Title:
PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF MIXED LOWER ALKANES TO ARMOATIC HYDROCARBONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/078511
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process comprising: contacting a lower alkane feed comprising propane and ethane with an aromatization catalyst in a first stage under first stage reaction conditions to produce a first stage product stream comprising ethane and aromatics; separating the aromatics from the first stage product stream to form an aromatics product stream and a second stage feed; and contacting the second stage feed with an aromatization catalyst in a second stage under second stage reaction conditions to produce a second stage product stream comprising ethane and aromatics wherein the amount of ethane in the first stage product stream is equal to from 80 to 300% of the amount of ethane in the lower alkane feed and the amount of ethane in the second stage product stream is equal to at most 80% of the amount of ethane in the second stage feed is described.
Inventors:
IYER MAHESH VENKATARAMAN (US)
LAURITZEN ANN MARIE (US)
MADGAVKAR AJAY MADHAV (US)
VECCHIO NICK JOSEPH (US)
LAURITZEN ANN MARIE (US)
MADGAVKAR AJAY MADHAV (US)
VECCHIO NICK JOSEPH (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/063286
Publication Date:
August 02, 2012
Filing Date:
December 05, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHELL OIL CO (US)
SHELL INT RESEARCH (NL)
IYER MAHESH VENKATARAMAN (US)
LAURITZEN ANN MARIE (US)
MADGAVKAR AJAY MADHAV (US)
VECCHIO NICK JOSEPH (US)
SHELL INT RESEARCH (NL)
IYER MAHESH VENKATARAMAN (US)
LAURITZEN ANN MARIE (US)
MADGAVKAR AJAY MADHAV (US)
VECCHIO NICK JOSEPH (US)
International Classes:
C07C15/04; B01J6/00; B01J29/40; C07C15/00; C07C15/06
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2011053747A1 | 2011-05-05 |
Foreign References:
| US20100048968A1 | 2010-02-25 | |||
| US20090156870A1 | 2009-06-18 | |||
| US5936135A | 1999-08-10 | |||
| US4788364A | 1988-11-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CARRUTH, James D. (One Shell PlazaP.O. Box 246, Houston Texas, US)
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