Process for producing thermally cracked products from hydrocarbons

Abstract

The invention relates to the protection of tubular reactors or heat exchangers against coke formation in plants for converting hydrocarbons and other organic compounds at high temperatures in the gaseous phase. The problem in such plants is that the usual steam/air cleaning processes for removing coke deposits lead to an increase in the catalytic activity of the material surfaces, which in turn shortens the service life of the plants. The object of the invention is to substantially reduce coking and to maintain the long-term passivity of steels for long operational periods. According to the invention, the process for producing thermally cracked products from hydrocarbons while simultaneously reducing the coke deposits on heat exchange surfaces is characterized by the fact that 20 to 1000 ppm of an additive composition containing organically bound silicon and organically bound sulphur is added to the feed to be cracked and the mixture is brought into contact with the heat exchange surfaces at temperatures from 400.degree. to 1000.degree. C.

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