Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient oxidative coupling of methane processes and systems
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Application No.: US15699798Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US10787400B2Publication Date: 2020-09-29
- Inventor: Guido Radaelli , Humera A. Rafique , Srinivas Vuddagiri , Erik C. Scher , Jarod McCormick , Joel Cizeron , Bipinkumar Patel , Satish Lakhapatri
- Applicant: Lummus Technology LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Assignee: Lummus Technology LLC
- Current Assignee: Lummus Technology LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: B01J8/04
- IPC: B01J8/04 ; C07C2/84 ; C07C5/327 ; C07C1/04 ; C07C1/12 ; F01K27/02 ; F01K5/00 ; C10G50/00 ; B01J8/00 ; C07C4/04

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) systems for small scale and world scale production of olefins. An OCM system may comprise an OCM subsystem that generates a product stream comprising C2+ compounds and non-C2+ impurities from methane and an oxidizing agent. At least one separations subsystem downstream of, and fluidically coupled to, the OCM subsystem can be used to separate the non-C2+ impurities from the C2+ compounds. A methanation subsystem downstream and fluidically coupled to the OCM subsystem can be used to react H2 with CO and/or CO2 in the non-C2+ impurities to generate methane, which can be recycled to the OCM subsystem. The OCM system can be integrated in a non-OCM system, such as a natural gas liquids system or an existing ethylene cracker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180222818A1 EFFICIENT OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF METHANE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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