Invention Application
- Patent Title: EFFICIENT OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF METHANE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS
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Application No.: US17034160Application Date: 2020-09-28
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Publication No.: US20210024438A1Publication Date: 2021-01-28
- 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
- Main IPC: C07C2/84
- IPC: C07C2/84 ; C07C5/327 ; C07C1/04 ; C07C1/12 ; F01K27/02 ; F01K5/00 ; B01J8/04 ; 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.
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