Process for producing ethylene from ethane
AssigneeAllied Chemical Corporation
InventorsBruce E. Kurtz, Edmund W. Smalley
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Abstract
Process and apparatus are provided for producing ethylene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane wherein ethane is introduced to a cylindrical jet reactor wherein the ethane is reacted at elevated temperatures with a gas mixture containing oxygen and chlorine, introduced to the reactor through a jet positioned substantially coaxial to the longitudinal axis of the reactor.
Claims10
A process for the production of ethylene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane which comprises introducing, under pressure via a gas jet a first gas feed stream containing oxygen and chlorine into an elongated reaction zone internally disposed within an elongated housing;
- introducing a second gas feed stream containing ethane into said reaction zone as an annulus surrounding said first gas feed stream and flowing co-currently therewith;
- maintaining said reaction zone under conditions sufficient to effect reaction of oxygen, chlorine and ethane in said zone to form ethylene;
- and withdrawing the product reaction mixture containing ethylene from said reaction zone.
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