摘要:
The invention provides a process for the mixing of an oxidant having explosive potential with a hydrocarbon material, which comprises conveying a first stream comprising the hydrocarbon material and a second stream comprising the oxidant into a microchannel apparatus, allowing mixing to occur, and withdrawing the mixture. The process is useful for the preparation of ethylene oxide.
摘要:
A process for the formation of ethylene oxide wherein the presence of at least one hydrocarbon having four carbon atoms per molecule in the recycle loop gas of the process is used as an indicator of impending post-ignition conditions.
摘要:
The invention is a process for epoxidizing an olefin with hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of a noble metal-containing titanium or vanadium zeolite and a modifier selected from the group consisting of carbon monoxide, methylacetylene, and propadiene. The process results in significantly reduced alkane by-product formed by the hydrogenation of olefin compared to processes that do not use the carbon monoxide, methylacetylene, and/or propadiene modifier.
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A process and apparatus for vinyl acetate production. A membrane unit containing a membrane selectively permeable to ethylene over argon is used to recover ethylene from the argon purge stream.
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This invention relates to an ethylene oxide catalyst which contains silver and one or more alkali metal promoters supported on a carrier prepared by a process comprising the use of ceramic particle components with particle sizes chosen to ensure that a desired degree of porosity is obtained without the use of organic burnout materials.
摘要:
An ethylene stream which contains ethane as an impurity or a propylene stream which contains propane as an impurity is subjected to adsorption at a temperature of 50.degree. to 200.degree. C. in a bed of adsorbent which selectively adsorbs ethylene or propylene, thereby adsorbing substantially all of the ethylene or propylene. The purified ethylene or propylene stream is then subjected to partial oxidation in the presence of oxygen and, optionally ammonia to produce various partial oxidation products. The process is operated on a low per pass conversion with recycle of unreacted ethylene or propylene. In the system of the invention the adsorption unit may be upstream or downstream of the partial oxidation reactor.
摘要:
An improved process is provided for the production of a petrochemical by the vapor phase reaction of a hydrocarbon with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a suitable catalyst to produce a flammable gaseous product stream comprising the desired petrochemical, unreacted hydrocarbon, oxygen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. In the improved process, a cooled or liquefied inert gas is injected as a quench fluid into the gaseous product stream exiting the hydrocarbon oxidation reactor, thereby cooling the stream to a temperature below the autoignition temperature of the flammable components of the stream, the petrochemical is recovered from the gaseous product and unreacted hydrocarbon is removed from the gaseous product and recycled to the reactor.
摘要:
There is provided a process for the non-catalytic oxidation of gaseous hydrocarbons, preferably propylene. A mixture of propylene, oxygen and a inert diluent are provided to a rector vessel capable of maintaining an isothermal reaction. Maintaining a temperature in the range of about 200.degree. C. to about 350.degree. C. and a propylene partial pressure of about 80 psia to about 300 psia provides the highest propylene oxide selectivity.
摘要:
An improved process is provided for the production of nitriles from hydrocarbons by reaction with oxygen, air or a gas enriched in oxygen relative to air, preferably the latter, and ammonia in the presence of an ammoxidation catalyst. An alkane, e.g. propane, is converted to an alkene in a dehydrogenator. The product stream is introduced into an ammoxidation reactor. The product formed therein is recovered in a conventional quench tower. The gaseous effluent from the quench tower is treated in a PSA unit to form a gas stream containing the unreacted alkane and alkene as well as a minor amount, i.e. less than about 1 percent by volume, of oxygen and nitrogen, if present in the feed to the ammoxidation reactor. The gas stream, which may or may not contain hydrogen depending on the absorbent in the PSA unit, is introduced into a selective oxidation unit to remove the remaining oxygen and then recycled to the dehydrogenator. Hydrogen may be introduced into or removed from the PSA effluent, depending on the function of the adsorbent therein, to obtain an optimum concentration for introduction into the dehydrogenator. A particularly preferred PSA system for use in the subject process comprises two parallel PSA units containing different adsorbents such that the gas stream formed in one contains all of the hydrogen in the gas phase from the quench tower. The feed to the PSA units is divided disproportionately so that the combined PSA effluent recycle streams contain the optimum concentration of hydrogen for the dehydrogenator.