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US 10,047,024 B2Granted
Process for the production of ethylene, hydrogen chloride, and vinyl chloride from ethane
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsBarry B. Fish, Matthew T. Pretz, Max M. Tirtowidjojo
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Abstract
A process is provided for the chlorination of ethane using chlorine as the chlorinating agent to produce ethylene, hydrogen chloride (HCl) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM).
Claims11
A continuous process for producing ethylene, hydrogen chloride and vinyl chloride
- comprising
- a) reacting a feed comprising chlorine with ethane in a reaction zone at an inlet temperature from 230-300° C. to produce a crude product wherein the crude product comprises
- i. product components comprising ethylene, vinyl chloride, and hydrogen chloride and
- ii. a partial recycle fraction comprising heavies;
- b) fractionally separating from the crude product the partial recycle fraction;
- and
- c) fractionally separating from the crude product the product components
- wherein greater than 95% of chlorine and ethane are converted into products.
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