Method and system for producing olefins
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHelmut Fritz, Mathieu Zellhuber, Anton Wellenhofer, Martin Schubert, Florian Winkler
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AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHelmut Fritz, Mathieu Zellhuber, Anton Wellenhofer, Martin Schubert, Florian Winkler
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A process for producing one or more olefins is proposed in which a reaction input containing one or more paraffins is formed and in which a portion of the paraffin(s) present in the reaction input is converted by oxidative dehydrogenation into the olefin(s) to obtain a process gas, wherein the process gas contains at least the olefin(s), the unconverted paraffin(s), oxygen and carbon monoxide and wherein at least a portion of the process gas is subjected to a low temperature separation in which at an operating pressure level one or more gas fractions enriched in oxygen and carbon monoxide compared to the process gas are formed. It is provided that in the low temperature separation in the formation and/or for the conduction of the or at least one of the gas fractions one or more containers and/or one or more conduits having a burst pressure of at least ten times the operating pressure level are used and that the container or at least one of the containers via the or at least one of the conduits is connected to one or more heat exchangers, wherein a total length of the or of the at least one conduit between the or the at least one container and the heat exchanger(s) is not more than fifty times the internal diameter of said conduit. A corresponding plant (100) likewise forms part of the subject matter of the invention.
Process for producing one or more olefins in which a reaction input containing one or more paraffins is formed and in which a portion of the paraffin(s) present in the reaction input is converted by oxidative dehydrogenation into the olefin(s) to obtain a process gas, wherein the process gas contains at least the olefin(s), the unconverted paraffin(s), oxygen and carbon monoxide and wherein at least a portion of the process gas is subjected to a low temperature separation in which at an operating pressure level one or more gas fractions enriched in oxygen and carbon monoxide compared to the process gas are formed, characterized in that, in the low temperature separation, in the formation of the one or more gas fractions and/or for the conduction of the one or more gas fractions, one or more containers and/or one or more conduits having a burst pressure of at least ten times the operating pressure level are used, and that the container or at least one of the containers is connected, via the conduit or at least one of the conduits, to one or more heat exchangers, wherein total length of the conduit(s) between the container(s) and the heat exchanger(s) is not more than fifty times the internal diameter of said conduit(s), wherein the burst pressure is a mechanical design pressure.
Plant (100) for producing one or more olefins adapted for forming a reaction input containing one or more paraffins, comprising a reaction unit (103) adapted for converting by oxidative dehydrogenation a portion of the paraffin(s) present in the reaction input into the olefin(s) to obtain a process gas, wherein the process gas contains at least the olefin(s), the unconverted paraffin(s), oxygen and carbon monoxide and comprising a low temperature separation adapted for forming at an operating pressure level one or more gas fractions enriched in oxygen and carbon monoxide compared to the process gas, characterized in that in the low temperature separation for the formation and/or for the conduction of the or at least one of the gas fractions one or more containers and/or one or more conduits having a burst pressure of at least ten times the operating pressure level are provided and that the container or at least one of the containers via the or at least one of the conduits is connected to one or more heat exchangers, wherein a total length of the or of the at least one conduit between the or the at least one container and the heat exchanger(s) is not more than fifty times the internal diameter of said conduit.
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