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AssigneeAither Chemicals, LLC.
InventorsMark Allen Nunley, Madan Mohan Bhasin, William George Etzkorn, George Ernest Keller, II, Parvez H. Wadia
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A method is disclosed of coupling and integrating natural gas recovery and separation along with chemical conversion. The method can comprise extracting at least one natural gas component. Non-limiting examples of the extracted component include ethane, propane, butanes, and pentanes. The method can also comprise contacting a natural gas stream with a catalyst under conditions that selectively convert at least one component into at least one product, such as ethylene, acetic acid, polyethylene, vinyl acetate, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, and their derivatives, propylene, polypropylene, propylene oxide, propylene glycol, acrylates, acrolein, acrylic acid, butenes, butadiene, methacrolein, methacrylic acid, methacrylates, and their derivatives, which can then be separated from the remaining components. The method can further comprise integrating production of ethylene, acetic acid, and/or vinyl acetate with polymerization of ethylene-based polymers, such as polyethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene vinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, or polyvinyl alcohol.
A process comprising selectively extracting at least one natural gas component from a natural gas stream by (a) contacting the natural gas stream with a catalyst under conditions that selectively convert the natural gas component into at least one product and (b) separating the product from the remaining components of the natural gas stream.
A method for producing vinyl acetate monomer and/or ethylene oxide through oxydehydrogenation and oxidation reactions utilizing oxygen, said method comprising integrating the oxygen supply source for supply to the oxydehydrogenation and oxidation reactions for vinyl acetate monomer and/or ethylene oxide.
A process comprising downstream integration of processes for producing olefin-based derivatives with a reference process, wherein the reference process is selected from the group consisting of processes for producing an olefin from a saturated hydrocarbon, producing an acid or acid derivative from a saturated hydrocarbon, and producing an aldehyde from a saturated hydrocarbon.
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