Sorption-Enhanced Conversion of Oxygenates to Hydrocarbons
AssigneeNederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
InventorsJurriaan Boon, Jasper van Kampen, Gerard Douwe Elzinga
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Abstract
The invention concerns a process for the conversion of oxygenates to hydrocarbons in the presence of a sorbent material capable of adsorbing water. Furthermore the invention concerns a fluidized or fixed bed reactor for conversion of oxygenates to hydrocarbons comprising a catalyst and a sorbent material capable of adsorbing water. The invention also concerns the use of a sorbent material capable of adsorbing water for increasing the conversion of oxygenates to hydrocarbons.
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A process for the conversion of oxygenates to hydrocarbons comprising:
- a) in a reactor contacting a catalyst with the oxygenate in the presence of a sorbent material capable of adsorbing water to form the hydrocarbons;
- and subsequently
- b) regenerating the sorbent material in the same reactor by contacting the sorbent material with a purge gas;
- wherein the catalyst and sorbent material are not the same.
A fluidized or fixed bed reactor for conversion of oxygenates to hydrocarbons comprising a catalyst for conversion of oxygenates to hydrocarbons and a sorbent material capable of adsorbing water, wherein the catalyst and the sorbent material are not the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.