摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for the producing propylene and ethylene from a light hydrocarbon stream comprising essentially ethane and butane. The process involves a non-catalytic cracking of ethane and normal-butane followed by a metathesis of ethylene and 2-butene to increase the propylene yield. Optionally the by-produced iso-butane is dehydrogenated and subsequently the produced iso-butene is converted to other valuable products like di-isobutylene, alkylate for gasoline blending tertiary-butyl-ethers, poly-isobutylene methyl-metacrylate or isoprene.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for the selective production of olefins from light hydrocarbons comprising: a) fractionating a butane fraction in a de-isobutanizer to obtain an enriched iso-butane fraction and an enriched normal-butane fraction, b) cracking said normal-butane fraction and optionally an ethane fraction, optionally a propane fraction, in a non-catalytic cracking zone to produce an olefin rich stream, preferably the ethane fraction, if any, the propane fraction, if any, and normal-butane fractions are cracked in separate non-catalytic cracking zones, c) treating said olefin rich stream in a separating section comprising: removing hydrogen and methane, recovering an ethylene stream, recovering an ethane stream and recycling said stream to the cracking zone, recovering a propylene stream, recovering a propane stream, optionally recycling said stream to the cracking zone, recovering a C4 stream, removing the heavies, d) selectively hydrogenating the dienes and alkynes in the C4 stream produced in step c) into their corresponding olefins, e) reacting by metathesis in a metathesis section the C4 stream produced in step d) and a part of the ethylene stream produced in step c) to produce propylene, f) treating the effluent of step e) to recover: an ethylene stream optionally recycled to the metathesis section, a propylene stream, a C4 and heavies stream, g) optionally treating the C4 and heavies stream produced in step f) which is either hydrogenated, or not-hydrogenated and recycled to the cracking zone optionally through a de-isobutanizer, or recycled directly to the cracking zone, h) optionally transforming the recovered iso-butane of step a) in iso-butene and subsequently transforming the obtained iso-butene in poly-iso-butene, di-iso-butene, alkylate for gasoline blending, t-butyl-ethers, methyl-metacrylate or either reacted with formaldehyde to make isoprene. In an embodiment of the invention a normal-butane fraction and an ethane fraction are cracked in the non-catalytic cracking zone.In another embodiment of the invention a light hydrocarbon feedstock comprising essentially ethane, propane and butane is fractionated to obtain a C3 fraction used as LPG, an ethane fraction and a butane fraction. The butane fraction is sent to the cracking zone through the de-isobutanizer, the ethane fraction is sent to the cracking zone.
摘要:
Process for the selective production of ethylene, propylene and isoprene from light hydrocarbons comprising: a) fractionating a butane fraction in a de-isobutanizer to obtain an enriched iso-butane fraction and an enriched normal-butane fraction, b) cracking said normal-butane fraction and optionally an ethane fraction, optionally a propane fraction, in a non-catalytic cracking zone to produce an olefin rich stream, c) treating said olefin rich stream in a separating section to recover: an ethylene stream, a propylene stream, d) transforming the recovered iso-butane of step a) into iso-butene or t-butyl hydroperoxide or partly into iso-butene and partly into t-butyl hydroperoxide, e) optionally reacting iso-butene of step d), if any, with formaldehyde to make isoprene, f) optionally reacting t-butyl hydroperoxide of step d), if any, with an olefin to give an epoxide and t-butanol and further separating t-butanol, or optionally having t-butyl hydroperoxide of step d), if any, decomposed to t-butanol and reacted with formaldehyde to give isoprene, or reacting a part of the t-butyl hydroperoxide of step d) with an olefin and having the remaining part decomposed to t-butanol and reacted with formaldehyde to give isoprene, g) dehydrating the t-butanol recovered at step f), if any, into iso-butene and reacting said iso-butane with formaldehyde to make isoprene, or reacting directly the t-butanol recovered at step f), if any, with formaldehyde to make isoprene, or dehydrating the t-butanol recovered at step f), if any, into iso-butene, hydrogenating said iso-butene to iso-butane and oxidizing said iso-butane into t-butyl hydroperoxide, and recycling said t-butyl hydroperoxide, or dehydrating the t-butanol recovered at step f), if any, into iso-butene, then disproportionating said iso-butene and propylene recovered at step c) (or 2-butene recovered at step c)), separating an isoamylene stream and converting the isoamylene into isoprene by dehydrogenation, or making any combination of above routes of said step g), h) optionally disproportionating iso-butene of step d), if any, and propylene recovered at step c) (or 2-butene recovered at step c)), separating an isoamylene stream and converting the isoamylene into isoprene by dehydrogenation, at least one of steps e), f) and h) is not optional.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising:a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing 10 member and larger channels in their microporous structure,b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins and aromatics, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising:a0) providing a first portion and a second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock, a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing at least 10 membered ring pore openings or larger in their microporous structure, b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting the first portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and the second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to light olefins and aromatics.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising: a0) providing a first portion and a second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock, a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing at least 10 membered ring pore openings or larger in their microporous structure, b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, optionally at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting the first portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and the second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to light olefins.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins and aromatics, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising: a0) providing a first portion and a second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock, a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing at least 10 membered ring pore openings or larger in their microporous structure, b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting the first portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and the second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to light olefins and aromatics.
摘要:
The present invention is method for debottlenecking an existing steam cracker unit of which the operation is modified from high severity to low severity operation, having a cracking zone and a fractionation zone, said fractionation zone comprising a gasoline stripper, a de-methaniser (I), a de-ethaniser (I) a de-propaniser (I) and a de-butaniser (I), said de-propaniser (I) receiving product from the bottom of the de-ethaniser (I) and optionally product from the bottom of the gasoline stripper (I), wherein said debottlenecking method comprises the steps of: a) adding a selective hydrogenation unit (II), b) adding a cracking reactor (II) comprising a catalyst selective towards light olefins in the outlet, c) adding a re-run column and a de-propaniser (II), d) sending a part or all of the bottoms stream of the gasoline stripper (I) to the selective hydrogenation unit (II) and subsequently to the cracking reactor (II) at conditions effective to produce an outlet with an olefin content of lower molecular weight than that of the inlet, e) sending a part of the bottoms stream of the de-ethaniser (I) to the de-propaniser (II), such as, not to overload the de-propaniser (I) f) optionally sending a part or all of the overhead raw C4 fraction of the de-butaniser (I) to the selective hydrogenation unit (II), g) sending the cracking reactor (II) outlet to the re-run column to produce a C6+ bottom stream and a C1-C5 overhead, sending said overhead to the de-propaniser (II) to produce a C1-C3 overhead and a C4+ bottom stream recycled in whole or in part to the selective hydrogenation unit (II), optionally withdrawing a part of said C4+ bottom stream.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising:a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing 10 member and larger channels in their microporous structure, b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process to make light olefins, in a combined XTO-OC process, from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising: a0) providing a first portion and a second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock, a) providing a catalyst comprising zeolitic molecular sieves containing at least 10 membered ring pore openings or larger in their microporous structure, b) providing an XTO reaction zone, an OC reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, said catalyst circulating in the three zones, such that at least a portion of the regenerated catalyst is passed to the OC reaction zone, optionally at least a portion of the catalyst in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the catalyst in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the regeneration zone; c) contacting the first portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; d) separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; e) contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and the second portion of said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the OC reactor with the catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction and oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to light olefins.