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US 4,111,793 AGranted
Olefins production
AssigneeThe British Petroleum Company p.l.c.
InventorsAlexander John Kolombos, Donald McNeice, Dennis Charles Wood
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of producing olefins from a wax distillate feed by cracking the feed in the presence of steam at a catalyst temperature of between 650.degree. and 900.degree. C over a manganese catalyst.
Claims10
A process of producing olefins by cracking at elevated temperature in the presence of steam a hydrocarbon feedstock consisting essentially of wax distillate and boiling between 300.degree. and 550.degree. C over a catalyst composition consisting essentially of a manganese oxide and zirconia or titania.
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