Abstract:
A process for recovering ethylene is disclosed, the process including: recovering a ethylene-containing stream comprising methane, ethylene, and nitrogen oxides from at least one of an ethylene production process and an ethylene recovery process; separating the ethylene-containing stream via extractive distillation using at least one C 2 + hydrocarbon absorbent to produce an overheads fraction comprising methane and nitrogen oxides and a bottoms fraction comprising the at least one C 2+ hydrocarbon absorbent and ethylene; wherein the separating comprises operating the extractive distillation at temperatures and pressures sufficient to prevent any substantial conversion of nitrogen oxides to N 2 0 3 .
Abstract translation:公开了回收乙烯的方法,该方法包括:从乙烯生产方法和乙烯回收方法中的至少一种回收包含甲烷,乙烯和氮氧化物的含乙烯料流; 通过萃取蒸馏使用至少一种C2 +烃吸收剂分离含乙烯流,以产生包含甲烷和氮氧化物的塔顶馏分和包含至少一种C 2 +烃吸收剂和乙烯的塔底馏分; 其中所述分离包括在足以防止氮氧化物大量转化为N 2 O 3的温度和压力下进行萃取蒸馏。
Abstract:
A process for recovering ethylene is disclosed, the process including: recovering a ethylene-containing stream comprising methane, ethylene, and nitrogen oxides from at least one of an ethylene production process and an ethylene recovery process; separating the ethylene-containing stream via extractive distillation using at least one C2+ hydrocarbon absorbent to produce an overheads fraction comprising methane and nitrogen oxides and a bottoms fraction comprising the at least one C2+ hydrocarbon absorbent and ethylene; wherein the separating comprises operating the extractive distillation at temperatures and pressures sufficient to prevent any substantial conversion of nitrogen oxides to N203.
Abstract translation:公开了回收乙烯的方法,该方法包括:从乙烯生产方法和乙烯回收方法中的至少一种回收包含甲烷,乙烯和氮氧化物的含乙烯料流; 通过萃取蒸馏使用至少一种C2 +烃吸收剂分离含乙烯流,以产生包含甲烷和氮氧化物的塔顶馏分和包含至少一种C 2 +烃吸收剂和乙烯的塔底馏分; 其中所述分离包括在足以防止氮氧化物大量转化为N 2 O 3的温度和压力下进行萃取蒸馏。
Abstract:
The C2 to C5 and heavier acetylenes and dienes in a thermally cracked feed stream are hydrogenated without significantly hydrogenating the C2 and C3 olefins. Additionally, the C4 and heavier olefins may be hydrogenated. Specifically, the cracked gas feed in an olefin plant is hydrogenated in a distillation reaction column containing a hydrogenation catalyst without the necessity of separating the hydrogen out of the feed and without any significant hydrogenation of the ethylene and propylene. A combined reaction-fractionation step known as catalytic distillation hydrogenation is used to simultaneously carry out the reactions and separations while maintaining the hydrogenation conditions such that the ethylene and propylene remain substantially unhydrogenated and essentially all of the other C2 and heavier unsaturated hydrocarbons are hydrogenated. Any unreacted hydrogen can be separated by a membrane and then reacted with separated C9 and heavier materials to produce hydrogenated pyrolysis gasoline.