PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF ETHANE TO AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS

• Main Authors: MADGAVKAR, AJAY MADHAV, LAURITZEN, ANN MARIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.01.2016
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; 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; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WHICH COMPRISES (A) CONTACTING ETHANE WITH A DEHYROAROMATIZATION AROMATIC CATALYST WHICH IS COMPRISED OF 0.005 TO 0. 1 WT% PLATINUM, AN AMOUNT OF GALLIUM WHICH IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE PLATINUM, FROM 10 TO 99.9 WT% OF AN ALUMINOSILICATE, AND A BINDER, AND (B) SEPARATING METHANE, HYDROGEN, AND C2-5 HYDROCARBONS FROM THE REACTION PRODUCTS OF STEP (A) TO PRODUCE AROMATIC REACTION PRODUCTS INCLUDING BENZENE.