Abstract:
A process of stimulating hydrocarbon recovery is described and claimed. This process includes introducing a gas, a liquified gas or a vaporized liquified gas, into an underground formation containing hydrocarbons such as crude oil and gas, permitting said gas to be absorbed by said hydrocarbons, and withdrawing said hydrocarbons containing the gas therein, wherein a pill of Hydrocarbon Recovery Fluid comprising surface functionalized nanoparticles is inserted into the underground formation containing hydrocarbons before, during or after the introduction of the gas, liquified gas or a vaporized liquified gas.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from n-butenes which comprises the steps of: A) providing a vaporous n-butenes-comprising input gas stream a1 by evaporating a liquid n-butenes-comprising stream a0; B) introducing the vaporous n-butenes-comprising input gas stream a1 and an at least oxygenous gas into at least one oxidative dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butenes to butadiene to obtain a product gas stream b comprising butadiene, unconverted n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, high-boiling secondary components, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases, Ca) chilling the product gas stream b by contacting with a cooling medium comprising an organic solvent in at least one chilling zone, the cooling medium being at least partially recycled into the chilling zone, Cb) compressing the chilled product gas stream b which is possibly depleted of high-boiling secondary components in at least one compression stage to obtain at least one aqueous condensate stream c1 and a gas stream c2 comprising butadiene, n-butenes, steam, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases, D) removing noncondensable and low-boiling gas constituents comprising oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons, possibly carbon oxides and possibly inert gases as gas stream d2 from the gas stream c2 by absorbing the C4 hydrocarbons comprising butadiene and n-butenes into an absorption medium to obtain a C4-hydrocarbons-laden absorption medium stream and the gas stream d2 and subsequently desorbing the C4 hydrocarbons from the laden absorption medium stream to obtain a C4 product gas stream d1, wherein at least some of the recycled cooling medium from step Ca) is brought into thermal contact with the liquid n-butenes-comprising stream a0 in one or more indirect heat exchangers and at least some of the liquid n-butenes-comprising stream a0 is evaporated by indirect heat transfer with the recycled cooling medium.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing 1,3-butadiene from n-butenes, comprising the steps of: A) providing an input gas stream a comprising butanes, 1-butene, 2-butene and isobutene, with or without 1,3-butadiene, from a fluid catalytic cracking plant; B) removing isobutene from the input gas stream a, giving a stream b comprising butanes, 1-butene and 2-butene, with or without 1,3-butadiene; C) feeding the stream b comprising butanes, 1-butene and 2-butene and optionally an, oxygenous gas and optionally water vapor into at least one dehydrogenating zone and dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to 1,3-butadiene, giving a product gas stream c comprising 1,3-butadiene, butanes, 2-butene and water vapor, with or without oxygen, with low-boiling hydrocarbons, with high-boiling secondary components, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases; D) cooling and compressing the product gas stream c, giving at least one aqueous condensate stream d1 and a gas stream d2 comprising 1,3-butadiene, butanes, 2-butene and water vapor, with or without oxygen, with low-boiling hydrocarbons, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases; Ea) removing uncondensable and low-boiling gas constituents comprising low-boiling hydrocarbons, with or without oxygen, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases, as gas stream e2 from the gas stream d2 by absorbing the C4 hydrocarbons comprising 1,3-butadiene, butanes and 2-butene in an absorbent, giving an absorbent stream laden with C4 hydrocarbons and the gas stream e2, and Eb) subsequently desorbing the C4 hydrocarbons from the laden absorbent stream, giving a C4 hydrocarbon stream e1; F) separating the C4 hydrocarbon stream e1 by extractive distillation with a 1,3-butadiene-selective solvent into a stream f1 comprising 1,3-butadiene and the selective solvent and a stream f2 comprising butanes and 2-butene, wherein at least 90% of the 1-butene present in stream b is converted in step C) and a product stream f2 comprising butanes and 2-butene is obtained in step F.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes.
