Fluid Coking Unit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011349",
  "term": "Fluid Coking Unit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Refinery process unit in which high molecular weight petroleum derivatives are thermally cracked and petroleum coke is continuously produced in a fluidized bed system. The fluid coking unit includes the coking reactor, the coking burner, and equipment for controlling air pollutant emissions and for heat recovery on the fluid coking burner exhaust vent.\n\n2. One or more refinery process units in which high molecular weight petroleum derivatives are thermally cracked and petroleum coke is continuously produced in a fluidized bed system. The fluid coking unit includes equipment for controlling air pollutant emissions and for heat recovery on the fluid coking burner exhaust vent. There are two basic types of fluid coking units: A traditional fluid coking unit in which only a small portion of the coke produced in the unit is burned to fuel the unit and the fluid coking burner exhaust vent is directed to the atmosphere (after processing in a CO boiler or other air pollutant control equipment) and a flexicoking unit in which an auxiliary burner is used to partially combust a significant portion of the produced petroleum coke to generate a low value fuel gas that is used as fuel in other combustion sources at the refinery.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.101a (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fluid-coking-unit/"
}