! Reply reward! ---------------------------------------------- The past decade has been a period of rapid development for China’s chemical industry, marked by the emergence of many new processes, products, and equipment. There has also been significant progress in China’s chemical processing equipment, which has contributed to the swift advancement of the petrochemical sector. Here, we have compiled some of the achievements and breakthroughs made by Chinese equipment manufacturers in terms of larger-scale production and greater use of domestic equipment. We invite everyone to share their insights and engage in discussions, to cheer for Made in China and to support the development of chemical processing equipment! ---------------------------------------- At 14:55 on September 10, 2019, the regenerator of the 4.2 million tons per year catalytic cracking unit in the Sinochem Refining and Chemical Integration Project, which was under the general contract of Luoyang Engineering Company and constructed by Shijian Company, was successfully capped. This marked the completion of the construction of the two key components of China’s largest heavy oil catalytic cracking unit to date, representing a milestone in the overall project development. The \"two units\" consisting of a regenerator and a settler are the core equipment of catalytic cracking units, and they also represent a key path in the construction and installation of ultra-large and oversized equipment for Chinese science and technology projects. Among them, the settler has a total length of 65 meters, a maximum diameter of 9 meters, and a total weight of around 994 tons; it needs to be lifted in five sections ； The total length of the regenerator is 46.6 meters, with a maximum diameter of 15.8 meters; it needs to be lifted in four sections. Since the end of last year, Luoyang Engineering Company and Shijian Company have, taking into account the characteristics of the delivery of the two components in separate batches and their assembly on-site in sections, as well as the actual conditions such as the specific status of these components’ supply and the limited construction space on site, begun to develop specialized construction plans. “The official completion of the two components lays a solid foundation for finishing the installation work of the entire device.