Integrated process for synthesizing alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins from alkanes
OwnerAysen Yilmaz, Gurkan Atinc Yilmaz +5inventors
InventorsAysen Yilmaz, Gurkan Atinc Yilmaz, Ivan M. Lorkovic, Galen D. Stucky, Peter C. Ford, Eric McFarland, Jeffrey H. Sherman
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Abstract
Alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins are manufactured from alkanes by mixing an alkane and a halogen selected from the group including chlorine, bromine, and iodine in a reactor to form alkyl halide and hydrogen halide. The alkyl halide only or the alkyl halide and the hydrogen halide are directed into contact with metal oxide to form an alcohol and/or an ether, or an olefin and metal halide. The metal halide is oxidized to form original metal oxide and halogen, both of which are recycled.
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A method for converting ethane to acetaldehyde comprising:
- providing a quantity of ethane;
- providing a quantity of at least one halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine;
- reacting the ethane with the halogen and thereby forming haloethane and hydrogen halide;
- directing at least the haloethane into engagement with a metal oxide and thereby forming acetaldehyde and a metal halide.
A method of converting ethane to acetaldehyde comprising:
- providing a first reactor zone;
- providing a quantity of ethane;
- providing a quantity of a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine;
- reacting the ethane with the halogen in the first reactor zone and thereby forming haloethane;
- providing a second reactor zone;
- providing a third reactor zone;
- providing a quantity of a metaloxide within the third reactor zone;
- directing the haloethane from the first reactor zone through the second reactor zone to the third reactor zone for reaction with the metaloxide therein to form acetaldehyde and metal halide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.