Title:
HYDROCARBON SEPARATION PROCESS USING A POLAR SOLVENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/085504
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for separating one or more hydrocarbons from a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons, which gaseous mixture comprises: (a) one or more first hydrocarbons selected from alkanes and alkenes, and (b) one or more further hydrocarbons which are selected from alkanes and alkenes and are other than the one or more first hydrocarbons, which process comprises: contacting the gaseous mixture with an extractant suitable for extracting the one or more first hydrocarbons, which extractant comprises a polar solvent; and thereby forming: (i) a first phase comprising the extractant and the one or more first hydrocarbons; and (ii) a second phase comprising said gaseous mixture having a reduced content of the one or more first hydrocarbons.
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Inventors:
XIAO TIANCUN (GB)
ZHANG ZHAOXI (GB)
EDWARDS PETER P (GB)
AL-MEGREN HAMID (SA)
ZHANG ZHAOXI (GB)
EDWARDS PETER P (GB)
AL-MEGREN HAMID (SA)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2016/053602
Publication Date:
August 10, 2017
Filing Date:
November 18, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV OXFORD INNOVATION LTD (GB)
KING ABDULAZIZ CITY SCI & TECH (SA)
KING ABDULAZIZ CITY SCI & TECH (SA)
International Classes:
C10L3/10; B01D3/40; B01D53/40; C07C7/08; C07C7/10; C07C7/11; C10G70/04; C10G70/06
Domestic Patent References:
WO2015089446A1 | 2015-06-18 |
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SILCOCK, Peter James (GB)
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