A fines injection apparatus, a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) system
having a fines injection apparatus, and a method for using the same are
provided. In one embodiment, a FCC system includes a FCC unit, a fines
collector, and a fines injector coupled to the fines collector for
retuning the fines recovered in the fines collector to the FCC unit. In
another embodiment, an apparatus for injecting fines into a FCC system
includes a fines separator coupled to an effluent stream and an injection
apparatus coupled to a regenerator. A conduit is provided for delivering
collected fines from the fines separator to the injection apparatus. In
yet another embodiment, a method for injecting fines into FCC system
includes collecting fines from a waste stream of a FCC system,
automatically transferring the collected fines to a fines injection
apparatus, and periodically injecting the transferred fines into the FCC
system.