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US 2014/0056766 A1Published application
Methane Conversion Apparatus and Process Using a Supersonic Flow Reactor
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsRobert L. Bedard, Christopher Naunheimer, Gavin P. Towler, Laura E. Leonard, Mark C. Morris, Alexander Mirzamoghadam
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon process.
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An apparatus for producing acetylene from a feed stream comprising methane comprising:
- a supersonic reactor for receiving the methane feed stream and heating the methane feed stream to a pyrolysis temperature to produce an effluent;
- a reactor shell of the supersonic reactor for defining a reactor chamber;
- a combustion zone of the supersonic reactor for combusting a fuel source to provide a high temperature carrier gas passing through the reactor space at supersonic speeds to heat and accelerate the methane feed stream to a pyrolysis temperature;
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- a heat exchanger for transferring heat from at least a portion of at least one of a pyrolysis stream and an effluent stream to at least one other portion of the process stream.
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An apparatus for producing acetylene from a feed stream comprising methane comprising:
- a supersonic reactor for receiving the methane feed stream and heating the methane feed stream to a pyrolysis temperature to produce an effluent;
- a reactor shell of the supersonic reactor for defining a reactor chamber;
- a combustion zone of the supersonic reactor for combusting a fuel source to provide a high temperature carrier gas passing through the reactor space at supersonic speeds to heat and accelerate the methane feed stream to a pyrolysis temperature;
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- a heat exchanger for transferring heat from at least a portion of at least one of a pyrolysis stream and an effluent stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.