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AssigneeGRT, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey H. Sherman, Eric W. McFarland, Michael J. Weiss, Ivan Marc Lorkovic, Leroy E. Laverman, Shouli Sun, Dieter J. Schaefer, Galen D. Stucky, Peter C. Ford, Philip Grosso, Ashley W. Rreed, Michael F. Doherty
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Improvements in previously disclosed methods of and apparatuses for converting alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics to olefins, alcohols, ethers, and aldehydes includes: safety improvements, use of alternative feedstocks, process simplification, improvements to the halogenation step, improvements to the reproportionation step, improvements to the solid oxide reaction, improvements to solid oxide regeneration, improvements in separations, maintenance, start-up, shut-down, and materials of construction.
For use in conjunction with a process of hydrocarbon conversion of the type including the step of reacting a first reactant with a halogen which results in an over-halogenated species requiring reproportionation, a method for improving the process comprising the step of reacting halogen with the resulting over-halogenated species at low temperatures thereby resulting in the formation of an optimally halogenated species.
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