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AssigneesShell USA, Inc., Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
InventorsGeorgios BELLOS, Sean Graeme GAAL, Deepak KUMAR, Govert Gerardus Pieter VAN DER PLOEG
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A process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbons includes removing oxidizing gases from an atmosphere of an enclosure environment and providing electrical current to resistance heating elements to heat the reaction tubes to a desired temperature. The electrical current is provided to the resistance heating elements after the oxidizing gases are removed from the atmosphere of the enclosure environment. A feed stream having the hydrocarbons is introduced into reaction tubes that are positioned in the enclosure environment. The feed stream within the reaction tubes is heated to a reaction temperature, thereby pyrolyzing the hydrocarbons in the feed stream, and pyrolyzed hydrocarbons are extracted from the enclosure environment in a product stream. The resistance heating elements are made from a high-temperature material.
A process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbons, comprising:
The process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbons according claim 5, wherein oxygen is removed from the atmosphere of the enclosure environment by positioning an oxygen, carbon dioxide or water getter at an inlet where atmospheric gasses are introduced into the enclosure environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.