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US 2016/0096161 A1Published application
Method of conversion of alkanes to alkylenes and device for accomplishing the same
OwnerWilliam Curtis Conner, JR.inventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing a catalyst composition in a device that comprises a radiation cavity; a tube having an inlet and an outlet disposed in the radiation cavity; where the catalyst composition is disposed in the tube and comprises a transition metal disposed on a support; where the radiation cavity is operative to subject the catalyst composition to microwave radiation, radio frequency radiation, or a combination thereof; introducing an alkane such as methane into the inlet end of the tube; and obtaining an alkylene such as ethylene at the outlet end of the tube.
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A method comprising:
- disposing a catalyst composition in a device that comprises:
- a microwave radiation cavity
- a tubular reactor having an inlet and an outlet disposed in the radiation cavity;
- where the catalyst composition is disposed in the tube and comprises a transition metal disposed on a support;
- where the radiation cavity is operative to subject the catalyst composition to microwave radiation;
- introducing an alkane into the inlet end of the tube;
- and
- obtaining an alkylene and hydrogen at the outlet end of the tube.
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A device comprising:
- a radiation cavity
- a tube having an inlet and an outlet disposed in the radiation cavity;
- where the catalyst composition is disposed in the tube and where the catalyst composition comprises a transition metal disposed on a support;
- where the radiation cavity is operative to subject the catalyst composition to microwave radiation, radio frequency radiation, or a combination thereof;
- a heating media section disposed inside the tube;
- and
- a radiation barrier disposed between the radiation cavity and the tube;
- where the radiation barrier is effective to prevent radiation leakage from the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.