Process for the production of ethylene oxide
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsMichael Johannes Franciscus Maria Verhaak, Jeroen Van Westrenen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene oxide, comprising the steps of: producing ethylene by converting a stream comprising an oxygenate into a stream comprising ethylene and ethane; producing ethylene oxide by subjecting ethylene and ethane from the stream comprising ethylene and ethane to oxidation conditions resulting in a stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane; and recovering ethylene oxide from the stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane.
Claims9
A process for the production of ethylene oxide, comprising the steps of:
- producing ethylene by converting a stream comprising an oxygenate into a first product stream comprising ethylene and ethane through an oxygenate-to-olefins process;
- producing ethylene oxide by subjecting ethylene and ethane from the first product stream comprising ethylene and ethane to oxidation conditions resulting in a second product stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane;
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- recovering ethylene oxide from the second product stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane.
A process for the production of ethylene oxide, comprising the steps of:
- producing ethylene by converting a stream comprising an oxygenate into a first product stream comprising ethylene and ethane through an oxygenate-to-olefins process;
- producing ethylene by converting a stream comprising ethane into a second product stream comprising ethylene and unconverted ethane through a steam cracking process;
- producing ethylene oxide by subjecting ethylene and ethane from the first product stream comprising ethylene and ethane and the second product stream comprising ethylene and unconverted ethane to oxidation conditions resulting in a stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane;
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- recovering ethylene oxide from the stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane.
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