SEPARATION OF ETHANE OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION EFFLUENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210387931A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17289452

    申请日:2019-10-31

    申请人: SHELL OIL COMPANY

    摘要: The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene by oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, comprising: a) subjecting a stream comprising ethane to oxidative dehydrogenation conditions, resulting in a stream comprising ethylene, unconverted ethane and light components; b) subjecting ethylene, unconverted ethane and light components from the stream resulting from step a) to distillation, resulting in a stream comprising ethylene and light components and a stream comprising unconverted ethane; c) optionally recycling unconverted ethane from the stream comprising unconverted ethane resulting from step b) to step a); and d) subjecting ethylene and light components from the stream comprising ethylene and light components resulting from step b) to distillation at a top column pressure which is higher than the top column pressure in step b), resulting in a stream comprising light components and a stream comprising ethylene.

    METHODS FOR OPERATING DEHYDROGENATION PROCESSES DURING NON-NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210371357A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17272741

    申请日:2019-08-15

    摘要: According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein, methods for operating dehydrogenation processes during non-normal operating conditions, such as at start-up, shut-down, system recycle, or unit trip, are described. The methods may include contacting a feed stream with a catalyst in a reactor portion of a reactor system to form a reactor effluent stream, separating at least a portion of the reactor effluent stream from the catalyst, passing the catalyst to a catalyst processing portion and processing the catalyst, wherein processing the catalyst comprises contacting the catalyst with oxygen, passing the catalyst from the processing portion to the reactor portion, wherein the catalyst exiting the processing portion comprises at least 0.001 wt. % oxygen, and contacting the catalyst with supplemental hydrogen, the contacting removing at least a portion of the oxygen from the catalyst by a combustion reaction.