Abstract:
A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, wherein X is O or S, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of the ligand, wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of the ligand by substitution, and R7 is C1-C10-alkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or trialkylsilyl; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst.
Abstract:
A) provision of a feed gas stream a comprising n-butenes;B) introduction of the feed gas stream a comprising n-butenes and an oxygen-comprising gas into a dehydrogenation reactor and oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene;C) cooling and compression of the product gas stream b in at least one cooling stage comprising a quenching column and in a compression stage comprising a compressor, with the product gas stream b being brought into contact with at least one circulated coolant;D) separation of incondensable and low-boiling gas constituents as gas stream d2 from the gas stream c2 by absorption of the C4-hydrocarbons in at least one circulated absorption medium;E) separation of the C4 product stream d1 by extractive distillation using a solvent which is selective for butadiene into a stream e1 comprising butadiene and the selective solvent and a stream e2 comprising n-butenes;F) distillation of the stream e1 comprising butadiene and the selective solvent to give a stream f1 consisting essentially of the selective solvent and a stream f2 comprising butadiene;wherein the measures (i) to (iii) below are carried out (i) avoidance of formation of explosive gas mixtures by monitoring of the oxygen concentration in the oxygen-comprising gas streams fed into the dehydrogenation zone and control of the mass flows of oxygen-comprising gas streams and gas streams comprising hydrocarbons in such a way that no explosive gas mixtures can be formed; (ii) interruption of the introduction of the oxygen-comprising gas mixture into the dehydrogenation zone when a limit value for the oxygen concentration in the dehydrogenation gas mixture is exceeded; (iii) carrying out of the steps A) to F) in apparatuses which are configured so as to be explosion-protected, where liquid-conveying pipes are configured so as to be explosion-protected and gas conduits are configured so as to be detonation-protected.
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a device (1) for the treatment of respiratory disorders or complications thereof in a mammal with a gaseous mixture for use as an inhalable medicament, comprising a patient interface (3), a source (23) of air, a source (21) of gaseous nitric oxide, a source (22) of gaseous oxygen, an application device (4) for providing a gaseous mixture to a patient interface, at least one gas injector (5) for injecting nitric oxide provided by the source of gaseous nitric oxide into the gaseous mixture provided by the application device, at least one gas injector (6) for injecting oxygen provided by the source of gaseous oxygen into the gaseous mixture provided by the application device, and a controller (8) programmed for controlling the at least one gas injector and the application device, wherein the source of gaseous nitric oxide comprises an arrangement (210) for onsite production of nitric oxide, and the source of gaseous oxygen comprises an arrangement (220) for onsite enrichment of oxygen.
Abstract:
The disclosed process and apparatus provide for air separation and steam generation in a combined system that comprises a steam system (10) and an air separation plant (9), wherein a feed air stream (1) is introduced into a multistage air compression system (101, 102, 103) having n stages (n>=3) and compressed to a first high pressure that is equal to the final pressure of the air compression system, and, at this final pressure, is introduced (8) into the air separation plant (9). An intercooler is arranged between an i-th stage (102) (1
Abstract translation:所公开的方法和设备在包括蒸汽系统(10)和空气分离设备(9)的组合系统中提供空气分离和蒸汽产生,其中进料空气流(1)被引入多级空气压缩系统 具有n级(n> = 3)并被压缩到等于空气压缩系统的最终压力的第一高压,并且在该最终压力下将其引入空气(8) 分离设备(9)。 中间冷却器布置在空气压缩系统的第i级(102)(1 <= i
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for oligomerization of ethylene, comprising the steps: a) feeding ethylene, solvent and a catalyst composition comprising catalyst and cocatalyst into a reactor, b) oligomerizing ethylene in the reactor, c) discharging a reactor effluent comprising linear alpha-olefins including 1-butene, solvent, unconsumed ethylene dissolved in the reactor effluent, and catalyst composition from the reactor, d) separating ethylene and 1-butene collectively from the remaining reactor effluent, and e) recycling at least a part of the ethylene and the 1-butene separated in step d) into the reactor.